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Corfu Old Town

A UNESCO Venetian old town of lanes, the Liston and the Spianada.

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The Old Fortress

The Venetian citadel guarding the town, with sweeping views.

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The New Fortress

A second Venetian fortress above the old port.

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Achilleion Palace

The palace built for Empress Elisabeth (Sisi), with gardens and statues.

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Paleokastritsa

Stunning west coast coves and a clifftop monastery.

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Canal d'Amour, Sidari

Sculpted sandstone channels and swimming spots in the north.

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Mon Repos

A leafy estate and villa near the town, with a museum and beaches.

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Pontikonisi

The tiny, photogenic Mouse Island with a chapel, off Kanoni.

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Angelokastro

A ruined Byzantine castle on a peak above the west coast.

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Kanoni

A headland viewpoint south of town looking over Pontikonisi and the Vlacherna monastery on its causeway.

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Gardiki Castle

A 13th century Byzantine fortress in the island's south, recognisable by its octagonal wall.

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Temple of Artemis

The ruins of an early 6th century BC temple near Mon Repos, whose huge Gorgon pediment is a highlight of the Corfu Archaeological Museum.

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Mount Pantokrator

Corfu's highest peak (about 900 m), topped by a monastery and, on clear days, views to Albania and Italy.

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Myrtiotissa Beach

A secluded, cliff backed west coast beach reached by a steep path down from the road, long famed for its scenery.

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Liston

The elegant arcaded terrace facing the Spianada, built under French rule and modelled on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the place for a coffee.

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Esplanade (Spianada)

The vast green square between the Old Town and the Old Fortress, one of the largest in Greece, where cricket, a British era legacy, is still played.

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Vlacherna Monastery

The little white monastery on a causeway off Kanoni, one of Corfu's most photographed sights, with Pontikonisi beyond.

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Vido Island

A small wooded island just off Corfu Town, reachable by boat, with quiet beaches and a Serbian First World War memorial.

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Kavos

The island's southernmost resort, a long sandy beach known mainly as a summer party destination for younger visitors.

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Nissaki

A string of small pebble coves on the green north east coast, below the slopes of Mount Pantokrator.

Korission Lagoon

A large coastal lagoon separated from the sea by dunes on the south west coast; a protected wetland rich in birdlife.

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Benitses

A former east coast fishing village, now a relaxed resort and home to the island's benchmark bianco taverna.

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Kassiopi

A pretty harbour village in the northeast below a ruined castle, with tavernas around the bay.

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Lefkimmi

A working town in the quiet south, threaded by a canal, with an unhurried, untouristy feel.

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Pelekas

A hilltop village on the west side famous for its sunset viewpoint, known as the “Kaiser’s Throne” after Kaiser Wilhelm II.

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Kantounia

The narrow, shaded alleyways of the Old Town, strung with laundry lines beneath Venetian shutters.

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Ano Korakiana

A hillside village above Kato Korakiana, known for Venetian style stone houses, several churches and a long musical and artistic tradition woven into its lanes.

Agios Markos

A once abandoned Venetian era village in central east Corfu, carefully restored, with historic stone mansions and two churches dating to 1075 and 1577.

Analipsi

A small hamlet near Kanoni, best known as the access point for the ancient Doric Temple of Kardaki and its spring, close to the ruins of the Temple of Hera.

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Antivouniotissa (Byzantine Museum of Corfu)

A museum housed in Corfu Town's oldest surviving church, reached up a steep staircase, displaying one of Greece's finest collections of post Byzantine icons dating from the fifteenth century onward.

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Corfu Museum of Asian Art

Housed within the Palace of St Michael and St George, this museum holds one of Greece's most important collections of Asian art and artefacts drawn from across the continent.

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Serbian Museum of Corfu

A moving museum documenting the Serbian army's exile on Corfu and the nearby island of Vido during the First World War, with photographs and artefacts recalling that history.

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Campiello

The oldest quarter of Corfu Old Town, a maze of narrow Venetian lanes and hidden squares, including Kremasti with its historic well, unfolding just behind the Liston.

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Old Perithia

A ghost village on the slopes of Mount Pantokrator near Kassiopi, its stone houses long abandoned but home to a handful of restored tavernas within a hauntingly atmospheric, protected historic setting.

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Lakones

A traditional village clinging to a mountainside above Paleokastritsa, celebrated for arguably the island's most iconic panoramic view over the bays and coves below.

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Doukades

A traditional village in the hills of western Corfu, its stone houses and quiet lanes offering a glimpse of everyday island life away from the coastal resorts.

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Boukari

A quiet fishing hamlet on Corfu's south eastern coast, known for its fresh seafood tavernas supplied by local fishermen and its unhurried pace, away from the busier resorts.

Petriti

A small working harbour village on Corfu's southern coast, its colourful fishing boats and quiet waterside tavernas making it a favourite for an authentic, low key evening out.

Chlomos

A hilltop village in southern Corfu prized for sweeping views over the surrounding countryside and coastline, popular with walkers exploring the island's quieter corners.

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Vatos & the Ropa Valley

A quiet agricultural village set on one of Corfu's few large flat plains, the fertile Ropa Valley, known for farming, a golf course and expansive green scenery.

Church of Saints Jason and Sosipater

The oldest surviving church in Corfu, an important Byzantine era monument in Corfu Town dedicated to two of Saint Paul's earliest disciples.

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Kaiser's Throne

A legendary viewpoint above Pelekas village offering a 360 degree panorama across the island, said to be a favourite spot of Kaiser Wilhelm II for watching the sunset.

Porto Timoni

A double bay below Afionas where two beaches meet back to back on a narrow isthmus, reached on foot down a steep path or by boat.

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Loggas Beach

The narrow sand beach beneath the clay cliffs at Peroulades, reached by steep steps and known for its sunsets; also called Sunset Beach.

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Kalami

A small north east bay best known as the setting of the White House, where the writer Lawrence Durrell lived in the 1930s.

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Agios Georgios Pagon

A long sandy bay on the north west coast below the village of Pagi, more open and less built up than the resorts further east.

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