The picturesque Elena-Stella studios and apartments are privately owned.​

 

​They are clean cool and spacious, and located in a quieter area about 850 metres from the beach at Arillas. The gardens surrounding the large tranquil swimming pool are filled with bougainvillea, palms, fruit trees and geraniums that flourish in the Mediterranean. Each studio and apartment has a large and private balcony with patio furniture. There is ample car parking and the excursion coach will pick you up at the gates. This is Arillas at it’s quietest, undisturbed (except for the cicada’s and bullfrogs, of course!) while the minimarket and traditional bakers are nearby for your convenience.

 

The studios and apartments are all simply furnished in the Corfiote style, the bedrooms have twin beds, wardrobe, dressing table and a door opening out onto the balcony. Keep the shutters closed for the cool, green shade to filter through or throw them open for the dazzling pure sunshine to warm the marble floors and whitewashed walls. Air conditioning has been installed in each studio and apartment.

 

The kitchenette/dining area has a table and chairs, while some are large enough for an extra bed or cot. Basic kitchen equipment is provided with an electric hob, kettle, fridge and crockery, cutlery etc. Towels and tea towels, a regular chambermaid service and a shower/wc complete the facilities provided by Elena-Stella, for anything else you may require, you can ask Olga, when she is not working at Olga’s Travel, she lives at Elena-Stella.

 

By day, take the short cut behind Elena-Stella, down the gravel road to the east side of the beach. Don’t forget to buy your bottle of water and suntan cream from the minimarket you pass by. The two friendly taverna's with balconies overhanging the beach and overlooking the rocky island of Gravia are owned by the Bardis families, choose your lunch from the traditional Corfiote dishes or their more Americanised cousins next door.

 

By evening, stroll through the ornate gates and down the road past the bars, maybe stopping for a cocktail and choose one of the taverna’s with their daily “specials” chalked on the boards outside for your dinner. Each taverna will have an English or Greek special 3 course menu for a reasonable price, there are many to choose from.