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...
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...
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...
Garitsa and Anemomilos: Corfu Town’s Most Elegant Seaside Neighbourhoods Every city of substance has its quieter quarters, the neighbourhoods that the tourist maps mark but that the majority of visitors...
The Archaeological Museum of Corfu: Treasures of the Ancient Ionian World Before the Venetians built their walls and gates, before the Byzantines constructed their churches, before the Romans administered their...
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...
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...