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Achilleion (Garitsa, 491 00 Corfu)
The Achilleion is one of Corfu island's best known and most visited historical sites. It was built by Queen Elizabeth, also known as Sissy, of Austro-Hungary, in 1890, as a summer retreat in her be... |
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New Venetian Fortress
The fortress of San Marco was built by Corfu's Venetian rulers near the old harbour between 1576 and 1645, shortly after the second Turkish siege. The structure was designed by Italian military engine... |
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Old Venetian Fortress
The old Venetian fortress stands at the eastern end of the Spianada and is linked to the mainland by an iron bridge. The first fortifications of the old fortress were built in the 6th century AD, afte... |
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Pelekas village
A traditional Corfiot village near Corfu town, Pelekas is worth a visit for a taste of old Corfu. Old, black-clad women still walk in the streets here, carrying wood and produce bags, and men linger u... |
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Campielo
The Campielo is the oldest neighborhood of Corfu Town, and the most charming. The most obvious way to enter its charming narrow streets, lined with 3- and 4-story Venetian apartment buildings, is fro... |
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Spianada
The Spianada, at the northeast end of Corfu Town, is one of the biggest city squares in Europe, a vast expanse of parks, monuments, palaces, and Venetian residences.
The Spianada is the cente... |
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Museum of Asiatic Art
The Palace of St Michael and St George was commissioned by Sir Thomas Maitland, the first High Commissioner of Corfu under the British rule. When the island, with the rest of the Ionians, was given... |
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Corfu Archeological Museum (1 Armeni Vraila Street, 491 00 Corfu)
Corfu, or Corcyra or the Island of the Phaeces, was a thriving community since Homeric times. In the Odyssey, Corfu is the last stop of Ulysses before, finally, reaching Ithaca.
In Classical... |
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Agios Spyridon
The cathedral of the patron saint of Corfu was built in 1596, to house the remains of Spyridon, a Cypriot holy man, who was sanctified in the 4th century and whose remains were moved to Constantinople... |
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Panagia Kassopitra (Kassiopi, 490 83 Corfu)
The church is hidden behind a white stone fence and a cast iron gate. It is built on the foundations of a Roman temple and has been around, as a religious site, in one form or another, for around 2,00... |
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