The Battle of Lepanto, fought on 7 October 1571 in the Gulf of Patras to the south and east of Corfu, was the largest naval engagement in the Mediterranean since...
Corfu stands apart from almost every other part of what is now Greece in one historically significant and culturally defining respect: it was never conquered by the Ottoman Empire. While...
Of all the civilisations and powers that have governed Corfu through its three thousand years of recorded history, none has left a more complete, more lasting, or more visually dramatic...
The Byzantine period of Corfiot history, spanning roughly from the fourth century AD to the thirteenth, represents one of the longest and in many respects most formative chapters in the...
The ancient city of Corcyra was one of the most significant Greek colonial foundations in the western Mediterranean, established by settlers from Corinth around 734 BC and developed over the...
The Wines of the Ionian: Corfu and the Greek Island Wine Tradition Corfu is not the destination most people think of first when the conversation turns to Greek wine, and...
Corfu’s August Festivals: Music, Culture and Village Celebrations Anyone who spends August on Corfu quickly notices that the island seems to be celebrating something almost every night. This is panigiri...
Corfu in July: A Practical Guide for First-Time Summer Visitors Arriving in Corfu for the first time in July, the combination of the heat, the beauty, and the sheer variety...
Music in Corfu is not background. It is not the ambient sound of a restaurant or the incidental accompaniment to a street festival. It is a serious, deliberate, culturally central...
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...