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[Town End Farmer Giles]

We flew into Thessaloniki when we stayed in Pefkochori, Halkidiki.

The hotel was fabulous - Anna Island - brand new with a fantastic pool area and lots of swim-up rooms, room with jacuzzis on the balconies etc. The resort, however, was a bit of a let-down. Very tired looking in places and full of Eastern European families who flooded the bars at night but never seemed to eat in any of the restaurants. Loads of cars parked up with number-plates from all parts of the former Soviet Union.

If they could lift the hotel in it's entirety and move it to a better resort we would return in a heartbeat.

We found out from friends who had stayed there the week before us that they got a taxi into the next resort along - Hanioti - wish we had known that beforehand.

Stayed in Lassi as part of a two-resort holiday - the other being Skala.

Actually preferred Skala as everything in Lassi seems to be either side of a fairly busy road. Our opinion could have been coloured by the fact that it absolutely p!ssed down for three days - so much so that it was difficult to see more than twenty yards in front of you. The bars and restaurant on the ocean side of the road were completely flooded out and we had to stay in the hotel bar and order takeaways as it didn't have a restaurant - it was also bloody freezing for those three days.

It was, however, a nice easy walk into the capital, Argostoli, either via the longer coastal route - about an hour and a half - or over the hill - about twenty minutes. Well worth it for a mooch around and to see the sea-turtles that come into the harbour to feed on the scraps from the fishing boats. You can also get the ferry across to Lixouri which is another nice place to wander around, although we did see a middle-aged, barcode-wearing, full-kit-w@nker - he even had the socks on and those trainers that look like footie boots. Had a bit of a chortle when we saw him.

Cheers, we'll probably do Argostoli,generally aren't interested in travelling about too much but Lassi doesn't look too big so may have a day out. Probably bus or taxi, hills and heat aren't my favourite combo since the heart attack!