Just back from 2 great weeks, stayed at the Ioli village so if anyone wants any inf...

good restaurant is Danny's on the seafront at the north end. The service varies from a bit eccentric to superb but the food is excellent, and much of the seating is on the beach side of the prom.

If anyone is taking car hire i recommend you take out super collision damage waiver, as we did. Somone ploughed into the side of ours one day -it was parked and we were away from it - and I spent severl hours thanking my lucky stars I was only going to have to find 90 euros intead of hundreds. Actually it later turned out that the chap rang and confessed, but peace of mind and all that.....

dave,ive just come acroos your thread about the loli village,was wondering if you could give some info on it as we have had are hols transferred to there for may 2007.got loads of pics from internet which i must it looks lovely.info on apartments are abit iffy as regards were to ask to stay in.do we ask for a pool view,garden view or what.dont want to be listening to wagons rolling up at 7 in the morning.were in your opinion should we ask for our room to be.we got a studio.any other info on the village or resort would be great.we should of been staying in hanioti.however looking forward to going there several times.looking forward to your reply.
cheers karen

hello! i am from Czech republic and i was here for holiday this year...please can you help? i need some informations about the ship King of Chrousso...soe informations, photos, informations about the people from this ship...i was on this ship on the trip Toroneos and i spoke here with young man of the ship... i need to speak with him again...it´s important for me...i think they had an internet address www.kingofchrousso.net or com... on this internet page www.lide.cz/Kahabkova.K in photos under photo with underline ,já v řecku s námořníčkem´ is he with my sister...... i need some informations and photos...it´s so so so important!!! if you know something i shall be happy!!!! please help me if you can...baru99



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Karen, hi. Ioli village apartments are I would say fairly basic but spacious and kept clean. The swimming pool is OK, depending on what time of the season you go it can be a scrum for a sunlounger or you can get the place to yourself!

I don't think you need to worry about lorries at 7am. It isn't on a main road. It's on a side road which basically goes nowhere very much - at least for traffic- so there isn't very much. It is about four or five minutes walk from the beach, similar to the centre of the village. There's two big supermarkets just a couple of minutes away which are very handy - cheaper and better stocked than the small, but friendly on site mini market which we use for the odd item. There's a small bar but on site entertainment, such as it is, is forgettable. They also do breakfasts which are quite good if you want one. Anna the receptionist is very friendly.

Pefkohori is a family orientated resort. It's quite commercialised, not exactly pretty (well I don't think so!) but there's plenty of bars, tavernas and so on. Don't miss the old square with the pub style Paul's place and a taverna opposite.

There's one nightclub - Nonos - very close to IV, it's only open twice a week, no idea what it is like as its not our scene.

This year the hills got ravaged by the fire which came very close to the Village but I imagine the starkness of it will have eased by next year. It certainly won't put us off going back.

We hire a car to travel around. We use economycars who advertise on this site, Kriopigi cars are also popular and have a very good reputation.

enjoy your hol, we do!

hi dave,thanks for your repy.good info there.can i ask what room you stayed in and would you recomend any other rooms eg; pool view,sea view etc.most happy with what others say about the place,looking forward to it.just abit disappointed not goin hanioti,however we will be going there few times.was advised it is better than pefkohori but that depends on what each persons taste is.would you recomend us to take anything with us with rooms being so basic? would luv any further info on loli village you have to give.
cheers again
karen

We've stayed there twice, I think the room numbers were 306 and 315 but I'm, not sure.
They overlook the courtyard. The rooms are the same size wherever you are in IV apart from some suites which are extra cost and include breakfast. Unless you pick this option via the tour operator, you won't be in a suite. I'd probably prefer not to have one of the rooms that back on to the road but that's all.

You won't get much of a sea view from anywhere, or pool view. (The pool is to the side of the complex). The pool is fine, busy at the height of the season, quieter off peak. There's a snack bar there which serves various things including drink.

We take very little with us - all the usual stuff can be bought locally and are very cheap. The kitchen is typical Greece self catering apartments - fridge, a kettle, two rings, a teapot and usually a sandwich toaster - and cutlery/crockery of course. Not much else. But what else do you need?
This year there were Mozzies around, I take a decent mozzie plug in thing, they were cheaper here than in Greece. Sun tan lotion is cheaper here as well. If you drink tea, just about all you can find are Liptons tea bags although we also found some Quick Brew I think it was. If you are fussy, take your own.

If anyone mentions building work, there was building going on just opposite this year and last but we barely noticed it. There was hardly ever any noise. There are a couple of dogs that seem to live
next door and spend most of their time on the street (not untypical of much of Greece) and they could be a bit noisy but it was only a minor irritation. (I always take earplugs wherever I go anyway - better safe than sorry).

Turn right out of the front gate, walk for a couple of hundred yards and you will find yourself in the old square. Quickest way to the beach is to turn left out of the gate, then second right and go through the car park of the yellow supermarket.