Corfu Backpackers

WELCOME TO CORFU BACKPACERS HOSTEL & 2 Star hotelPrice includes: Rooms ensuite, most are air contitioned, Hot Breakfast & 3 Course Greek Dinner + FREE PICK UP when you arrive,from the port or airport (please notify us in advance your arival time). Also FREE ADMISSION to Nightclub (with regular magic shows, Greek dancing, long happy hours and cheap prices on all our drinks and cocktails ,ouzo nights, plate smashing, Greek dancing, pool tables, froozeball, bar open 24 hours,.Daily room cleaning, no CORFEW or LOCK OUT, TOWELS & LINNEN included. We are also Hostelling International affiliated.If you wish you can always upgrade your room while you are here, or extend your stay. Just let the reception know.RIGHT ON BEACHOur Place is located next to the Sandy Beach of Agios Gordios, one of Corfu's most beautiful beaches with spectacular scenery and crystal clear waters. Our hotel enjoys great views across the turqoise blue waters of the Ionian sea, with unrivalled sunsets, staying here is a unique experience not to be missed by any traveller, whether you are an Independant traveller, couple or family.ROOM SIZES Room sizes range from ensuite dormrooms , to one two & 3 star private hotel rooms, singles, doubles, triples, quads, 5 &,6 bedded rooms . Our twin beds can also become a double bed because there is no devider in the middle of the beds.Most of our rooms are air conditioned, with private bathrooms and balconies over looking the Beach & sea. Our prices include cooked breakfast and 3 course home cooked dinner & Taxes. Vegetarian cuisine also available. FAMILY RUNWe welcome you to stay in our family run, sociable,modest, but charming, safe and tidy place, which many travellers call 'home away from home', where you are able to stop for a while and relax, read a book while soaking up sunshine on the beach or soak in the pool. Get involved in our exciting activities we offer and meet people from all corners of the globe. Whether you come with friends, or a wife, or family or by yourself, you are guaranteed to leave with new friends from all walks of life.RELAX AND ENJOYWhether you choose to party in our bar, relax on our massive sun deck or chill out on the beach watching the waves and sunset there is plenty of nightlife and action to suit everyone . If you need any travel information on how to get here please email : info at corfubackpackers . com ACTIVITIES:NEW FOR 2009: YOGA, MEDITATION, TAI CHI, PILATES CLASSES & also a SEA KAYAK TOUR: (Mythology & Culture!)DAILY ACTIVITIES: 1) Quad/4 Wheeler Safaris & rentals, 2) Boat Trips & Booze cruise, 3) Hiking, Trekking 4) Horse Riding, 5) City & Island Tours 6) Greek Dancing & Toga Party Nights 7) scuba diving for begginers and advanced divers, 8)day trips to aqualand water park and other beaches. All adventures tours and trips are arranged from our reception for you.. Adventures costs from 10 to 20 euros for all day.We invite you to join one of our boat trips, where you can go snorkelling, fishing, cliff diving, scuba diving, and explore secluded beaches along the coast. Have an adventurous day by renting a quad, or take one of our island quad tours, explore the rest of Corfu Island and discover its mysteries. Walk to near-by villages of Sinarades, Kato Garouna, the unique fishing village of Pentati, pavliana, and experience the local Greek culture, traditional home made food, wine and history. OUR roof garden restaurant & NIGHTCLUBEnjoy your dinner between 8 and 9.30 pm in our roof garden restaurant with other fellow travellers and than injoy your self in our night club. A GREAT WAY TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS.Our soundproof night club is 5 minute walk from where the hostel is and it has long happy hours, greek and disco dancing and events every night. OTHER SERVICESBook exchange, laundry service, internet access, post office, direct buses to Athens and back . Daily adventure tours and activities.NOTE: You can always upgrade your room or extent your stay while you are here. if you need any travel information please email: corfutravelersinn at hotmail. com. If you are coming here from Athens, we have our own bus that departs Athens every other night at 8.pm from Hostel Aphrodite. You can leave you luggege there for free all day, see Athens and than catch the bus at night. More information about this at: Directions to hostel.AFFILIATION WITH PINK PALACEOur place is affiliated and is part of the Pink Palace Beach resort complex , 2 Star hotel & hostel and it operates from the Pink palace reception. We have friendly, helpful staff available around the clock to help you settle in quickly and answer any questions you have.

Check-in Time:

1400

Check-out Time:

1200

Total Rooms:

30

Total Floors:

2

Rooms:

30

Directions

AFFILIATION WITH PINK PALACECorfu Backpackers is affiliated and makes part of the Pink Palace Beach resort ,2 Star hotel & hostel & operates from the Pink Palace reception. It is owned by the same family. Upon your arrival at the Corfu Port you will be greeted by one of our staff member so just look for the pink palace bus or representatives holding a Pink Palace sign or call or text Magda to come and pick you up at: 0030 6945230727. There is also a public bus Service to either SINARADES village or Agios Gordios (our Village) from the Green bus station which is near the port. You can also take a Taxi, just ask any taxi driver to take you to the Pink Palace, and pay meximum 23 euros. If anyone tries to charge you more than that, please take their taxi number which is on top of the taxi. If you need information on how to get here from anywhere in Europe please do not hesitate to email me.The following companie fly into Corfu: www.easyjet.comwww.airtours.co.uk/AniteNextPage.asp?p=FLIGHTONLY www.thomsonfly.comwww.flythomascook.comwww.ba.comwww.xl.comwww.firstchoice.co.uk/flights/www.charterflights.co.uk/flights/greece/corfu/www.justtheflight.co.uk/charter-flights/CFU-corfu.htmlScheduled flights are available year round with Olympic Airways, Alitalia, Aegean Airlines and KLM.Cheaper option is to fly with www.ryanair.com to any italian ports and than get the ferry over to Corfu.www.olympicairlines.comwww.aegeanair.com/aegeanen/home/index.aspwww.alitalia.comwww.klm.comBy Boat: If you have a eurail pass, there is a Ferry leaving daily from the following ports, either directly to Corfu or to Igoumenitsa. Ferries depart from: Bari (south Italy) every evening at 8 Pm. Superfastferries.com, From Venice daily: www.minoan.grfrom Ancona daily to Igoumenitsa: www.minoan.gr or www.Aneklines.com to Igoumenitsa.From Patras( Greece) to Corfu Minoan lines every evening at 11.30 pm from Patras. If you have a eurail pass, do not tell them you are coming to Corfu, they do not allow you to use your eurail unless you change country, so tell them you are going to Venice, get your free ticket, and get off either in Igoumenitsa if the day you travel does not stop in Corfu, or get of in Corfu if it does make a stop over in Corfu the day you travel. Untill April 25th it comes to Corfu every other day. The other days it stope off in Igoumenitsa which is a port at the mainland of Greece only 1 hour boat ride from Corfu town. There is a boat leaving Igoumenitsa to Corfu every hour. The ticket is 7 euros.Make sure you take the local ferry to Corfu town and not for LEFKIMI.We also have our expresse bus that Leaves ATHENS every second day and comes directly to Corfu. 2008PINK PALACE EXPRESS BUSFROM 20 APRIL TO END OF SEPTEMBERROUTE APR - MAY JUNE - JULY AUGUST SEPT ATHENS-CORFU EVEN DATES ODD DATES EVEN DATES ODD DATES CORFU-ATHENS ODD DATES EVEN DATES ODD DATES EVEN DATES Athens to Corfu also includesYOUR FIRST NIGHT'S ACCOMMODATIONIN 'B' CLASS ROOM PLUS BREAKFAST AND DINNER ********************************************************************************************************** AND WRITE UNDER COMMENTS : PINK BUS FROM ATHENS NIGHT OF.........OR IF YOU ARE NOT SURE YET WHEN YOU ARE COMING ??JUST SEND AN E-MAIL OR GIVE US A QUICK CALL AND WE CAN CHECK AVAILABILITY FOR YOU.Save Time and Money by using the Pink Palace Express Bus,equipped with A/C wc and T.V., the quickest way to travel between Corfu and Athens and make your holidays easier! Travelling comfortably overnight and arriving in the morning at your destination saves you a night's accommodation and a day's travel...........ATHENS TO CORFU Our Pink Palace Express Bus leaves from the hostel Aphrodite in Athens at 8.30pm . The price is 55 Euros per person and that includes your first night's accommodation with us, breakfast and dinner the day of your arrival and the ferry ticket for the boat between the Mainland and Corfu. Reservations from 15 July to 15 August the price is 65 euros. SPECIAL SAVINGS ON OPEN ROUND TRIP ONLY 75 EUROS !!! Starting either in Athens or Corfu, you get an open round trip ticket on our Pink Palace Express Bus, 1 night's free accommodation at THE PINK PALACE , plus breakfast & dinner!! All for only 75 Euros. (Reservations from 15 July to 15 August return ticket price 85 euros) CORFU TO ATHENS Our Pink Palace Express Bus leaves from the Pink Palace approximately 10 pm. You reserve your seats for Corfu to Athens when you check out with us the night before your departure. The price is 49 euros per person and includes the bus ticket, breakfast and dinner, free luggage storage and use of our facilities on the day of your departure plus the ferry ticket for the boat between Corfu and the Mainland. **********************************************************************************************************MEETING POINT IN ATHENS BE THERE 1 - 2 HOURS IN ADVANCEHostel AphroditeEinardou 12 & Michail Voda 65Victoria Square (Plateia Victorias) Athens GR-10440 - GreecePUBLIC BUS FROM ATHENS DIRECTLY TO CORFU THESE DEPART FROM:Kiffisos Bus Station, AthensTel: 210 51 29 443 or 210 51 34 559Departs : 7:00 am, 10:00 am & 20:00 pm, trip duration 8 hours.Bus Ticket 35 euros + local ferry ticket 6 euros.Let us know which bus you are coming on.and we will meet you at Corfu Bus Station !!Have safe travels and see you soon!!

Area

CORFU AIRPORT .........CFU 16KM

Dining

Restaurant / Dining Information23 luxury rooms are set on 5 levels, connected by outdoor staircases. Built in an amphitheatric style, the accommodation is set in a quiet area. There is a swimming pool and childrens pool with a depth of 53 cm. There is a bar and pool bar, air conditioning in public areas and a mini-market 10 metres from the hotel.

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