To be honest I wasn't looking forward to this holiday because of all the comments I have read on this web site. I had the thought all the way there of this horrible steap hill and Christina and Mother moaning all the time, but is wasn't like that at all, it was competely different.

Yes it did have a hill, but it wasn't that bad.

Yes the appartments are basic, but you get what you pay for at the end of the day. They were cleaned most days and sheets and towels changed twice a week. And once or twice when we couldn't be bothered doing the dishes before we went out, we found them done when we came back, which I thought was very nice of them because I am sure that they didn't have to.

The pool is very clean and tidy and has a lovely mosaic of a dolphin in the bottom of the pool. It is 2.5 metres at the deep end and only 0.70 metres and the shallow end, there is also a very nice childrens pool at the shallow end.

The location of Christina Apartments is good because you are at the edge of Tsilivi town, so that it is nice and quiet at night. There is a supermarket just about 100 metres away.

Christina and Mother was both fine with us, but I tell you something I don't envey thier day. Mother opened up, and then Christina was up about 10am and kept going right through till past midnight, 7 days a week. I would like to see anyone doing them hours without having a little moan now and again. Christina was very helpful to us one particular day (which was close to end of our holiday) because we couldn't get on any boat trips to go and see the blue caves (which we wanted to do). She gave us a couple of ideas of how to get there, which we were grateful for.

Tsilivi town centre isn't too far it is only about a 20 minute strole (and I mean a strole, because we didn't walk anywhere fast).
We found a lovely taverna which we would highly recommend the only problem is I can't remember the name, but it is right opposite the paradise bar, past McDonalds (which wasn't open when we were there).

I can highly recommend you go to the blue caves they are lovely, but go about 11am because that is the best time to see how blue and beautiful the sea is. We took a taxi (costing 35 euros each way) to St Nicolas Port and got a boat (costing 5 euros each) to take us to the caves. For a little extra if you wanted you could go and see the ship wreck, but that is something that we didn't want to do.

We went to Lagana one day to go and see the turtles. It cost us 15 euros to get there in a taxi. The boat (which was right where he dropped us off) cost us 10 euros for adults and I think it was 5 euros for children, which guarented us see one or our money back. We did see one, and it was lovely seeing it in the wild and we have some lovely home video footage of it surfacing, and being able to see all the shapes on its head and shell. Brilliant experience, If you can I would recommend you do.

We arrived back home on Sunday, August 10th, 2003 and wish we were back there still tanning and enjoying ourselves, and to answer your questions yes I would definately go back to Christina Apartments.

To be honest I wasn’t looking forward to my holiday to Christina Apartments because of all the comments that was on this web site. I was expecting a big hill and Christina and Mother always moaning, but it wasn’t like that at all, it was completely different.

The apartments are located up a hill (not a big one) just at the edge of Tsilivi which was good for us because it always had a breeze and it was nice and quiet. The supermarket is about 100 metres away and it only took us about a 20 minute stroll (and I mean stroll because we didn’t walk anywhere quickly) to the Tsilivi centre.

The apartments were basic, but to be honest you only get what you paid for at the end of the day. They were cleaned most days and twice a week the bedding and towels got changed (I would advise you to take some of your own though because they are a bit rough). Once or twice when we couldn’t be bothered to do the dishes before we went out, we found them done when we came back, which I am sure they didn’t have to.

The pool is clean and tidy and it has a lovely mosaic of a dolphin in the bottom of the pool. It is 0.70 metres at the shallow end and 2.50 metres at the deep end, with a children’s pool attached at the shallow end of the main pool.

We found Christina and Mother to be fine with us, but I will tell you something I do not envy their day. Mother got up first and around 10am Christina was up and about and she kept going until around midnight, so I am not surprised that now and again she had a moan. One particular day (near the end of our holiday) we were trying to find out ways to get to the blue caves (something that we wanted to do while we was here in Zante) all the boat trips around Tsilivi were booked up till after we had gone home and Christina spent time with us and came up with a few suggestions, which we really appreciated.

We went to Lagana to see the Turtles. It cost us 15 euros in a taxi to get there, and for the boat it cost 10 euros for adults and I think it was 5 euros for children which guaranteed us seeing one. We did see one and it was amazing, it was lovely to see it in it’s natural environment in the wild. Worth going if you can go.

We also (with the help of Christina) went to the Blue Caves. It cost us 35 euros in a taxi to go to St Nicolas Port and cost us 20 euros for 3 adults and 2 children to go on a boat to the caves. I have never seen the sea so blue, it was like someone had switched a light on under the surface, it was electric and was very beautiful. For a little extra we could have seen the shipwreck, but that was something that we didn’t want to do. I would highly recommend you go, but go about 11am because that is the best time to see how beautiful the sea really is.

I would definitely go back to the Christina Apartments, well worth what we paid for this holiday.