Greek Island holiday

[Turkish]

38 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

The star system is a joke anyway. People who say "it said it was 5* but barely 3*" clearly don't understand that star ratings are based on facilities, not on actually luxury status of the property. At times, they go hand in hand, but most of the time it's about "Do you have an indoor pool? Do you have a laundry service? etc etc".

yes the trip advisor NOT EVEN 2 STAR ranting reviews always make me laugh. A few years back I actually wrote a scathing review on a hotel a went to about the other guests. What lazy, arrogant fuckers they were. All of them moaning about what was a nice hotel and what did they expect for the money. Some weird bloke ran across the restuarant to take a picture of a pile of used plates, presumably to as evidence of what a shit hole it was. 

Edited June 12 by Turkish

[whelk]

4 hours ago, Turkish said:

 

Please report back. I’ve heard good things, beautiful, cheap like Croatia was 25 years ago so sounds good

We went there a few years ago. Loved it and beautiful scenery. Didn’t overly explore as was quite a lazy break but definitely recommend.  Obviously quite similar to other Balkan countries 

[iansums]

Fuck me it’s hot here at Lake Garda

[Winnersaint]

On 12/06/2026 at 10:02, Saint Marky said:

It was Skala mate. The hotel was a Tui 4 star, it wasn’t, barely 3 star! Can’t complain, the food and beer were good, local spirits ok. The hotel ran a shuttle bus to the main Skala beach, but never bothered going, we just walked across the road, down some steep steps to the bay. The locals went there, though it was never busy, so we knew it wouldn’t get any better than that. It really was beautiful there, get yourself there mate, you won’t regret it!

Where were you, San Giorgio? 

[egg]

Has anyone done Naxos? The missus has mentioned it and it looks good. 

[Gloucester Saint]

51 minutes ago, egg said:

Has anyone done Naxos? The missus has mentioned it and it looks good. 

Not been myself but know people who have and it’s bigger than I’d credited it for. Probably a bit more to do than the smaller islands for a week’s holiday but without the hustle and bustle of Crete or Corfu (both of which I have been to).

Neat guide here which made me keen to visit it!

https://santorinidave.com/naxos