We spend several weeks in May and June 2005 camping in Greece, mainly in Peloponessus, but we also strayed onto the mainland to visit the shrine of Delphi and stayed in a campsite I am now reviewing.

There are actually three campsites in the immediate vicinity of Delphi, all of them located on the Delphi-Itea road and all easily accessible both by car and bus: this one is the furthest (7 km), located on the border of village of Krisso, which actually in the ancient times ruled Delphi sacred perceint and only after a series of 'Sacred Wars' its hegemony has been overruled. But enough history.

Camping Chrissa is generally more of a caravan/camper place: gravelled areas dominate and there is virtually no proper tenting turf, apart from a few patches near the swimming pool or close to a steep hillside, which don`t seem to be "proper" pitches and are exposed to sun and directly by the access road.

Apart from the lack of grassy pitches, there is plenty of greenery: trees (pines and olives dominate but I noticed mimosas and mulberries too) and flowering bushes, additional shading is provided by straw/twig awnings over the pitches, so virtually all of them have some shade.

At the time of our visit the campsite was only about 20% full, with mostly Northern European (that doesn`t include Brits) camper vans and caravans, though we also met a Romanian and Afghani families there!

The facilities that Chrissa offers are very good and that is despite merciful lack of `added value` holiday camp experiences like regular entertainment and other atrocities.

We have not used them, but electricity hook-ups for caravans/campers are available, as well as a chemical toilet disposal facility.

The restaurant offers a selection of standard Greek dishes (souvlaki, stuffed peppers, grilled fish etc.) which are prepared on the premises, tasty and reasonably priced - we paid about 25 euro for a simple meal for three including some house wine and a fabulous pink sunset over mountains.

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I heartily recommend Chrissa, especially if you have your own transport: the location and views is stunning, the people who run it friendly (especially the lovely Katarina), facilities good and standards high. Local village of Krisso is within a walking distance (we enjoyed a meal in taverna Basanos at the other end), Delphi 1 euro by bus or 10 euro by taxi as is Itea if you had compulsion to be at the very seaside, and you avoid being in the main crush of tourists, though I am sure it gets much busier in the high season.