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We had a family holiday in Kremythas (also written as “Cremithas” on some maps), Corfu, Greece during June 2008. Its a small village in the north-east.
In a nutshell: it was a glorious holiday in this mountainous island with spectacular beaches, views, culture and legendary Greek hospitality.
Check out our family snaps in our gallery: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4.
We booked our trip to Crete online through the Simply Travel website - yes, Crete. Andrew mucked it up and booked only 7 days. Months passed. Andrew phoned up Simply Travel to upgrade the car for the two weeks, only to be told to read the confirmation documents they had mailed. Yep, 7 days in Crete. Luckily, a villa was available for two weeks: but in Corfu. We booked! And upgraded the car at the same time.
We stayed at Anatoli Villa in Kremythas. It was about a mile from the “main” road, up the mountainside and along a dirt track - talk about secluded! There was one other villa nearby: Bouritsa Farm, also managed by Simply Travel. Our local representative said it had a bit more quirky/charming layout. Both have pools.
The Simply Travel info about the villa doesn’t do it justice. Its a large place, with spectacular views across the sea channel. We loved watching the ferries silently passing by each morning and night against the backdrop of Albania’s mountains.
We were very lucky to visit at a time between heat waves. The temperature was a pleasing 23C most days; and unusual for June, there were a couple days of rain. The thunderstorms were amazing to watch. By mid-June the temperature started rising, to about 33C. We finally succumbed to turning on the air conditioning (just added in May 2008 - and not noted on the Simply Travel website!). If you possibly can, then go to Corfu in early June to (hopefully) miss the searing heat: its so much more pleasurable to explore the mountains and villages (and play on the beaches) when you aren’t being fried alive. Why go on holiday just to sit in an air conditioned room?
The Simply Travel representative, Carl, was first-class. He was on hand at the airport for our arrival; and visited us at the Villa the day after our arrival and each Thursday. It would have been no problem if we hadn’t been in; the villa visits are just courtesy calls.
Carl was quite knowledgeable about the island and has learned the Greek language in all its forms. He gave us his mobile number so that we could ask for help on any topic on any day. He would also be the first point of contact in any emergency - as figuring out how to tell an ambulance driver how to find us would be next to impossible. Thankfully, we never had to test that aspect!
He also had numerous tips to share, including this good one: visit Aqualand on Mondays (when most other holiday people are flying out / in of Corfu).
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Here are some links about the Corfu:
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3 peter hurley // Jul 6, 2008 at 12:58
I was interested to read your description of Anatoli Villa as we,re thinking of booking it ourselves. Is it as peaceful as it appears and how far away is the neighbouring villa (Bouritsa Farm). Glad you enjoyed your holiday. Regards, Pete Hurley
4 AndrewRH // Jul 6, 2008 at 19:09
Both are very good villas. Either is a good choice for a peaceful holiday.
Anatoli is one floor, whereas Bouritsa is two. We’ve not been inside of Bouritsa, but its outside is stunning - and completely not overlooked; there’s many trees around it too making it shaded (good for hot summers). The local Simply Travel representative, Carl, said he preferred the quirky layout of Bouitsa - but we don’t think he has kids!
As for Anatoli: There’s a huge open plan area in Anatoli that a couple of boys could have a good football match in (without much worry of breaking anything!). The back bedroom is
isolated from the rest of the house, too. The patio is over (under?) looked by one window in Bouritsa albeit about 100m away. There is newly installed air conditioning in Anatoli (the Simply Travel website still showed it as fan-only when we booked in February’08).
Drop us a line to let us know which you chose!
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