Kavos

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Kavos is a town on the Greek island Corfu. Originally a small fishing village, it has grown into a resort filled with bars and clubs. It is located an hour away from Corfu city by bus. It is a popular holiday destination for young people, especially for Club 18-30 holidays.

There is a five-mile long beach extending alongside the town, from the beach; it is possible to see the Greek mainland. There are over 75 bars, 4 discos, 36 tavernas, 6 restaurants and 8 cafes in Kavos.

The main part in Kavos is the main long strip which runs parallel to the coast line, all the bars, clubs, restraunts, shops, hotels and apartments are on this strip or near to it.

In July 2003, five female Club 18-30 reps were arrested for taking part in a competition on the beach involving giving fellatio to the male contestants.

There are also many doctors' surgeries in Kavos, although several were involved in a scandal when it was exposed that they were attempting to give patients drugs which were inappropriate for their symptoms in order to extort money out of them. [1]

Kavos is very popular between June and September - appearing in holiday brochures of Club 18-30 and Twenties - it attracts the younger generation of people - such as Deano R Bowers - who want an alcohol fuelled holiday. Kavos seems a completely different place at night time then it does in the daytime.

In the daytime, there are many outdoor activities to do such as Paintball, Go-Karting, Water Sports, Boat trips, Moped and Quad bike hire. For the more relaxed holiday, there are over 15 restraunts with a variety of choice from McDonalds to traditional Greek food.

Most bars are open in the day time, many show English channels using Sky TV and DVD movies, If there are any Sport events on - they will be shown, If they aren’t the bar staff will probably change the channel if you ask them. Most bars have a pool table and sometimes arcade games. A popular game/machine in bars is the Punch game - where it gives you a score between 0-999 for how hard / fast you punch a punch bag that drops down. Many people play this in the evening to show off their fight moves to other people.

Most of the hotels / apartments have their own swimming pools and will allow anyone to use these - there is however a charge for the sun longer which is normally on average €1.5. Tour operator exclusive accommodation such as Trabukos will have entertainment at pool side from the club reps. this normally includes drinking games, pool games and live record scratching.

There are shops scattered about on the Kavos strip that sell a variety of things including clothes, hats, sunglasses, towels etc. There are also a number of mini marts that sell food supplies, bathroom supplies, alcohol and cigarettes. Cigarettes sold in the resort will be the same as the price you would expect to pay at the airport and can buy in bulk amounts (i.e. 200)

There are also a few tattoo parlours in the resort - these are dubbed "The Kavos Butcher" - they also offer piercing and beauty accessories. In 2006, a holiday goer - Thomas Harper got the Superman logo tattooed to his chest, He was not under the influence of alcohol when this was done. As long as you have a picture of something - the tattooist’s out there will be happy to do it.

In the evening - The main Kavos strip is full of people such as Chris Harrington- most under the influence of alcohol - outside every bar, restraint or club - you can expect to see a PR that will invite you into their bar/club/restraint and will offer you a special deal. Most of the people that do this are British people - who are working out their for the summer - many of these will be able to give good advice to what’s hot and what’s not.

Also on the strip - expect to be hassled into buying a hat, glow stick, whistle of flower's from the street sellers - most of these are just Albanian migrants, which will dress up in shabby clothes and use children to flog the goods to force you into buying them through sympathy - Most will try and take advantage of the fact that mostly everyone in Kavos is under the influence of alcohol - they use all the old tricks in the book - pretending you only gave them a €5 note as opposed to a €10 or most will be haggled with the price, take your money then not give you any change and walk off - If you do happen to buy something and haggle the price - pay with exact money.

A excursion your holiday rep will try and sell you is the Bar Crawl - where they take you around the bars of kavos - getting you special deals such as buy one get one free when the bar crawl is in that particular bar, This bar crawl is popular and many drinking games are played on it, These crawls normally end in a club in the resort.

The main club in Kavos is Futures - which every Wednesday hosts a Trinity club event and feature DJ's and MC's such as MC Lipton, Piped Piper, Rat pack, DJ luck and MC Neat. Other nights of the week there will be school discos here and other such themed nights, Behind Futures, there is a beach club called Atlantis which is open from 2am until 7am, or whenever the last person leaves. Atlantis also host's foam parties as well as S=X club.

Music is varied in Kavos - Most bars play Pop anthems, R N B, Dance, Funky House and Remixes, though if you want drum N bass, MCing or even Rock music, you will find a bar that plays this.

Popular bars include 42nd Street, Snobs, Rockys, Edielwiess, Crash Bar and The Barn.

In 2006 - A rather drunk holiday maker called called Chris Harrington remade the Pendulum video of Slam - this can be seen on You tube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFlgCidsTPY) this is a typical exmaple of someone having a laugh during the daytime in Kavos.