Samantha and I want to thank all of you who have called, emailed or messaged us asking about our welfare. We feel very loved by our amazing guests and suppliers at Vassaliki.
We are both still in the UK. We decided we wanted to be close to our families during this difficult time for all.
We of course have no idea when or if we will be able to open Vassaliki this coming summer. We are waiting to see what happens and in the meantime are staying safe by isolating at home.
We are already packed with all the equipment we take with us each year for the resort and are ready to instantly leave for the long drive and ferry trip to Kefalonia, as soon as we are allowed to leave.
We will then need approximately two weeks to get the resort cleaned up and ready for whatever season remains (depending what surprises the winter may have left us.)
All our staff and suppliers in Kefalonia are safe, but at the time of writing this, they are on complete lockdown with very limited movement allowed. They must obtain permission from the authorities to leave their houses! We have been in contact with all our team and they report that they are well but struggling with the strict rules placed on them.
So what about your holiday? I am sure we will all need a bit of Kefalonian sun and Vassaliki magic after all this!
As soon as we are open we will let you know and will keep you updated on our progress. Anyone who cannot take their holiday with us this summer, either because we are still locked down or you feel uncomfortable to travel this year, we will move your booking and deposit to next year for you.
When you are notified by the airline that your flight has been cancelled, then please get in touch with us.
In the meantime, please stay safe and keep on dreaming. It won’t be long before we are back in the Greek sun with a cold glass of Mythos Beer!
We get asked all the time how Brexit is going to affect our business in Greece. We have not really looked into it much as it seemed to us like Brexit was never going to happen and the information we were finding was not confirmed, confusing or incorrect most of the time. Now with the election all done, it looks like we may finally, after several failed attempts, leave the EU.
This new service will replace our welcome hampers. The hampers have worked well but many items get left in the fridge when guests leave, creating unnecessary waste. We all have different preferences when it comes to food and drinks, so we feel now the hampers are not suitable.
Salisbury is a medieval cathedral city in the south of Wiltshire. It’s 9 miles south of the iconic prehistoric stone circle at Stonehenge, which stands on the grassland of Salisbury Plain. The city’s ornate 13th-century cathedral has a 123m spire, a working 14th-century clock and an original copy of the Magna Carta (the Great Charter), a key document from 1215 A.D. This along with a bustling shopping / market city centre, there are many great things to see during your stay.
Our biggest plastic waste issue has been the water bottles – We have been working now for a few years to reduce the number of bottles we dispose of each year. The last two years we have been offering guests the opportunity to refill reusable Vassaliki water bottles at one of our cold water stations situated on resort for a small fee. This has proven very popular and has made a huge reduction to our plastic bottle waste. Our drinking water is delivered in 20 litre water barrels and attached to a cooling machine. The barrel when empty is then returned to the water company to be refilled.
The villa is only a five minute drive from their local town in a beautiful rural setting amidst the orange groves.
We are well and truly into our 2019 summer season here in Kefalonia, Greece. The island is now in full flow with beach parties and festivals nearly every day of the week.
