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Will develop more in the future
Folegandros Review: |
Date posted: May 08, 2009
Posted by: Joankam
Times Viewed: 397
More: Folegandros Island
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Foelgandros is a small island, typically Greek with whitewashed buildings, narrow lanes and beautiful cafe areas in Chora. Lively port with some hotels and pebbly beach and few tavernas before being whisked away in a bus up to Chora. Surprised that nobody came to the port to offer rooms/ apartments and discovered that for a small island, it was very popular with very few vacancies.
Lots of building work going on to accommodate travellers and I would envisage that the island will be a popular destination in the future offering many small apartment type accommodation with swimming pool. Regular bus trip to the beach, just 10 minutes away and optional small boat to a beautiful beach Nikolaos with clear blue seas. A few tents on the beach and a few spots to lie under the shade of some trees.
An expensive island for accommodation and transport compared to the other Greek Islands. Many tourists hired scooters / quads but roads are not particularly safe so we opted for the local bus. Nightlife is eating out in the small squares, very busy. A wide choice of restaurants. Usual menu of fish (mostly frozen), moussaka, barbecued meat and greek salads. One restaurant on the main square with many tables served extremely unpalatable food and most people were leaving their meals. Very busy in the evenings so finding a table can be difficult. Best to get to the town early rather than later as the best restaurants are full and no-one is in a hurry to leave. A few bars with music but not really a party island. Very leisurely, families and couples.
A path from Chora leads to a picturesque church at the top of a cliff and reached by a windy white path. Very attractive island, worth a visit for a short stay. Regular boats to other islands but have to check the times and days for specific islands. Day trips available to the other small islands, Milos, Sifnos. 4 hour boat trip on the ferry to Santorini on Thursdays, cost 7 Euros compared to 4 Euros just to get to the beach on Folegandros! Also, our accommodation for 5 people was 175 Euros per night - a rip off!!! Would recommend booking accommodation before arriving.
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