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Corfu Guide

WHY VISIT CORFU IN GREECE?

Corfu is the second largest of the Ionian Islands and one of the first Greek destinations to receive mass tourism. However, the warm sun, the beauty of the crystal clear waters of the sea and the local flavors are just some of many things for what you should travel to Corfu in Greece.

The island is about 65 km and 32 km at its widest point. The coasts of Corfu offer a unique summer experience and in fact extend to over 217 kilometers total distance. In other words, you can enjoy your baths to a vast beach. However as you will notice during your visit to the island, the coast is not the only beautiful one to enjoy. Much of Corfu Island is mountainous. At 906 meters above sea level, its highest peak, Mount Pantokrator, is visible from most parts of the island. These days, Corfu serves everyone, including those who prefer to travel alone or who want to enjoy busy resorts.

DOES CORFU WORTH A LOOK?

The answer is “Most definitely”. Corfu Town is a thriving metropolis in comparison with most other Greek island “capitals”, and is also very attractive in its own way. The main town of the island was a target for several foreign armies in the course of its long history. The two fortresses which nowadays protect its harbor were built by the Venetians, who ruled the island for four centuries. As it is logical, the influence of Venetians continues to give the town an Italian feel.

From the old fort Palaio Frourio, you can enjoy an impressive 360-degree view over the town and the coast beyond it. Just behind the fortress you can find Spianada. An amazing, pleasant green space that incorporates a cricket pitch. Spianada is a legacy of the early 19th century, when the British army conquered Corfu. After Spianada, you will find Liston, an attractive avenue part-shaded by trees, partly covered by arcades. With its many cafés, bar and restaurants it is an amazing spot from which you can watch the world goes by.

SHOULD I VENTURE ISLAND?

Most tourists concentrate their attention on the island’s coast, which means missing the opportunity to experience the Greek island life. Corfu’s second-largest conurbation, Lefkimmi, can be found in the middle of the countryside and its inhabitants seem oblivious to the crowds that descend on other parts of the island during the summer months. Lefkimmi’s streets are very quiet and there are no tourist stores. Many of the local houses have lemon trees or a couple of vines outside; colourful flowers bloom in old paint tins and olive oil containers, and chickens peck in the yard.

In complete contrast is Corfu’s most popular inland destination, Aqualand Water Park in Agios Ioannis, about half way across the island heading west from Corfu Town. Contained within the park is a selection of pools, tubes, slides, rafts, pirate adventures. In other words, anything that can be turned into a water-related attraction.

I WANT TO BE ALONE

If you are searching a place to be alone in Corfu, then you should try to take a trip to Mount Pantokrator, the highest point of the island. Remarkably, considering it compares in altitude to the highest peaks in England, you can drive all the way to the top. Cyclists might want to pedal up the slope starting in Ipsos. The road winds uphill and taking place, through a series of seemingly impossible curves that carve their pretentiousness through the grey stone; in spring, the mountainsides are carpeted in flowers.

The culmination itself, bristling following radio masts, is a disappointment, until you see a propos and charm the breathtaking view: the map of Corfu, taking into account its bays and headlands, seems to comply computer graphics in the back your eyes. If you dont have a head for heights, the Korission Lagoon is a more down-to-earth destination. Take the main road south towards Kavos, turning off at the signpost towards Issos beach. A marked path to the right just back the beach leads to the dunes that surround the lake; from there it is a battle of aimless where the fancy takes you.

WHERE IS THE BEST SCENERY?

One of the most beautiful and dramatic spots on Corfu’s north-west coast is Paleokastritsa, a rocky promontory on the top of which is a ruined the Angelokastro castle. Paleokastritsa itself is a rocky, densely wooded headland around which nestle a variety of different coves and beaches. Each beach offers alternating facilities, as soon as a diving scholarly in Ampelaki, and trips out into the recess concerning a glass-bottomed ship starting from the tiny harbour of Alipa. The buildings that pepper the hillsides comprise a incorporation of rooms for rent and little hotels, each in imitation of than a lane all along to the beach.

Perched upon a stone above the beaches is Paleokastritsa Monastery. Inside the edit is a beautiful courtyard filled considering natural world, and a little, intricately festooned orthodox church. But the high mitigation, in all prudence, of a visit to this share of the island, is the Angelokastro. The road, which in places is barely wide sufficient for a single vehicle to squeeze along, winds through the picturesque villages of Lakones, Makrades and Krini by now reaching a taverna, above which is the unqualified incline to the castle.

A ROYAL CONNECTION?

location for a summer palace in the late 19th century. The upshot was the Achilleion, in Gastouri. After Elisabeth’s death it was sold to Kaiser Wilhelm II, the King of Prussia, who visited it regularly until the First World War.

The palace is admission to visitors to explore a handful of auditorium-floor rooms. Far more tempting are the terraced gardens, gone their classical statues, palm trees and walkways shaded once wisteria.

The palace is open to visitors to explore a handful of ground-floor rooms. Far more interesting are the terraced gardens, with their classical statues, palm trees and walkways shaded with wisteria.

WHEN SHOULD I GO?

Corfu’s season starts at the weekend of celebrations that marks the Greek Orthodox Easter and continues until late of October.

On winter, Corfu is very quiet and many restaurants and hotels remain closed. In the height of summer, temperature is about 30 C on average or a little more; the sun is slightly less fierce in September and May.

TIPS

Some of the best tips you should have in mind is to wear good hiking boots as footpaths are often broken at places with large potholes. Also, boat trips do not start until towards end of April and ends late of October. People in Corfu are very friendly in general. If you are travelling with your children, expect them to be cuddled by locals (especially elder people). Please don’t be offended by this.

Shops open in the morning around 08:30-09:00 and then they close between 13:00/14:00 – 17:00/18:00 and then re-open 18:00-21:00. If you want good landscape photos, you should walk upwards from usual tourist spots.

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