Hi everyone out there who have stayed at the Tria Adelphia in Corfu!!!! We have just returned from our first holiday to Greece ever!!! We had a bad start to our holiday our flight was delayed, missed our coach, lost our luggage, and arrived late at our accomodation!! Wasn't very happy at all, but after a few days we just loved the hosts at our accomodation. If it wasn't for Helen and Philip and Danny for their hospitality, our holiday wouldn't have been a happy one. They are lovely people and make you feel very welcome and at home as if you are one of their family!!!
Has anyone been there and enjoyed there time there???
Hi glad you eventually got everything sorted, we ave stayed with Phil Helen and Yiannis on 5 occasions and are looking to return very soon. i think you will find Arillas will draw you back again and again
Yammas
Dave n Anne
Are you still in corfu
No unfortunately sat at home looking at the wonderful English summer lol . Afraid we can't make Arillas this year but have booked for next year (Yipee)
Dave
We always go to Tria Adelphia, and we were there when you were. My hubby was the one who snored all day!!! I didn't realise what a rotten start you had. I think gordon had a chat to you all one day while i was at the bar. (where else). I'm so glad that you all enjoyed it. Maybe we will meet there again. Maggie.
At long last we found your reply, i told my hubby that u had replied, but we cudn't find u he thought i'd had too many beers!! I don't know about u but me and my hubby haven't been feeling too well since we got back, I,Heather have had mossies infections and had to be on antibiotics, and we have both being feeling like dizzy, sick and really tired and out of it!! Being back in England i presume!!!! not good???
Hello, We too were there at the same time as you, we were with Maggie & Gordon & I told you about the Arillas web site whilst you were waiting for your coach.
I'm really sorry to hear about your infected mozzie bites. The thing to do is to find the right repellent for you, it may take a few goes but you'll get there. For the last couple of years I have used Autan, the stick not the spray, anyway the mozzies have left me & my husband alone so it may be worth you trying next time.
The week after you left was so quiet, in fact I think the quietest I have seen the Tria in 5 years, there was hardly anyone by the pool & the bar was very quiet at night.
We had a great time though & yes, Phillip & Helen are great hosts.
Hope you are feeling better soon,
Bye for now,
Carol
I've just caught up on this Heather, I've been at my sisters wedding. (Fri til Sat)
I'm sorry you haven't been well since your return, and I hope you all feel better soon.
Thanks for getting back to me, hasn't the weather been depressing since we got back, it seems like forever and ago since we were tanning and getting bitten to death!! Since we got back me and my husband had lost some weight and we know we need to it was great, hardly eating, just drinking and sweating all the time, but after two weeks back we have put it on again!! We wouldn't need to go to weight watchers if we lived over there it would be great!!!! Before we went on holiday to Arillas we had booked our next years holiday to the Dominican Republic for 2wks all inclusive, I am now really crapping myself because of how bad I was with the mossies and it looks like you could get maleria out there, we are wondering whether to change the holiday, but we would lose our deposit. Has anybody been to the Dominican in June, any advice please....... Are you going back to Arillas next year or are you off someone else?? Or is that a daft question to ask!!!!
Heather, I'm going back in September with my friends. (Carol of course) and 2 others. Can't wait! Next year, Gordon & I both have important birthdays, so we are hoping to go for 4 weeks to celebrate. Not sure if we can manage so much time off, but we live in hope! I've only heard nice things about Dominican Republic, but I'm sure someone on here will be able to give you some info. Glad to hear you are feeling better.
Maggie,
We will see you out there again then, we arrive on the 17th and I just hope I don't have to get Dimitris to carry me home again, our second home that is (Tria Adelphia). See you later luv, all our best to Gordon and the young ones.
M and M.
PS. can I have a guess at his age?
Havent been to Dominican but ive heard nice reports, we're off to Mexico in September and apparently the mozzies are rife there too, i got bitten 4 times in May in Arillas which wasnt bad at all, i just used to spray myself before i went out and always had afterbite with me, i was only bitten when we were sat in a restaurant, never the room cos we had a plug in and i sprayed the room with bug spray before we went out and 20mins or so before we went to sleep.
These shall be my rituals again in Mexico, ive had my jabs just in case, better to be safe than sorry, roll on 12th September, cant wait!
M n M how nice to hear from you! (sorry, I had to ask Carol who M n M was). That doesn't mean I'd forgotten you tho. I hope we see you although it will be briefly, cos we come home on the 17th. (we don't leave Arillas til 6pm.tho). I hope you are both well, and your family also. See you sometime soon, Maggie.x
Stayed at Leonidas across road from Tria, we could use their pool and bar. Philip and Helen are lovely people, in fact we have left a deposit with them to stay at Tria in September we loved it so much. It's people like them that make your holiday.
We have just returned from the Tria and can't really understand all the rave reviews - the studios were cramped, the camp bed should have been condemned and the shower room belonged in a sink estate flat. The lovely Phillip and Helen both stood by without a word said, when a large group who objected to our complaint about late night noise (3am) from their teenagers in the kids play area (outside our room) - this left my son and wife in tears and they did nothing ( have since found out the group involved are long-standing clients so they clearly didn't want to upset their cash cows). Apparently going to bed at 1am with young children means we were "lightweights" and had no right to expect peace and quiet - despite the Manos brochure saying that Tria is in a rural location, family friendly and does not state that the bar is open until the last person decides they have had enough (3.45am was the record).
So stay there if you want, but expect no support when things go wrong, dodgy accomodation and all night boozers and chavs !! Pool is good though.
We were not the only ones who felt the same- many complaints were made by others - the Manos rep. could do nothing as one of the blocks is independently owned, something they do not tell you about. And yes we have been abroad an awful lot over the years - this is the only time we have ever experienced this. Suffice to say we will not be back.
I'm sorry to hear that you had a bad time at Tria. We have stayed there more times than I can count, and have always had a very good experience. We have never heard any noise from the bar after we've gone in for the night, and I'm surprised to see that it was so bad for you. However, I do think you've just been unlucky. I'm sure Philip and Eleni were concerned, but they have to try to keep all the customers happy. I do hope have a nicer experience next time, and do try Arillas again, maybe at different apartments. Maggie.
Poor essexgirl
did you not have a god time, life is too short to complain about a little noise
Join in and have some fun.
Im sure we will when were over for our next holiday
Essex Girl
You're right - 3 am is not acceptable behaviour.
John
Not everybody wants to join in "Fun" at this time in the morning.
No one should impose their enjoyment on others. The same way as I don't want to listen to other people's choice of loud music, in traffic or beach or appt, so don't expect them to listen to mine.
In my opinion the fault clearly lies at the feet of Manos, how the Manos rep handles it and how the holiday is advertised.
Do they say late night noise? Do they say independantly owned appts? Maybe time for a letter to them? Match the people to the appts advertised and everyone's happy.
get it wrong and this happens.
I've met Phillipe. He's a nice guy and determined to give all a good time. He can't keep everyone happy but if the people going there knew what to expect he'd be very close to achieving that.
Our last package holiday, approx 10 years ago, was a nightmare with the same problems. We sought and got compensation. Since then we do flight only.
So don't let this one occassion put you off Arillas.
Negg
Just what I was thinking Eggy but ofcourse put much better than I would have. Viv
We too have stayed at Tria Adelphia many times, through Manos and in their private accomodation, we have never had a bad experience there but I do sympathise with the family of essexgirl. I know what it is like having sleep disturbed on holiday & now try to avoid it at all costs. One year we were staying at other apartments in Arillas for the second time. In between our 1st & 2nd visits there they had built a pool, lovely I know but not so good when its right outside your bedroom window & the children of the host family & the cleaner are in the water screaming & shouting from 7.30 in the morning!
I didn't complain though maybe I should of made them aware of the annoyance, I know 7.30 is not quite the same as 3.30am but when your trying to sleep its still pretty vexing to say the least. I didn't let it put me off as you can tell but I would not go back to those apartments.
So essexgirl if you did enjoy Arillas then please don't let this bad experience puy you off,
Carol
Quote from: essexgirl on August 21, 2007, 06:18:00 PM
We have just returned from the Tria and can't really understand all the rave reviews - the studios were cramped, the camp bed should have been condemned and the shower room belonged in a sink estate flat. The lovely Phillip and Helen both stood by without a word said, when a large group who objected to our complaint about late night noise (3am) from their teenagers in the kids play area (outside our room) - this left my son and wife in tears and they did nothing ( have since found out the group involved are long-standing clients so they clearly didn't want to upset their cash cows). Apparently going to bed at 1am with young children means we were "lightweights" and had no right to expect peace and quiet - despite the Manos brochure saying that Tria is in a rural location, family friendly and does not state that the bar is open until the last person decides they have had enough (3.45am was the record).
So stay there if you want, but expect no support when things go wrong, dodgy accomodation and all night boozers and chavs !! Pool is good though.
We were not the only ones who felt the same- many complaints were made by others - the Manos rep. could do nothing as one of the blocks is independently owned, something they do not tell you about. And yes we have been abroad an awful lot over the years - this is the only time we have ever experienced this. Suffice to say we will not be back.
It is difficult when you go on holiday because people expect different things and go away for different reasons. We go to chill, relax and unwind ready to go back refreshed. We dont want to go home more tired than when we arrived so I would think having your sleep disturbed or not even being able to get to sleep must be very irritating to say the least.
I think sometimes once people have had a few drinks they forget how loud they can be and noise does carry when in the early hours of the morning when it is so quiet. 3 a.m. is unreasonable and perhaps they could have been a bit more thoughtful for the other visitors. I am so sorry you had such a bad experience but not all the accommodation in Arillas is like that as you can see from the reviews. Dont let it put you off as the resort on the whole is lovely isnt it?
I can tell everyone that Phillipe at Tria is very concerned about this and wants all his customers to have a good time.
I haven't seen how Manos advertise the holiday but, at the end of the day, the behaviour of the child falls back on the responsibilty of the parent.
Negg
We have stayed at the Tria Adelphia lots of times since 1994, we are back on the 17th September and have booked for September next year, we would not keep coming back if it was as bad as has been said. Philip usually gets everyone into the inside part of the bar late at night and tries to keep the noise level down and succeeds most of the time.
I find it very hard to believe that Philip would allow any level of noise or bad behaviour to upset other guests without doing something about it, as I said, we have known the family a lot of years and they are decent people who try to help everyone.
Please note we are not 'Chavs', we maybe knocking on a bit and still like to enjoy our holidays but not at the extent of others.
It doesn`t matter where you stay,either independent or package,When you book your holiday you cant choose who your nieghbours will be....
Sometimes its a matter of tolerence...if the late noise clamour is a regular thing then I think I would be upset also..if its a one off then its possibly acceptable...
I suspect from the essexgirl posting it is the result of an accumilation of things not to there liking..probably first impression of there accomodation(I have only ever read good reports so cannot comment).
If this was the case they could have asked for a transfer?..I know in the past a couple of occasions of people asking and getting a transfer to another hotel,without any animosity from the owners...
Also there are ways of making a complaint without antagonising the owners or other residents...its called TACT..and from some of the detrimental remarks in the posting its possible they went about it the wrong way.
Just returned from another fantastic time at the Tria Adelphi ,and am dismayed to read essex girls comments I have stayed in all Phillips accomadation and without any problems what so ever,and to read about noise of so called chavs is utter ridiculous, these where young people(British and Greek 11 to 15 year olds) who have grew up together on Holiday and meet once a year and,shock / horror like to enjoy themselves,only to be met by a torrent of foul mouth abuse by an older generation who should know better,at no point were these children left unsupervised. It seems to me that a culture of complaining is growing in the package holiday industry with an ever increasing number trying to jump on the claim bandwagon.A private villa may be more suitable in future with out a public bar and park where they do not have to interact with other holiday makers .We have to remember that these young(Arillas lovers) people growing up are the future of the resort and will no doubt in future years will return with there children.
we have just returned from the tria adelphia apartments we had a brilliant time, as for the poor essexgirl, maybe the whole family should holiday in a villa in the middle of nowhere, that way children playing on their psp consoles(the chavs!!!!)would not disturb certain people on their holidays. cant wait to return next year.long live tria travel!!!!!!!!!!!!
SARAH MARK & JAMES XX
Hi all....first post but felt I must.
I returned from Arillas yesterday having stayed for 2 great weeks at the Tria with my wife, 4&1/2 year old son & 2 friends in the standard tour operator (MANOS) accom. We actually had a very relaxing time and didn't have any complaints about either the accom, hosts or other residents!
The accom is the best I have stayed in during several holidays in Greece with my expectations gained from travelling the world and staying in everything from a tent in the desert to 5star luxury too! . The aptmts were exceptionally clean, spacious and well equipped for the Greek lifestyle and the towels/bedding were changed regularly. The main beds were very comfortable and my little boy didn't have any trouble at all sleeping for 2 weeks on the camp bed. The bathroom was completely functional and in keeping with the Greek way of life -- shower, toilet and sink with mirror. I don't know whatelse some people want.
The hosts are very friendly and always willing to help out where they can but they also have a business to run too. They work extremely hard to cater for all the various needs of their guests from morning til late if thats what you want and nothing is ever too much trouble for them. I feel some previous posts are unjustified and unfair to the hard working nature of the family.
During our stay there was a large group of regular visitors staying in the private maisonettes. We found them all very friendly whether around the pool or in the bar. They did have more grown up children with them than either myself or some other guests; but like everyone else staying at the Tria, the children were just out to enjoy themselves too and teenagers being teenagers it can lead to an occasional increase in noise. I was woken once myself early one morning but turned straight over and got back to sleep. I asked once for them to keep the volume down as my little boy had just gone to sleep and they did so. I cannot complain about their willingness to do that, neither can I begrudge them having a good holiday too!
Overall.....I would certainly recommend the Tria if you are after a relaxing holiday in a nice safe, family environment with great facilities.
Craige
It just sounds like a "one off" problem... its not a general thing at the T/A... all other reports for this accommodation have always been good havent they?
Its the first complaint ive read about so an isolated incident i suppose.
I do not want to get into a row over the internet about our stay at the Tria, but further to my husband's comment I'd just like to make a few more. Yes we were disappointed with the accommodation, especially having visited friends at the Kaloudis whose room was much larger and with a new bathroom. The bathroom at the Tria had certainly seen better days and our room could hardly be called spacious, but yes the cleaner did come every day and yes Philip and Helen are lovely people. During our 1st week there we were even discussing coming back in May and staying in the new block, so we can't have disliked it that much!
It's just a shame that we found the noise of the teenagers during our 2nd week to be of an unacceptable level, of which we were not the only ones to think this. I'd like to make it known that on the few occassions that I asked the kids to be quiet, even at 3 in the morning, I never once raised my voice or swore a them and I said I know they are on holiday and want to have a good time, but could they just keep the noise down a bit as the screaming and shouting and kicking of the football was echoing around our room. On our last night after the row yes voices were raised, but you could hardly call it a torrent of foul mouth abuse! Perhaps you would like to ask the kids what it was that they were discussing in the early hours of the morning, because that was foul and I would hate to think that my son's would be using that sort of language or even know those sorts of things at the age of 13!! I'm sure they are all decent kids, but just a little consideration from both the kids and parents would of been nice - there was a pool room and a seating area outside, near the bar that they could easily of hung around.
We understand having spoken to our Manos rep that she had received a few complaints from others staying during that week, so we were most certainly not the only ones to complain. I would not have said anything to Paul or his friends on that last night if it wasn't for the remark from Barry about being tucked up in bed by 10.30 with no-one to keep us awake, that finally made me snap. I'm afraid having been ill most of the 2nd week, I finally had enough and was annoyed that they found it so funny. I never asked the kids to be silent, only that they toned the noise down, surely that is a reasonable request when you are having to share facilities with other people. They were not the only ones on holiday.
I understand that Philip may well be concerned about the comments made, but we feel let down that on our last day, after the row the night before and again in the morning before we left that he did not come and speak to us about it. We were his guests also, something that he seemed to forget.
Hmmm!!!...playng football at 3 am does seem to be a tad inconsiderate...I am suprised that it was allowed by the owners..
helen , phillip and yannis fantastic hosts. Tria Adelphi fantastic place. Arillas fantastic too.
Had a great holiday for the second year running, along with all the other guests.
Ref:- essexgirl. " dissapointed with accomadation, small, old cramped bathroom, noise from children " ( what next )
The world over wherever you go on holiday you meet these type of people ( professional complainers ) waiting for the rep early in the morning, just get out there and have some fun or holiday in a caravan somewhere more remote.
We did have fun on our holiday, but am I missing something - where does it say that you are only having fun if you are stuck at the bar till the early hours of the morning or happen to be making a lot of noise. I must remember this for future reference - in order to have fun on holiday I must make sure that I drink large amounts of alcohol and make as much noise as possible to annoy the other holidaymakers. Thanks for that.
Sorry to disappoint you, but we did not get up early every morning to see the rep, she actually came to speak to us the day before we left after seeing our comments on the form we were asked to fill out. We had no intentions of making any more of it, we were just going to put it down to experience. Why should we have to holiday somewhere else just because others like to make loads of noise, surely they should be the ones parked in the middle of a field in a caravan, so others don't have to listen to them!!
Ref:- essexgirl. " dissapointed with accomadation, small, old cramped bathroom, noise from children, guest drinking at the pool bar " ( what next )
its not a case of noisey children and drunk adults, its people relaxing and having FUN on holiday for two weeks of the year. if you don't like the banter being had by holiday makers why go to a busy resort?????
If you think that Arillas is a busy resort you need to travel a bit more, and you might be a bit more understanding if you, like us, had read the Manos description of the resort . Oh and sorry, I forgot, you were the only ones who happened to be on a relaxing 2 week holiday, how silly of me to forget.
If I found out that my kids were keeping others awake I would be disappointed with them and at least have the common decency to discuss it with those affected, even if it was to say that we disagreed - respect for others is sadly lacking these days and reflects the society we now live in.
I think the time has come to end this on-line "discussion" - as we said earlier we will just put this down to a bad experience and a "one-off" difference of opinion. Arillas is not somewhere we will visit again, sadly, as our initial view was a good one.
We are aware that to some we have come across as boring moaners - this is simply not us at all - we just thought we had chosen a peaceful location as stated in the brochure and wanted a break from our stressful jobs. The odd night or twos disturbance is fine, but all week ? not too much to ask for a restful nights sleep is it ?
Hope the rest of you continue to enjoy the resort - just a shame we never got the chance.
The forum is here for all to give advice & help to visitors to Arillas..We all have different tastes & expectations.Opinions can be discussed without animosity creeping in.
From what I have read on the postings It seems some of the complaints are genuine.
Usually a quiet word with the owners would have put a halt to the late night footie & the noise that went with it.Whatever went wrong cannot be corrected on this forum, but maybe it will seep back to the Owners ,as I am sure negative comments are not what they are looking for.
Sorry to here you will not be returning.but first impressions do count ...Maybe you were in the wrong place at the wrong time...I am sure if you returned to Arillas at a later date things would turn out different.
I think essexgirls points are valid, you shouldnt be kept awake until 3am in the morning by kids playing under your apartment, im sure it would annoy everyone on here if it was happening to them??
I dont consider being kept awake until 3am as 'fun', i had that when i went to Faliraki, but thats expected from that kind of resort, although i do think this incident was a one off as this is the first complaint ive read about Tria.
Arillas is not what i would class as a busy resort either, yes it has a lot of visitors but its more of a family busy resort, not laden down with drunken behaviour etc.
Im just sorry that you will not be visiting Arillas again, its a shame this incident has put you off, i must say though that not everywhere will be the same where you stay.
Did you enjoy the resort as a whole, the beach, restaurants, bars etc??
Also i dont think people should be had a go at for voicing their opinion of their holiday whether its good, bad or indifferent. I know we all love Arillas on here but everyone is entitled to have their say and we should respect that.
I completely agree with you Smiffy BUT when you voice a valid complaint, if you choose your words rather more carefully, you may get more support. Use of the word 'chavs' and 'drunks' just gets your back up - remember we had this last year with Stokiesam? It's not necessary to make such personal comments about people who do love the Tria and Arillas. Most of us on here were not even there when this happened so it's not fair to assume we are all the same. And anyway if loving Arillas makes you a chav and a drunk, I'm not bothered, I'll be both!!
Oh i mustve missed that then, i didnt see the name calling, think ive missed a post somewhere!
Yes an opinion should be made without resorting to namecalling etc, the opinion of the situation is necessary not personal opinions of the people involved.
The references that have been made were not directed to others that visit Arillas or the Tria, simply about the people who basically ruined the last week of our holiday. Obviously we wish we had dealt with the whole incident differently, but we thought that they may of been reasonable people who would consider others.
As for the resort as a whole it was great for a family holiday. The beach is lovely, although the sea could of done with being a little warmer, but it's kept very clean. Some lovely restaurants, especially the Captains and Brouklis (sorry if I've spelt it wrong). We also had same lovely breakfasts at the Rainbow, the guys are great there. "Hello Darlings" - "OOOhhh yesss", I'm sure you've all heard that a few times if you've visited them.
Maybe in time we will forget our bad experience and give it another go, but not for the forseeable future.
Happy holidays to the rest of you.
mmm im confused! football until 3 in the morning, that didn't happen i can assure all you readers, im just not convinced that children playing their psp's while sitting on sun beds can make so much noise i sat outside of the bar to make sure that the children were not making any noise, i think that the crickets made more noise.however there was foul mouth words used and not by the children.we have never upset anyone at the apartments before and nor do we ever wish to we think far to much of the gianiottis family for that. can't wait until our next visit.
Hello Everyone
Being one of those slightly invisible forum members , like Norman who only has 2 posts, you have to class me as someone who enjoys reading topics but has very little to say.
Sometimes I do get silly after a drink and post nonsense - sorry.
Reading this I have to say isn't it about time :------
TO KNOCK IN ON THE HEAD.
I see a family who didn't enjoy the holiday, a few heated words, and other names mentioned.
I see all points of view agreed with,disagreed with, and with some for and some against.
I see some heated comments and maybe words used which will antognise others.
But written at the time were not meant to antognise. We all can do this.
An open forum is a good idea and even Arillas will have some critiscism.
Maybe enough is enough on this one and I hope all people will learn from it.
World wars have started on less
"Essexgirl" - I wish you a very good next holiday which gives to you and family everything you need to relax and enjoy, what I'm sure will be a well earned break.
My very best wishes to everyone. I will now enjoy other topics and learn from them.
Tellis
Well said Telli,
I agree with you and also with all the others!! (;
Dimitris