Vacation on the Island. Bashny.Net

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1- Our holiday started on the plane from Vnukovo.
There was a direct flight. Three hours the fly and we are on the Island. 2- After landing, a big bus domchal us from the airport to the place in 15 minutes. We did not even notice how found themselves in front of the hotel. Go here close, a small island. With end-to-end - and a half hour drive.


3- Check after 12. But we arrived early, about two hours. And although we were warned back in the bus, that the population after 12 hours of the day, and that will have to wait until the vacant rooms - people evicted. We sat on sofas in the hotel lobby, waiting impatiently. In the photo from the hall seen umbrellas made of palm leaves on the beach.


After 30 minutes of waiting tired. Leaving suitcases in the hall, in front of the reception desk, we previously dressed in the dressing room of the hall, he ran to the sea, which lapped just a few dozen meters from us. Returning, we wet and cheerful, met the very manageress, who was not surprised nor how our "Escape". While time has come, and she gave us the keys to our room. 4- Knowing in advance, we still ask her at the expense of WiFi-Internet, and immediately received a check with login and password from the WiFi-network hotel. At the check, in black and white it was written the price of 5 euros. After questioning look, manageress, she explained that the service is paid only to outsiders, but to hotel guests access to the Internet has been and will remain free. In the photo the same check. To avoid accusations in the advertisement, the names painted in it.


Roaming for travelers - not a cheap thing. So we let all his friends that "on vacation will be on Skype." Disconnect and got the batteries from their phones annoying, left their homes. Arriving on the island, we chatted with all of Skype, without restrictions and bezvozdmedno, that is a gift. By the way, if you want that kind of phone then as an option, you can search for advanced information - 'on the forwarding of incoming Skype. " Read, for example - optiroam.ru (is not advertising), it is possible to route calls that came to you on a cell phone to your Skype, and catch your incoming calls on Skype anywhere in the world where there is Internet. We had the same simple Skype. 5- Finally, open your door. We took a ticket, not for the steep numbers, because lying on the bed, we especially did not plan. We chose a cheap room (though it was more than adequate in terms of comfort) and expected better more to save on rental cars for pokatushek the island. The car will be served for dinner tomorrow, and today we celebrate the arrival. In some expensive hotels are practicing welcome drinks, but we did not need because we celebrated the arrival with his "trophies from dyuti stock».


] 6 The first afternoon and dinner on the island. Around a few people, quiet, hot. In the photo sign Nikos tavern 50 meters away.


We took the ticket, which had only breakfast. Full diet at the hotel - it is for couch potatoes. We have not lost that solved their lunches and dinners are not carried out at the hotel and in different places of the island, we liked to ride. By the way, a neighboring tavern Nikos we do not really like it. Apparently, spoiled advertising on the Internet Nikos relied on by all the reviews on the web, it has become lazy. Do not get attached to any one tavern, restaurant, cafe, bar. Around are lots of options for different money, often with contradictory value, you find something that you like, just go an additional 50 meters. For example, we liked the pizza restaurant «La Pergola», translated it means - a gazebo overgrown plants, by the way, really, curled thickly over the tables of living vines and hung large purple grapes. This is a Greek restaurant, but the menu and it is decorated in the Italian style. In general, a distance of 200-300 meters on either side of the hotel to eat dozens of options. Seek and ye shall find. 7 The next morning we got up early for alarm watches. At the beginning of the eighth, we were already on the beach, all this in order to have time enough to swim before eating. With a heavy belly full of swimming is not comme il faut. Morning - the most pleasant time for swimming, there are no heat, warm sea and soft breeze, it's just "sbycha dream».


The air rush swallows a lot of swallows, are the two hit the shot. Mosquitoes and flies we have not met, is pleased, therefore fumitoks and smoke spirals from mosquitoes were in the bag. Come to mind, maybe the mosquitoes were not because there was a lot of swallows? Anyway, the next trip you need to take your anti-mosquito set, it takes up little space and weighs a little, suddenly the next time the swallows will not or they can not handle a mass of pests. 8 After breakfast, walked through a nearby store. Especially we do not buy, because we decided to compare prices and assortment of other places. By lunchtime, we drove a rented car. Execution took 10 minutes. Car keys with us. Brought from a browser installed on the glass. We start in the capital. In the photo center of the capital, one of the market stalls in the port. Island fishermen, there's a lot of fresh fish. By the way, in the upper-right corner of any snake and shark. In a restaurant you can taste dishes from them, we could not identify the seller of the complexities of translation. We do not buy just pofografirovali and went on a walk around the city.


Breakfast in the morning at the hotel are monotonous, although it should be noted that because of the large selection at the buffet, you can easily each day has a different set of dishes. There is bread, rolls, toast, muffins, muesli, cereal, yogurt, boiled eggs (or scrambled), ham, cheese, olives, fresh tomatoes, cucumbers and watermelons, peaches in syrup, jam, butter, chocolate spread, tea, coffee, juice, milk, and my favorite chilled milk rice porridge, sprinkled with cinnamon, th-th-th. Like all I listed, although it is possible that some of the dishes have forgotten to mention. About Navigator. I have it prostetsky. Program PocketGIS (is not advertising) Download here - probki77.ru/category/gps-навигация/ - a map to find it here - probki77.ru/pgs_/maps/ - there is a file named corfu.zip. In addition to this program, yet we had a program iGo, a memory card with this program, I took a friend surprised her size 2900 megabytes (compared with 30 megabytes at PocketGIS). By the way, PocketGIS free, and her golden font map shows all the island's beaches. The truth is simple-interface, the search curve, and sometimes requires a run through WinCE, but are not bothered, because the routes are prepared in advance on a laptop in the room with the internet, the main thing - PocketGIS drove on normal roads. In the evening we went to the beach, swimming and just lying under the stars. Then dinner at a tavern, eating salads and chatted for a long time. We returned late, the hotel was a get-together and dance, but we were tired, and wanted to get up early in the morning again, again to frolic on the beach before breakfast, to the heat, so we decided to go to sleep. 9- The next day it was decided to start with a visit to an Orthodox church. Known far beyond Greece, St. Spyridon. How could miss such an opportunity? He helped and continues to help members. In the picture a little lane in which you want to turn off the central streets of the capital. The lane is visible clock tower near the temple.


The Greeks - Orthodox nation. Incidentally, on this island it was hidden many Orthodox shrines Byzantium during the Crusades. Most of Greece in different periods of history, was under the Turks, the French, the Italians, the British and others, but the island has always been a freedom-loving, and when the Russian Admiral Ushakov, once again, completely liberated the island, the people were so grateful that in the memory of This canonised Ushakov, elevating him to the rank of saints. We saw his icons. The island's population, in the vast majority of its mass - Greek Orthodox, although there are ethnic French and Italians, they are few. But even fewer Turks and Albanians, they are very, very small. 10 After lunch we drove on the island. There are many beaches and picturesque bays. The photo is one of them.


By the way, in written sources for the first time the name of the mountainous islands of Corfu (accent on the "E") is mentioned in Homer's Odyssey (VIII century BC). In the description of Homer means that off the coast of Corfu, Odysseus was shipwrecked, but found him and saved Nausicaa - the daughter of King Alcinous, it has cured the sick and wounded of Odysseus and helped him to return home. His name Island was in antiquity, according to the Greek myths and legends, at a time when Poseidon fell in love with the beautiful nymph Kerkyra (daughter of Asopus and river nymph Metop), he kidnapped Corfu, drove her to an unnamed island in the Ionian Sea, the island he called the name his beloved. Today, the islands a few names. In Russia it is known as Corfu - is the Italian name loosely spread in the world, the Greeks themselves and the whole world is called the Island, as well as its capital, the historic name "Corfu". 11 On the same day, riding on the island and taking pictures from above, from the mountains, the beautiful bay below, we still stopped on the advice of our tour guide, in the village Makrades. According to the guide, where we were to see a lot of souvenir shops, as it was one of the villages, living producing souvenirs. In the picture one of the display cases.


That was true, in the village was a lot of gifts, but get there for a long serpentine mountain was not easy. Although, if you bring here on a paid tour bus, then, of course, the path to cost tighter cost, but will not burdensome. After seeing the prices on the shelves Makradesa, we realized that not an easy ride up the steep mountain streamers that did not cost. The same fragrant olive oil and soap, souvenir magnets and other travel products could be bought in the store next to the hotel, and most of them cost less there. Although there need to accept and note - in the range of Makradese was just a huge number and variety of such such endless stalls, we have not seen anywhere else on the Island. On the way back, through the efforts of the navigation software iGo lost. Generally iGo route with any strategy, we are constantly sent to some narrow concrete walkway sloped 20-30%. Where it finds them, it was not clear. Propetlyav about an hour, the steep narrow concrete path from dark bottomless cliffs, we decided not to run this program, this time was the last drop of our patience, clicking on the first navigation program, before the end of holidays, we no longer notice difficulties with navigation ( do not scold for criticizing iGo, is a personal experience). Returning in the evening at the hotel, we realized that we missed the calm, warm sea and then went to the beach and had a dinner in another cafe. Stars, after dinner, we met again on the beach, in the water did not want to climb, although holidaymakers head sticking out of it, it looked like the clock. The sky in the evenings of our stay was cloudless and starry. The wind that night was a bit more than usual, and it is quiet in the previous days the sea rustled with small waves, they rolled with a soft rustle. Subsided after these evenings is particularly strong and serene. 12 A new day and a new journey. Channel of Love (Canal D'Amour). Tourist attractions of the island. By giving, lovers, together included in the channel, they will be happy and not part. Skip impossible.


The channel is located in the northern part of the Island. The water was much colder. We went to his knees, and after standing, went to a cafe. After drinking a couple of cocktails and relaxing, we went further. We returned to the hotel to have dinner, eat not want to sleep overcame. By the way, the Greeks sleep twice a day at 4:00, both times - from one to five. In sum, just get 8 hours a day. Our guide told us that for the violation of silence dinner sleep then may call the police. But in the resort of all this is not observed, although many banks and offices everywhere are open until lunch, then a siesta - the same 3-4 hours of sleep a lunch. Then some offices operate even after the evening siesta. Originally, apparently so, in the evening, rested Greeks with a vengeance and begin to work until late at night to rest. A couple of days easy getting used to the alarm, and we realized that this schedule is much more comfortable than ours. Overslept, like all the hot midday, we got two full-time interval, a siesta until the morning and the second after it - in the evening. In one day had more time to swim, travel, tourism, and many other things. Thus disappeared the heat and fatigue. It was clear what to do with all the people in the midday heat. We began to live "like everyone else", in most of the island's population. Do not be surprised if you find out that this routine lives most of the hot countries of southern Europe. 13 The second part of the day began with a shopping trip, after we went to the next beach. Bought there kumkuat in syrup - a local dessert, a small and delicious. Kumkuat - a hybrid of tangerine and orange. A bird in the photo, it is not who was afraid of people. It is important to pace the next, we visited the beach while we sat together and ate kumkuat. Be sure to buy and try, you will not regret.


14 achilleion. The name of the palace derives from the name of the ancient Greek hero Achilles. We went there early in the morning the next day. Very interesting and beautiful palace. Be sure to visit.


For a long time it was impossible to pick up a signature to this picture ... Maybe just, "Achilles" ..? Two similar pose in the photo ... Maybe "Achilles and I '..? No - "I Achilles ..." Hmm, "We Achilles' ... Just kidding, of course. Photography does not require a signature, and all so clear ... whether there are in fact, the island famous ancient hero Achilles, unable to learn. The palace was built in 1890 for the Austrian Empress Sisi, a great admirer of ancient Greek culture. This is evidenced by a great number of sculptures of the Greek classical themes, other vases, columns, and so on. The palace itself is designed in a strict Catholic style. Many excursions were in German. We were there on their own, and had a lot of excursions, so we were able to hear several excursions, two of them are Russian. Enough is nafotografirovavshis and we walked to the exit. As time went for dinner, I wanted to sleep, because we are almost accustomed to the new routine of the day on the Island. By the way, on the Island there was a lot of information that many monarchs in the Nordic countries, at different times, often vacationing here. And Edinburgh Prince Philip - the husband of the current British Queen Mother Elizabeth, and in general, has Greek roots and was born on this island. Which had not previously, in our eyes, widely known island, proved a tourist mecca. 15 Having visited several beaches, wanted to tell a little experience. All the beaches are different, there are sandy and pebble, there are warmer and fresher contrary. In order not to think about the properties of the beach, about possible problems at the bottom, go around these problems and focus their attention, in fact, on the sea water. To do this, buy special shoes for swimming (in the photo).


In these sneakers "reckless", in the sense that the soles of the feet are protected from any trouble on the beach or at the bottom of the water, whether it's casual sharp stones, sea urchins, broken bottle, and so on. Anyway, the idea that mood may be spoiled for one unfortunate moment, just fading away. In these slippers somehow calm down once they have elastic sole and mesh upper. Step into their quiet and comfortable to swim, they dry quickly, because that meant for the beach. Many European tourists buy them, why not buy our countrymen, is not clear. In general, we recommend. By the way, starfish, other sea urchins and broken bottles, we on the Island are not met, but buying these slippers for swimming, we are not how much regretted, as they say, "better safe than sorry", because with them we evaluated only water, regardless of the beach bottom, this is important. In this block also has got drinking water bottle. This product is working, because the climate is hot in the resort. Prices for drinking water is also very different, for the same money in the 1, 5 euros (60 rubles), you can buy, or a half-liter bottle of water, or the packaging of 6 and a half-liter bottles, and is 9 liters water. It all depends on where you buy them. Therefore, it is better to buy in the store packaging water and leave it in the room. You can throw a couple of bottles in the fridge, a bottle can be put into a beach bag, a couple in the car and drop your carry any with him. So you will easily be able to quench their thirst or rinse hands. You will save nerves, time and money in search of water. And it is useful to you, do not hesitate. 16 Calypso Star. Water excursion to the new capital of the island pier. This yacht with glass walls on the sides.


On the boat trip we got at the next outing in the capital. Underwater scenery, fish, lobster, large shells. There is material for the photos and videos. The show with sea lions in the middle of the tour we did not like, although the children of several families, ride with us on the Calypso, screamed and jumped with joy.

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