Major Improvements at Camping Thines in the Peloponnese
Major
Improvements at Camping Thines in the Greek Peloponnese
The
following email was received on 2 July 2017 from the new manager of Camping
Thines. This campsite is one of five in Finikounda, the small fishing village at
the southern end of the Messinian Peninsula in the Greek Peloponnese.
Thines
(meaning 'Dunes') is one of the two campsites that reliably stay open
throughout the year. We first stayed on the site at Easter 2003, before Camping
Finikes had been started. We stayed for 3 weeks, during which time we left the
motorhome for a week while we cycled 357 miles (570 km) round the Mani
Peninsula and back via Kosmas, climbing a total of 19,000 ft (5,700 m).
We
enjoyed staying at Thines during several following winters, before transferring
our allegiance to Camping Finikes, although that ended in fiasco in the winter
of 2014/15 (see our Report on the Deterioration of Camping Finikes).
Sadly,
over recent years Camping Thines also experienced decline, particularly in the
sanitary facilities and the state of the camping field. However, Theodore
Michail, the new manager, has now written to us to say that things are
improving! We will be in Finikounda this winter (2017/18) and look forward to
seeing for ourselves; it certainly sounds a lot better.
We
believe that Theo is the son of the original developers/owners/managers of the
site: Despina and her husband, Takis.
Theo
wrote as follows:
Dear friends,
I'm Theodore Michail, the new manager of Camping Thines. I wanted to inform you
that our Camping will be open this winter and a lot of our facilities are
improved. I saw your report from 2013 or 2014 and has passed a lot of time
since then.
Now we have all around wi-fi, program for cleaning the toilets at
winter time, fireplace with woods and local wine our production that the customers
can use it to relax. Also we plan to have 2 or 3 fast electric boilers that
they can give hot water immediately. Then it is not necessary to wait a lot for
the hot water.
Best regards,
P.S. I remember you when I was child, I
meet you 2-3 time with the bikes, then I learnt about your internet page and
the Camping Reviews.