Volume 2, Issue 2
May 2009
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It is not easy to get around all of Roda’s great restaurants in a two
establishment which is changing the face of tourism businesses in Corfu. Most of the goods for sale in this little grotto will not be found anywhere else in the village, so if you’re looking for something a special or a little different, then this is the first place to go. One of the most popular ranges that Stacy
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have ever had &
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“...the nicest
garlic bread I
have ever had &
a portion of
[potato] skins
- that was enough in itself - followed by a wagon wheel size pizza between us.”
garlic bread I
have ever had &
a portion of
[potato] skins
- that was enough in itself - followed by a wagon wheel size pizza between us.”
terrace, or taken away to enjoy in your apartment.
Everything is cooked in an authentic charcoal pizza oven, the ingredients are the best that you can find and the results are amazing.
Everything is cooked in an authentic charcoal pizza oven, the ingredients are the best that you can find and the results are amazing.
hand to sustain big families from basic, locally sourced ingredients, Italian specialities like pasta and pizza have conquered the world. The range of recipes and ingredients is endless and these dishes are universally accepted
by people of all backgrounds, ages and preferences.
Opening in May this year, Roda’s newest restaurant has specialised in these two simple dishes and turned them into an art-form. The string of customers’ compliments is surpassed only by the mozzarella and Lina & Vassilis seem to have struck a chord with
Opening in May this year, Roda’s newest restaurant has specialised in these two simple dishes and turned them into an art-form. The string of customers’ compliments is surpassed only by the mozzarella and Lina & Vassilis seem to have struck a chord with
Estrella
week stay but, whatever, your preferences, make sure that you visit Estrella
Artefacts, limestone columns, visitors; you could be forgiven for thinking you’re in Athens, well almost! In fact, you are deep in the heart
Acropolis
holiday makers and locals alike. For a very reasonable cost, Estrella provides exceptional and varied dishes which can be consumed either, inside the restaurant, on the pleasant street-side
sells is ‘Murano’ – a range of stunningly beautiful, hand-crafted glass jewellery that originated on the Isle of Murano in Venice. There are lots of gorgeous
pendants, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings & other trinkets in just about every colour of the rainbow with something to suit everyone. Acropolis also has many products that are made
here on the island with colourful ceramics & painted glass, soaps and cosmetic products, Corfiot wines, spirits & liqueurs and, of course, local olive oil. There are also cigarettes and a selection of other mementoes. Everything is available in sizes suitable for safe transport to your home country. If you want to find that memento with a difference then, before you look at any other shop, take a visit to the Acropolis, half way between Pirates’ Bar and Crusoes.
early in your stay because you may just want to return! It can be found on the main beach road opposite Mary’s & the photographic shop.
of Roda at the village’s latest shop Acropolis, a small but impressive
So where does that leave Roda? We don’t have any £8000 per week villas, just a range of accommodation from basic to ‘de luxe’ and the village needs tourism in order to sustain itself in its present form. Many regular visitors tell us, with passion, that this is their second home; it’s where their friends are. So, maybe, it’s OK to come home and stay with friends this year - after all, it’s your life and your money!
We must thank our American ‘cousins’ for words such as ‘paliday’ & ‘staycation’, both referring to the current move to keep holiday makers in their own countries this year. With economies under pressure, your country needs you to spend your money at home, regardless of the personal cost.
We must also thank the man from Cornwall who, on another Greek forum, defended this policy by saying that his daughter’s villa cost only £1800 for one week whereas a similar one in Corfu would cost £8000, when one included flights etc.
We must also thank the man from Cornwall who, on another Greek forum, defended this policy by saying that his daughter’s villa cost only £1800 for one week whereas a similar one in Corfu would cost £8000, when one included flights etc.
