Postcard from Arillas, a Picturesque Greek Village

By Stefan King

Arillas (occasionally referred to as Arilas), is actually a modest rather undeveloped community situated in the North-Western part of Corfu island. Corfu is actually part of the Ionian group of Greek islands which in addition includes the lesser talked about Paxos, Zakynthos (Zante) and Kefalonia. The latter incidentally is without a doubt the setting for Louis de Bernieres? book and the resultant Holywood movie, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, that takes place on the island in the course of the Italian and German occupation of The Second World War.

The large amount of charter aircraft going to Corfu from the British Isles means it is conveniently accessible from regional airports. Most guests head straight for the greatly developed and to some extent notorious major resorts on the South and East of Corfu. There are a lot of tour operators that go to Arillas most notably Olympic Holidays. Beware that it may be an approximately two hour or so transfer from the airport terminal that has a second transfer to a small minibus for the final leg to Arillas. It was at this location that I arrived with my suitcase, rather weary with my Nikon D 3100 digital camera.

Arillas boasts a gently shelving sand along with pebble beach at which a great diversity of water sports for instance canoe and pedalo hire can be had. Turning right on reaching the shoreline takes one to the thin, cliff backed naturist section. The beach seemingly changes in size throughout the year, relying on storms to take material inshore to replace displaced sand as well as shingle. To reach this particular shore you might need to wade to get past rugged outcrops dependent upon the tide. Mud cliffs come down to the beach here and the mud is well-known to be therapeutic for your skin if smeared all over. You might not appear 10 years more youthful following the procedure nonetheless someone can certainly have a good time by using it!

Corfu gets a high rainfall and will be green for much of the season. The surrounding area is wonderful for exploring on foot plus cycles could possibly be hired. Lance Chilton has written and published helpful tips for the region, that is available from Marengo Publications, www.marengowalks.com.

One particular excursion that's worthwhile thinking about, is to the Porto Timoni peninsular next to Afionas, where a steep walk down rewards you with wonderful views of the side by side semi-circular bays down below. The area is rather isolated and there have been other people swimming naked on the couple of occasions I have been there. The nearest village Afionas has a number of tavernas and can be arrived at by vehicle, bicycle or just on foot.

Arillas possesses a website and energetic discussion forum so any readers interested in finding out more can check it out, www.arillas.com. Should you wish to share beautiful photos from the local area a good DSLR camera is a superb advantage.

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