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Where to go / Driving from Plakias to Timpaki/ Tymbaki?

« on: February 11, 2012, 09:13:38 PM »

That sounds perfect. Thank you so much for the information. My other half will be pleased as She wants to get some history and culture as well as beaches and Tavernas. She does the driving and I navigate. Lost my licence due to ill health & not liquid refreshment :-).

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Where to go / Re: Lesbos - Molivos

« on: February 11, 2012, 05:32:06 PM »

Never seen any litter on Ambelia. They must clean it. I only ever visit late May through to mid July though so it well could be messy at other times. Petra and Petri are lovely. We just prefer the nicer beach and Anaxos being  less busy. Petra of course is more historic and Anaxos has mainly been built for tourism. It does have little windy lanes and many amazing Tavernas. Tend to eat up in Petri or the Women's Co-Op in Petra. Avlaki Taverna at Avlaki bay is very good too. We stay with friends in Thermi sometimes, it is another beautiful area. Lesvos is a great Island to visit for the bird Migration in spring but we still have not made it that early. Crete is the Island my Father comes from and I still have relatives in Lappa. The climate is much better in Crete too, well it begins earlier and ends later :-).
So glad to be visiting again after so many years. There are too many other Islands to visit and it has taken this long to return.

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Where to go / Lesbos - Molivos

« on: February 11, 2012, 11:20:19 AM »

Apostolis was such a nice man. Spent many an evening there drinking and talking. Miki, Maria and Toula are still making wonderful food. Such a massive gap without Apostolis though. I will never forget the bill being written on the paper tablecloth and the statement "no tax".

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Where to go / Driving from Plakias to Timpaki/ Tymbaki?

« on: February 11, 2012, 10:20:25 AM »

Hello again.
Has anyone done the drive to Tymbaki to visit Phaestos?
Googly Earth says 57Km but not being a trusting soul I thought I would ask.
Route does look fairly straightforward but is the road tarmac all the way?
Looking forward to seeing Plakias again after a break of 36 years (scary).
I Sadly lived on the North coast of Crete many moons ago (before mass tourism).
In 1991 I took the ex Wife to show her where I lived in the Winter and actually wept to see what had happened to the tiny fishing port near Malia I used to know.
At least my Fathers village of Lappa in the mountains remained the same.

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Where to go / Re: Lesbos - Molivos

« on: February 11, 2012, 09:35:34 AM »

Hi Nora. Here is a very small selection of Photographs of Anaxos, Ambeli Taverna and Molivos not many beaches feature. Spot George's Taverna Ambelia and the friendly Terrapins in the creek. Strangely Barney appears to have signed the mural on the wall. Sorry for the first photograph, Costas borrowed the camera. https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=9d87910c03e50059&sc=photos&id=9D87910C03E50059!224

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Where to stay / Dora information needed.

« on: February 10, 2012, 05:59:59 PM »

Will have to get in Touch with Sian somehow. Perhaps once the season starts. Hope She is the Rep for this season  Thank you.

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Where to stay / Re: Dora information needed.

« on: February 08, 2012, 02:03:31 PM »

Hello. We have booked at the Dora for end of June/ beginning of July. My Wife wants air con and a bit of a view. Which are the best rooms to book? Do the upper and larger rooms have air con and a better view? We have read that some look out on a concrete wall as a large house is now blocking. Thank you for any help.

The downstairs rooms are the studios (6 of them, although last year one was occupied for the season by the girl employed by Dora to do the room servicing) and the upstairs are the one bedroom apartments (4).

Some of the ones pointing roughly east have quite decent views towards Timeos Stavros  and those facing approximately south overlook the unfinished (for many years?) building. I have had both and although I obviously prefer the former it didn't in any way spoil my holiday that I didn't get one of them. It is the luck of the draw and depends which are being vacated on the day of your arrival.

As at least one member of this forum has booked Dora with Olympic and intends to stay elsewhere, you may be able to change if your visit coincides with one of these people. See an earlier thread.

I'm not too sure about air con as I only go early or late but I thought they all had it (€5 per day).

Mike

Thank you Mike.  May give Dora a call as we have her phone number, but probably a bit closer to our Holiday. Other half wants to give me a good holiday with a better view. Last year we looked over the bins and a building site. This year holiday coincides with my Birthday and I am having a lot of treatment for the big C. Personally I think we only use the place to sleep in and I may like to sit out whilst She gets ready (could be a long wait).  Many thanks again for the information. John.

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Where to stay / Dora information needed.

« on: February 08, 2012, 08:20:23 AM »

Hello. We have booked at the Dora for end of June/ beginning of July. My Wife wants air con and a bit of a view. Which are the best rooms to book? Do the upper and larger rooms have air con and a better view? We have read that some look out on a concrete wall as a large house is now blocking. Thank you for any help.

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Announcements / Tapatalk Support Added

« on: February 07, 2012, 06:14:01 PM »

Using TapaTalk now and the forum looks great. Thank you.

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Where to stay / Prices

« on: February 07, 2012, 06:04:09 PM »

Olympic together with other Holiday companies place tracking cookies on your computer. If you visit the same pages again they log that you are interested and increase the price. Try clearing the cache and cookies before you visit again and see if the price comes down. Did it myself Today. The Dora for two weeks 26th of June £845. Cleared Cache and cookies and tried to book again £775.45. Booked at lower price. Price was for two people flying from Birmingham.

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PlakChat / Re: 2012 Season

« on: February 06, 2012, 10:31:47 PM »

Hello another New member of the Forum here. I am not new to Plakias....it has been a while however. Has much changed since 1976?
Booked at the Dora (because I am impoverished) for the 26th of June.
Looking forward to the little fishing village with no proper roads to it :-).
John.