Eriva

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Got back early today (24th Aug) Having spent a week at this delightful place.Flew from Leeds/Bradford having booked through Jet2 holiday via the internet.
There were just myself and 15 year old son with me and I wasnt sure what the resort had to offer a teenager, in short there is not much there although he didnt mind, there was a decent pool at the accommodation and a very friendly family atmopsphere and plenty of other people around his age. The poolside bar is run by Andreas and his english wife, they are both really pleasant and easy going, nothing is too much trouble, meals are varied and reasonably priced, although there are some excellent restaurants in the town which is a short walk away, we ate out every night in the town average price for a meal for two with drinks came to about 30 euros, local beer(Mythos) was only 2 euros for a pint, had a day at the Hydropolis waterpark, wasnt impressed much only a few slides and not much else there, it is only a ten minute walk from the resort but consider booking an organised trip to Aqualand instead if waterparks are your thing. car hire very reasonable(40 euro a day for a small runabout)I opted for a dune buggy which worked out a little bit more than a car as it happened but it was a lot more fun and easy to drive(only two person though)even let my lad have a go down an off road track we found. No beach watersports in Acharavi, so you will need to go off resort to paraglide/jet ski etc.Beach was all pebbles but about 10 minute walk back into Roda it gets more sandy if thats what you are after
Accommodation basic but clean, bathrooms a bit small if any criticism, the owners speak good english and are friendly and helpful as are the rest of the staff, I would not hesitate to visit again, been to Corfu a number of times all over the island and this is the best place I have been I would say, Defiantely reccommend it!

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Just returned from staying at the Eriva Apartments in Acharavi, Corfu. Ours was a 2 bed apartment with separate kitchen and bathroom. Kitchen is fitted with a hob, kettle, sandwich toaster and fridge. Aircon is extra (4 euros per day but well worth it) and safety deposit boxes in rooms are 1 euro per day. The resort is quiet and the locals are very friendly/helpful. Couldnt fault the service provided by this family run establishment, tho towels were changed only once during the week, but rooms cleaned daily. There is a lovely clean pool and pool bar run by Andreas. He also offers very reasonably priced snacks and meals of good quality. Evening entertainment available at the pool bar - goes down well with a few of Andreas' cocktails!Lots of good tavernas to choose from if you fancy eating out. We tried quite a few but kept returning to Apagios - does excellent Moussaka. We booked with Thomas Cook and as usual they tried to interest us in trips out tho they didnt give us the hard sell. This was probably because they were ridiculously overpriced. We wandered into town and booked exactly the same boat trips & BBQs for half the price eg for 4 people boat & BBQ was 72 euros compared to 130 euros with TC - its a no-brainer! Beach is just down a private road - very shingly but peters out to soft sand. The sea is gorgeous and very shallow - excellent for little ones. Would stay again without hesitation.

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had a class time here, only went for 1 week but cud hav stayed on another recom. a 2 bed appt.

Visited Eriva appartments in July 2010, for 2 weeks , had a really relaxing holiday , appartments were clean although could have done with the towels changing more . the family that run these appartments are very friendly and helpful , and Andreas and Natalie that run the bar are good fun and not too pushy .the bar food is good and there is always plenty of room around the pool .Would visit Eriva again .

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The people at the Eriva were very hospitable. can't say a bad thing about them. Eriva is about two mins form the beach and about the same from the main street.
Acharavi as a resort doesn't offer much, no entertainment on a night time, food was generally bad although there were a few exceptions such as the pump house.
Thomas cook were rubbish, have traveled with them 3 times now and have got progressively worse. We booked a 1 bed apartment as we have a 16yr old son and ended up with a studio with the beds in one room. The Eriva though offered us another room which they called a one bed but was open plan marginally better.
If you want to go somewhere, be in bed by 9.30pm and do nothing this is the place for you.

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I have been travelling to Corfu for about 10 years now and for the last 8 I have stayed in the Eriva appts. I wouldnt go anywhere else. The hotel is comfortable and extremely clean. The pool is gorgeous and the location is perfect!! It is 2 mins to the main street on one side and about 1 min to the beach on the other. The town of Acharavi is fabulous!! Not very livley but lovely and relaxing and the are loadz of fab bars and resturants. The Orpehus is fantastic!! Food gorgeous and the owners are fantastic. Jenny, Lakis, Joanna, Paul, Helen and baby Zak are our very good friend and are fab!. Acharavi Park is also very nice.
Back to the hotel. Is is a very pretty hotel, pool is a good size and there is never a fight for a sunbed!! There is a pool table here too. Bar is reasonably priced and they do a good range snacks, all homemade!! The pizzas are delicious!! The rooms are basic but comfortable and are clean. And finally the staff...where to start. The staff are some of the friendliest people I have ever had the luck to meet. They are helpful and will do anything for you. They make time to sit and talk to you and make you feel right at home. Angelica, Spiros, Georgina, Hector, Tula, Dennis, Alex and William ( and for the first few years Sophia, Illias and Kleddis) are just fantastic and have all become great friends and love to see them!!
I will go back to Acharavi and the Eriva year after year and I will never get sick. The resort and the hotel are fantastic and I do not have a bad word to say about any of it.
I love my holidays here and cannot wait to go back!!

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Corfu weather gorgeous. The apartment at eriva was dusty and some of the bedding stained.
we arrived at 6am so slept for a couple of hours first. there was a plug socket hanging out of the wall. the lightbulb did not work in the kitchen and neither did the light over the hob work either, as there was not a window in the kitchen (the 3 apartments next door had an extra window) i had to open the door to see to use cooking facillities. These where a laugh the hob would not switch off properly either? My husband complained three times over the next few days, especially about the Safety aspect.The owners tried to fix the hob but the fix only lasted a day. It was on the thursday 3 days later after getting the rep involved that the owners offered to fix the problems. The offending items were sorted and the owners offered us a Better Apartment for an Extra 50 Euros per Week! Very hospitable of them.
Corfu is Very expensive for food when self catering too Beware.
The Pool Bar is expensive too 1 euro 50cent for crisps, choc (2/3rds more than uk prices)
There is a FISCAL rule on the hotel door in the apartment stating that you can not take your own food and drinks to the pool.
The WEATHER Was Great. The people you meet are Nice too. A family pool - Great for kids - our Son loved the pool.
The travel Agent did not tell us that is was out of season so the water park did not open until the day before we came home!

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We have just arrived back from the apartments and were very impressed with the whole layout all the staff very friendly and helpful especially the staff at the poolside bar.
We would agree the bins should have been emptied daily it did not spoil our weeks holiday.
The pool area very nice and did not need to "book" a bed although the water was very cold.
We went to a few restaurants in the town and did not have a bad meal. Go to Faros at night time and watch the sunset with a glass of wine perfect! Had a walk to Roda took at least 25 mins but worth it for the restaurants and bars very nice.

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Me and my sister and Mum all went to Eriva apts a few years sgo and haave mostly ben to Greece since I absolutley loved it the satff was GREAT and couldn't do enough to help us and when we arrived a very friendly welcome greeted to us overall view GREAT please consider going there.
Beach nearby on if you're on you're way to the beach in the evening look out for teh Fire Flys there AMAZING when you get to the Beach if you turn to you're left there is lots of shops there all LOVELY espeacialy Gong its great owner so friendly.
If you're at the beach and you turn right and carry on walking you will see Alex's Tavern and owner so sweet shes lovley and because me and my Family are vegetarians there was a wide variaty of foods for me to choose from realy great reastruant.
Please consider going it was one ofmy best holidays I couldnt beleive i t when I found out it wasn't a 5 star hotel overall rating 10/10

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We stayed at Eriva in June 08.
We asked for a two bedroom apartment and thats what we got. It was more of a bungalow really so we were very pleased.
The apartments were in a good location just minutes from the beach were there are plenty of bars and restaurants. They are reasonable for both food and drink and its easy to walk into Roda.
The owners of the apartments are approachable and always fulfilled our requests no problem.
There are lots of good restuarants on the main strip in achavari which have a good selection of foods.
We would definatley recommend this accommodation. Considering the money we paid it was extremely good value.
The only negative aspect was that the air con was situated in the kitchen which left the bedrooms hot at night. It would be worth taking a couple of fans if you go in peak season.
We booked out trips with a guy on the high street who was much cheaper than the reps. The standard of the tours was excellent.