Hello

[micjul]

Hello to all we are newbie's to this site and Arillas booked it after get the offer of what i think was a good deal from Thomsons.We'll be arriveing 3/5/13 for 1week found this site after booking and the place and every one sound great so realy looking forward to it.Have enjoyed reading all your posts.

[justphil]

Hello micjul. Welcome to the forum.

First week of May you will find Arillas gearing up for the season, but some places not yet open. It will be quiet, but as you may have seen on here, some forum members always go then. You might well see the magical fireflies at this time, and there will be things to do. The Trail is great for walkers at this time of year when it is cooler. And the surrounding countryside is beautiful.

Keep asking questions. Between us we know most of the answers. Best wishes for a great stay in May.

Phil

[Val n Bill]

Welcome to the  Arillas forum micjul, if you booked with Thomsons you will be either at the Mathraki (where we stay) or Kaloudis which is really great too.

As Phil says the beginning of May is quiet but beautiful, there are lovely walks around Arillas, if you look at all the maps on the forum you will see the village is U shaped and on this walk you will see most of the tavernas bars and shops.  It doesn't take long to walk the circuit.
If you walk to the tavernas up the back road at dusk you will see the fireflies, they are a beautiful sight to see. Try Vavilas fish taverna on this road, Thomas will welcome you like family.

Lots of people prefer the start of the season, it is very warm and the beach is not crowded. Also the pace is slower so people have time to chat.


                        Val x

[keith(geezer)]

welcome micjul we go in may each year and we stay in the kaloudis great place they have the time to talk in may you will make sum great friend out there we are no there till the end of may this year hope you enjoy but we all no that you will               YAMMUS   from keith and ann                                                                               

[Paul D]

Hi, micjul. Welcome form me (us), also. You couldn`t have picked a better place than Arillas. And ,even though we`re all biased here, we speak the truth.
  Once you have been , you`ll be hooked and return many times. ( I hope! )

     Paul

[Lawty]

Mikjul you have picked a great time to go to Arillas. You are arriving for Greek Easter which is an important occasion for the Greek people. I am sure you will be able to share this special occasion with the people of Arillas and it should be a great start to your week - enjoy!

[TONYNEW]

I wish i were going in early May ,only ever been once that time of year and that was to San Stef loved every minute of it
Tony

[Jo Wissett]

Hello to you both and looking forward to hearing all the juicy details of your hol afterwards! Where are u staying? X

[kvarnell]

Hello to you both, danger, alert, once you have been you will never want to go any where else, be warned lol

[micjul]

Hi all
        thanks for all your coments yes we are realy looking forward to it we are staying at Kaloudis we like it quiet looking forward to trying some of the nice sounding places to eat and having a lovely walk along the beach  Mick

[Jo Wissett]

I guarantee then that you will fall in love with Arillas as soon as you walk down down the kaloudis drive and see the sight that awaits you!

[kvarnell]

I second that, love Kaloudis and its lovely family

[hippopotandmouse]

We loved it so much we moved here!

[Jersey Bean]

Kaloudis is a great place to stay. We booked with Thomson and stayed in apartment 32 and it had the most lovely outlook every day we sat on the balcony and said welcome to paradise.

[micjul]

Glad i have booked and paid thomson have put the price up £109 each out of Norwich makes it an even better deal loving the place already lol