Well everywhere was cheap ----once! It is the price we pay as the World advances, yesterdays cheap undeveloped destination is tomorrows high-rise package tour paradise
I remember when Cala Galadana in Menorca was a charming little cove, when Paphos, Cyrprus was a sleepy little town, when people talked about this great new destinantion called Bodrum! If Calis becomes over touristy or over priced -- move on! One of the many reasons I never considered buying property abroad, places chamge, laws change, governments change, renting I have always been able to walk away
Friends all told me how much I was missing out -- they told me in Beirut, in Kyrenia, in Jugoslavia
Perhaps still the best way is get the cheapest flight and just go somewhere else in Calis and see. There are lots of nice places, I stayed at the Rebin Beach for years, comfortabloe, clean, good food, went to the Mutlu last year, lovely by the beach, but worth the difference then? No, and worth it now, not in a million years! I may be back next Autumn, but wont be staying at any Thomson place!
Meldrew