First Visit

[rainbow]

Hi All,

Found this site as I am visiting Arillas for the first time, it looks a
very nice place to be in.

Can anyone tell me what trips Arkokal Travel do from the village
and would these be cheaper than the Rep trips ? I would like to
see a little of Corfu

Hope for a reply
rainbow

[John B]

Hi Rainbow,

There are a few independent travel operators in Arillas.
They offer Corfu day and night trips, Aqualand, BBQ boat trips, Albania boat trip,  Pelokastritsa, Horse riding, scuba diving, Paxos + Antipaxos boat trip and others that I cannot remember.
Do not use the trips organised by the reps they are a lot more expensive.

Have a nice time

[Ang]

Hi Rainbow
Just pop in to Olgas travel,she will be able to offer you any trip and like john says the holiday company trip are more expensive.
Ang

[suzanne simcox]

Hi Rainbow, when are you visiting Arillas ?

[nannasue]

we did island tour with Arillas travel end of May very good trip, 30 euros rep wanted 36 euros

[Smiffypink]

I agree, never book with the reps, they always charge more for the trips, there are a couple of travel shops for you to choose from, have fun!!

[vivian]

We have always saved between 5 & 10 euros pp by booking outside and when we went to Albania it was 14 euros pp cheaper then the tour company we were with. Viv

[neilelaine]

Hi, we are just back from our first visit to Arillas, I would definately recomend Olgas Travel, very helpful and knowledgable about what what the trips involve and where to go. We hired a car from Olga for three days, booked for the Hydropolis water park at Acharave through her (great day out if you have kids in tow) and she even contacted the San Stephenos boat hire company on our behalf (which we had booked directly in San Stephanos) when we were unsure whether the boat would be available due to a choppy sea for a couple of days around 11th-12th July.
The worst day we had on the holiday was a boat trip via the tour operator which consisted of a 2 and a half hour coach transfer out via the whole of the north of Corfu Island, when we got to the boat everybody got on and they announced that there were no toilets working on board so half the passengers then got off to use the toilets on another boat, we traveled approx half a mile north of Paleokastritsa, then 1 mile south to a beach that they called Paradise beach, the kids called it pain beach due to it being a strip of shingle that was like walking on hot coals. we were dumped there for 4 hours or so with a barbeque and a few umbrellas.they were selling beach shoes for 8 euros, twice price that they were in Arillas. The boat trip back was 10 minutes and then we were expected to sit on a coach for another 2 hours or so as they were dropping off in the reverse order of picking up. We paid a Taxi driver 45 Euros for a 25 minute trip back to Arillas as if we had got back on the coach I think I would have given the rep on the coach a no holds barred account of what we thought of the whole day.
We would say stick with the local travel services.

Neil, Elaine and family.

[blondegirl]

Glad you had a good time.  We learnt our lesson with organised coach trips some years ago... a never to be repeated experience!

[neilelaine]

Just to add to my earlier post, the rest of the holiday was fantastic! will post some more later about the best bits as we are still unpacking and washing!

Neil.

[blondegirl]

Expect you back online then in a week   LOL  Its the worst part of trying to put it all away again.

[Eggy]

These trips through tour ops need some serious revamping!!
I'm glad to see Olga's Travel get a good mention here. She does look after her customers.
When in her office recently a lady wanted to change money against a card. Olga asked what cards she had then sent her to the ATM machine. She then got a better rate and no commision charge. Good business sense with a genuine keeness to help.
I admire that.
ChrisElaine - Very glad you had a good first time. Probably, like most of us, you learn from any little "blips" & don't make the same error twice.
Regards
Negg

[pg32]

Has anyone been on the boat trip to Albania? We are going in september to Arillas and quite fancy that.

Neilelaine how much was your car hire for the 3 days?

Thanks

Paul

[Sandy x]

I haven't done that trip myself but know people who have and it seems to be one of the better ones.....but a very long day!

[Benita]

Hi all
got home last night from our 1st trip to Arillas. We had a great time staying at Perry's and Jimmy's also using the the pool etc at the Rainbow complex. The 2 brothers there are very nice and great entertainment. Everyone in Arillas was very nice including the nice family in the apartment next door and the guests we met while there. I was surprised how beautiful that part of Corfu still is. It was very hot while we where there, we hired a fan but next time I will book with aircon. We had an hour delay coming home but a poor Manchester flight had a 9 hour delay with XL. Returned to rain and grey skies, miss the sun and Arillas. Back to work tomorrow to save up for next holiday.
Benita