Corfu Town has two fortresses, and most visitors spend most of their time at the wrong one. The Old Fortress, dramatic on its rocky promontory above the Spianada, is the...
There is a particular kind of place that only a certain combination of wealth, melancholy, and obsessive personality can produce. The Achilleion Palace on the hills above Gastouri, looking south...
Kardaki and Corfu’s Royal Connections: A Hidden Corner of the Island The Kanoni peninsula, with its famous view of Vlacherna and Pontikonisi, draws visitors from across the world to its...
Kanoni and Pontikonisi: Corfu’s Most Iconic Landscape There are views in Greece that have been photographed so many times, reproduced on so many postcards and travel websites and social media...
The Venetian Gates of Corfu Town: Ancient Entrances to a Fortified City To enter Corfu Town through one of its surviving Venetian gates is to pass through a threshold that...
Exploring Corfu’s Old Town on Foot: A UNESCO Walking Tour There are cities whose history is best understood through books, and cities whose history is best understood by walking. Corfu...
The Liston Promenade: Corfu Town’s Most Elegant Gathering Place In the centre of Corfu Town, facing the great green expanse of the Spianada and the distant stone walls of the...
Corfu’s Shepherd Dogs: Working Animals and Mountain Guardians Across Corfu’s mountainous interior, large powerful dogs guard flocks of sheep and goats, their presence continuing traditions spanning millennia. These working animals,...
Easter 2026 Preparations: Traditional Greek Holy Week Customs Begin March marks Lenten season’s progression as Greek Orthodox Christians worldwide prepare spiritually and practically for Easter, Christianity’s most important celebration. In...
Corfu’s Cave Systems: Exploring Underground Natural Wonders to Discover Beneath Corfu’s surface lies hidden world of geological wonders carved over millennia by water’s persistent erosion of limestone bedrock. Cave systems,...