Kavos, Corfu

Welcome to the party capital of Corfu!

I felt like everything is allowed here and I guess it really is. 

Slowly driving into the busy main street I felt related to the funny madness around me. From all party places we could hear the music and everyone was dancing on the street. Clubs are literally next to each other and their customers are meeting at the center of the street, trying to dance in rhythm, pouring drinks and looking around trying to find the most suitable person to take home tonight. 

The atmosphere is extremely vibrant and a little bit drunk. We arrived at around 1 o'clock in the evening and there were already people sitting on the sidewalks or directly on the street, holding their heads with hands or almost sleeping on someone else's shoulder. 

What I found the most interesting and funny were the flirts. Girls were walking around in shorts and some of them were so decent to put bathing suit to cover the upper parts of their bodies however some were directly in their bras. Their chances of walking all by themselves for even 5 minutes, were negligible - instantly someone from the opposite sex would approach them to start a courteous chat. My favorite example were two chicks, all wet - obviously they'd just left some party, trying to get to their place. Dressed with shorts and bras by the way. One of them could barely see what was going on around her by that time. From the group of guys walking behind them, one hero instantly tried his luck with the amazing pick up line "Why are you so wet, we just met?" :D

I was literally like LOL while watching his attempts, but the ladies were not impressed.

In terms of prices it seemed very decent to me and I guess this is the reason why everyone was already knocked out by the time we decided to try our luck in Kavos. 2 cocktails costed only 5 euros while 4 cocktails and a bow with some more alcoholic drinks were 10 euro. 

So the party was already quite vivid without huge spending. The best thing is that in Kavos in general it's not expensive at all - full English breakfast would be from 1,90 - 2,50 euro. Which makes this the perfect place for a budget holiday. 

In the morning while we were drinking our coffee at one of the beach bars (a great bar by the way and the beach itself was fantastic, all photos are from there), a family with 2 kids (approximate age 11-14), walked by us to reach the beach and a friend of mine wondered what type of people would take their kids to such a place. But if we take a look from a different perspective - until 11 o'clock in the morning there was no one at the beach, which makes Kavos the perfect place if you like sunbathing from very early in the morning but you don't really enjoy having people all over the place, stepping on your towel, etc. My guess is that everyone arrives at the beach at around 1-2 in the afternoon, because they need some time to recover from the adventures during the night. And by the time the families with kids are leaving the beach, the party animals are slowly starting to arrive. Party people are still sunbathing while the families are having dinner and by the time they're putting the kids to sleep, the night is just beginning for the youngsters. So maybe it's not such an awful decision. 

From my perspective - I would go there for one party night. But keep in mind that there are no ladies with gowns and heels. Shorts on top of the bathing suit, flip-flops, beach hair.... and hitting the clubs! So if you're looking for inexpensive entertainment and you're fine with some tourist just in the end of his teens puking in the bushes on the side, as well as enjoy being all day in your bathing suit and going to the beach whenever you feel like it and still manage to get a spot there - Kavos is the perfect place! 

 

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