Iris Bar - (Bars in Alykes)

Andrew F           

You are guaranteed a warm welcome from Tina, Nikos and outrageous Sakis! The cocktails are superb and served with style - try a Giggling Orgasm (or two - would that make it multiple!!!)Just back from a super couple of weeks - and wish I was supping a Sakis special instead of being in rainy Scotland - Go there and enjoy!!

Day trip to Kefalonia - (Zante Excursions)

Andrew F           

This promised to be a really good day and we were really looking forward to it - Kefalonia is obviously lovely BUT my best advice would be to try to hire a car and go over rather than on an organised trip. We went on A First Choice organised job with a tour guide called Vera (it's name and shame time) - God that woman can talk for Greece! She was quite interesting but just sort of went on a bit!!We were rushed round the caves then rushed round the lake, before being whisked very briefly into Sami(Captain Corelli's Mandolin fame) then off to a lovely village overlooking a delightful bay - which we drove straight through and on to a hotel on the outskirts where they obviously had an "arrangement" - "this is where we have lunch" she said - it was ok but it would have been nice to have had the chance to wander and choose for ourselves. Then it was back on the bus where she said she would give us a siesta (presumably meaning she would shutup for half an hour or so) - no such luck 10 minutes later she was off again. We arrived at Agostolli mid siesta so everything was closed - "suggested" we had a coffee and ice cream at another place with an "arrngement" - 2 coffees and 2 ice creams = 17 Euro's! Then it was back to the African Queen for the chug home. A long day and we felt it had been badly organised - my schedule would have been - Off the boat and head to Agostolli (not siesta time) bit of shopping etc, then on to Sami - stop for lunch and a wander, then to the lake and then the caves and then back to the boat - First Choice please note this!! Anyway it was a good day inspite of this - and Kefalonia is well worth a look (but preferably without Vera!!)