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[JohnTheRef&Dot]

Tony
Welcome to the forum
Have a wonderful holiday

[PaulnMaria]

Hi Tony
We stayed at the Mathraki last September. The studio was typical for greece (basic but very clean) with a few homely touches. Hope you enjoy your stay. We did & will be back there again in May. We've attached a photo of the pool taken from the balcony walkway outside our studio door.

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Wow that looks really nice from that pic.

Every time i passed it did not look like that from outside.

That place in the background is derelict (no)?

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sorry unfinished building in background?

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was that pic from last sept???

[PaulnMaria]

Yeah, we were there for the last two weeks.

[blondegirl]

I shall take more notice this year of Mathraki, it looks very nice

[TONYNEW]

Hi Folks my daughter has just decided that she wants to come to Arillas with us but looking through the travel agents web sites the cheapest i can find was £1850 for 2 adults and 2 children 2 weeks from the 15th of august which is really more than they can afford
1 week came out even dearer the flights would have to be from leeds or manchester any info appreciated thanks
                                    Tony

[Eileen]

Hi Tony,

I had a quick check and the package holidays are looking expensive.

http://www.olympicholidays.com/ are showing flight only with a choice of departure times from £1129 for 4 passengers.

http://www.annastudios-arillas.com/ is showing an excellent price for August...£500 for 2 weeks.  The studios at Anna's very spacious, certainly the largest studios I've ever stayed in.  You do have a taxi transfer on top of 50 euros each way, but all in all it is still a saving of approx' £142 on your price of £1850.

Also angela01 has posted even better prices on this forum. 

PRICES FOR JULY..ANGELA APR/NS

4 PERSONS PER WEEK 300 EURO
4 PERSONS PER 2 WEEKS 580 EURO.

AND VILLA MARIA-STAMATIS

2 PERSONS PER WEEK 210 EURO
2 PERSONS PER 2 WEEKS 390 EURO

Contact Angela here...  agros2@otenet.gr

I'm sure Eggy posted photos of the apartments somewhere on the forum.

Good luck,

Eileenx

[blondegirl]

Sometimes we have found that if you go on Teletext holidays.. phone some of the companies on the site.  They have a way of getting into the system and finding the best deals much easier than we can.  Might be worth a try.

[justphil]

Hi Tony.
Echoing Eileen, Annas Studios are perfect. We're staying there in July, and hopefully all of September. (Another story we might one day be able to tell you all about September.)

She is situated well up the hill, after "the cake shop," but ideally situated for San Stef and Arillas itself. We've stayed even further up and always call in for a beer or three on our way "down the hill" (that's us, it's all downhill....)

Seriously though, mid August is the most expensive you can get wherever you go. I've been a teacher for 20 years, and this is my last one thank heaven. We can never go in the cheaper times and tour operators double the prices in half term, let alone summer holidays.

What we do is keep bashing away at the net, teletext, travel agents etc till we get a price we can live with. Packages are fixed but out of season can become stupidly low priced - last October our week on Thomson at the Kaloudis was less than the cheapest flight. Not likely in August though.

Wish you luck. Keep visiting the websites, phoning the numbers on television etc. You might just crack it.

Read the posts on Dimitris wonderful thread "How did you find Arillas." It was just like that we ever found what is now our obsessions and favourite place in the world. A last minute accident. The chepie ha ha


Good luck
Phil

[TONYNEW]

Thanks Eileen & Phil think i'm gonna have to hang on and hope i can get a last minute cancellation i know it will be difficult for 4 people but you never know we just might drop lucky
                                 Tony

[Eileen]

The following websites might come in handy Tony:

http://www.greececancellations.com/

http://www.cancellationshotline.com/

http://www.holidaywarehouse.co.uk/

Good luck,

Eileenx

[TONYNEW]

Cheers Eileen your a good un gal thanks for the help will keep mi eyes on those sites
                                             Tony:-)