Tag: Town in Corfu

Best burger in Corfu Souvlaki – Gyro (kebab) – Salads – Snacks Read more...

Dating roughly from the year 1000, this is one of the oldest surviving monuments of the middle Byzantine period on the island, and the only one built in the cross-shaped, inscribed, domed style. The church is dedicated to Jason and Sosipater, two disciples of St Paul who introduced the Christian faith to Corfu. Their graves, with pieces of their Holy Read more...

This was the place for state ceremonies, pomp and circumstance, in the time of Venetian rule. The square is enclosed by four symbolic buildings as witnesses to the social and political landscape of bygone days and the significance of the location: the Catholic Cathedral (the Duomo); the domicile of the Catholic Archbishop at the upper part of the square, to Read more...

On 12th September of 1840 a group of Corfiots signed the founding proceeding of Corfu Philharmonic Society. This educational and concert organization, under the artistic superintendence initially of Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros and later of other important composers of the Ionian Islands (such as Domenikos Padovanis, Dionysios Rodotheatos and Dimitrios Andronis) became one of the main centers for the development of Read more...

In the Museum, which is situated on the first floor of the historic building that housed the first Branch of the Ionian Bank in Corfu, visitor can see all issues that were circulated by the editorial banks and beyond, throughout the history of the modern Greek State. The Collection includes banknotes paper coins, documentation and related material, covering 180 years Read more...

Museum of Palaiopois – Mon Repos is located at a distance of 2km from the modern town centre, in the center of the Mon Repos Estate. The Museum is housed in a historic villa, which was built during the British rule in the Ionian Islands, by the Lord High Commisioner Sir Freederic Adam. The permanent exhibition comprises memorabilia of the Read more...

The Museum of Antivouniotissa is housed in the former church of the Holy Mother of God Antivouniotissa, one of the oldest and richest religious monuments in Corfu, which was build before the end of the 15th century.Its collection includes icons and other works both by well-known and anonymous artists in the Byzantine tradition, but with western influences, representing an output Read more...

ANEK LINES Central Agency Ferry tickets to: Venice – Corfu – Igoumenitsa – Patra Ancona – Corfu – Igoumenitsa – Patra Bari – Corfu – Igoumenitsa – Patra Read more...

Beyond the Windmill (Anemomylos) metal ladders are installed in a concrete jetty for entering the water safely. Swimmers have views of the Old Fortress to the north and the open Ionian Sea to the south. The seafloor is alive with extensive growth of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica, home to dozens of species of fish. Read more...

Faliraki is where Corfiots have traditionally taken their “baths” from old, a place better known among them as “Aleko’s baths”. One must walk from town through the St Nicholas gate (which allowed access to the sea in Venetian times). Swimmers sit on the short quay or lie on recliners provided by the barsnearby. Stone steps lead into the water. Read more...