Symi Chat

Its 2018, when are you returning to this wonderful island or visiting for the first time?
We are returning again from 5th September to the 15th.
When are you?

Sept 15th after doing the 1 day trip from Rhodes 4years ago, just realising we only saw a fraction of the island and we are now counting the days.

We return for the 4th year in a row on the 20th June to 4th July.

Really looking forward to being back on Symi.

Pollychops, we arrive back at Taxiarchis on the 13th September so will look out for you then.
Unfortunately we will miss a chat this year on Toli beach as no doubt you will have already been unless last years ride on the back of the pick-up has put you both off!
Hope you are able to get some walking in during your stay as I remember last year you were a bit incapacitated due to a torn sock.

Hi Spartacus,
Good to hear from you and will try and catch up before we leave on the 15th, we are also with Frank at Taxiarchis again. Yes we will be going to Toli and take the bumpy ride!! Although I have been looking at a walking route over the hills from Nimborio. I will be doing some walking as I have darned my sock

Hi Pollychops,
We still have a window rather than fixed dates.
We have accommodation reserved but still to be formally booked between 23 Sept and 10th Oct.
We are still considering doing a full three weeks with a week in Pedi and then two weeks in the reserved slot. Otherwise we will be two weeks sometime between those dates and will look to overlap for at least some of the time with our Swedish friends.
We were very tempted to book a May week at Pedi Beach Hotel as the price quoted independently a fortnight ago was so good. That plus flights and transfer was so much cheaper than Olympic at our favourite Anastasia’s (£300 cheaper !) but we know (hope) that the Olympic price should drop considerably - well it always has in the past.
But there is still the Italian Wedding in June question
If we do Italy then won’t be on Symi in May.
We think

Sending the Griswalds Snr over in June or early July , that's about as close as ill get this year. =)

After missing my Symi fix last year I'll be returning to Anastasia's on the 22nd September for an 11 night stay I'm actually flying out for 12 nights but it's an afternoon flight so the first night will be spent on Rhodes. The prices have really shot up this year and it's just not worth going for a week any more. I'm looking forward to plenty of time for relaxing - and walking - and eating lovely Greek food

Inge and I are on Symi this year for 12 days from Sunday the 9th of September to Friday the 21st of September.
We are going to stay at Taxiarchis as we use to.
We are looking forward to our stay on our favourite holiday spot.

1st visit to Symi 20th June staying at Taxiarchis. Looking forward to our trip.

Findlay and I will be back on Symi on 12th September for 2 weeks and we can't wait

Hi everyone, Its been a while since we logged back onto the forum since last year. We did have our trip to Symi in September at Taxiarchis and as expected we were having a wonderful holiday . Unfortunately we had a call from home as my father in law had suffered a cardiac arrest very unexpectedly and we had to cut short our visit. It is at times like this when you see the best that a place like Symi has. The call came in the early hours and frantically we had to find a flight, combined with 'can we get off the island to catch it', pack, cancel the outings we had booked, return prepaid ferry and restaurant bookings. With very good fortune we had Frank and Eva to help and we cannot express enough the help they gave us to ensure we got to the airport to get back home. They continued to help by cancelling all our plans and even managed to have the ferry company to keep our return ticket open for 12 months. we are forever indebted to Frank and his family for what they did for us as we did catch the flight and get home which in the end John didnt win the battle and we lost him a couple of days later. We are returning later this month to continue our love affair we have with Symi and we will be staying with Frank and Eva. It has been difficult to complete this post as I thought it would be as it all comes flooding back however, the memories of what Frank and Eva did for both of us brings a tremendous amount of comfort and we are so looking forward to meeting Frank again on the quayside on the 30th.

Hi Polychops
Thank you for posting your story, it can't have been easy having to think about that sad time over again.

I really do know what you mean about the love and support you get from people on Symi in time of need. I suffered health problems during my visit this year and one of the first things that Frank said to me was "You have my phone number. If you need anything, anything at all just call me anytime." So many other people, Greeks, ex-pats and tourists said much the same thing. It was comforting to know that I was surrounded by so many caring people.
Like you, I cut the holiday short (Full marks to Jet2 for making the process of changing the flights so painless) and Frank was very helpful printing the boarding passes for us and making sure we could get to the ferry on time. He was keen to help even though he was losing money by us leaving a week early. "Your health is more important" he said.

I know a regular visitor who refers to the people on the island as "My Symi family" and she's right, that's exactly how it feels.

Symi is a very special place. Frank and family are very special people.

So sad to hear your story Polychops but it's also filled with warmth, hope and friendship which generally sums up Greece and Symi for sure.

We stayed with Frank this year and it was great and the family were there if we needed them. It's great you are returning and you can be sure of a great time!

@Allan Hope the recovery is going well as we need to meet for that beer sometime soon!

Indeed the Symi family is real and long may it continue!

You all take care and hope to see everyone soon!

So very sorry to hear about your father in law Pollychops

Pollychops sad but heartwarming post plus Allan’s predicament reminds us of an answer we often give when friends and family ask us why we keep returning to the same place - we always respond “it’s the people”.

We always find the Symi welcome so genuine and unconditional - they are a generous people who truly care.

Enjoy Taxiarchis Pollychops and we hope your health is better Allan.

Thanks for the kind replies, we are looking forward to our visit which will start on Friday and have just confirmed with Frank our arrival time we disembark off the Sebaco @ 14.45.

Hope you have a wonderful trip Pollychops

Havea great time and post the odd picture if you can.

It keeps us all going!

silverfox wrote:Havea great time and post the odd picture if you can.

It keeps us all going!

Definitely - especially those of us who have 54 weeks to wait until we're back on our favourite Greek island