Fun things to do in Prefecture of Kerkyra (Corfu)

Corfu- Well this is a place i would recomend anybody to go its beautiful, even if you go just for the weather you will have a brilliant time. Ok this is the place for families and yes it can be touristy, but aside from that the people and the food are out of this world. You can get of the beaten track vey easily the best way is to rent a car and go in to the hill. This is where the real corfu is, take a stoll through the villages and speak with the local, they are welcoming and warming. They are still using traditional methods for there daily lives and proud of there history. Go to corfu town, the narrow streets and small bouteques are a must these shops can b expencive though. steer clear of KAVOS this is a bit like aiya napa and san antonio bay in ibiza. If your not into this scene steer clear, Alternativly go to places north of the island such as archavari these are quiet and quaint where you can get a good greek dish, but your not in the sticks. travel the coast go to sidari if your brave this is supposed to be a picture perfect town, but the first thing that meet you are mcdonald and kfc, not so picture perfect in my mind, You will also find that if you want to island hop you can do easily just go to the local tourist info or to the harbour at corfo town there are regular ferries that take to the mainland and smaller islands. If you travel in to the hills you get some of the best sigts in greece. PUURRRFFET

We spent a few days shopping and visting places in corfu town, they where alot of big and small boats here, we got to the top of an old milatry building to get some pics, the planes just fly right above this point.

Whilst in Corfu town we saw lots of stray dogs a bit upsetting at first but this seems to be away of life for them.

Corfu Town is mad , cars and bikes all over the place, lots of shops, and bars, and we found Mac Donalds.

You can but just about anything, lots of spices and terracota. Desiner bags for the girls, Burberry, Louis Vuitton etc. but dont forget to shop about for a good price and haggle.

Its a pebble beach. At first I was annoyed, but I liked it, because it massaged my feet (even though I took my flipflops right to the waters edge, which means I walked for about 10 seconds on the pebbles!!) and I didn't go home with sand in my suit case!! Great!!

The beach is big but secluded! Its absolutely beautiful and standing in the water and doing a full circle gives you an amazing view of....everything!!

There is a restaurant nearby incase you get hungry, places to rent water sports equipment and just a niiiice place to chill out!! It may not be the best beach in Corfu but it sure is great!!

The town is wonderful indeed. Set on the shore, surrounding the port and overlooked by two forts (an old Venetian one and a new one). The streets are narrow (like in Italy), the houses are old and very nice.
There are fancy shops and boutiques everywhere, selling all kinds of stuff for affordable prices (you can always negociate).
Don't miss the Church of Saint Spiridon, where you can also see the relics of this famous saint.

AGHIOS GORDIS=Ipressive bay with nice sandy beach and a divng center;

KORISSION LAKE/LAGOON= Wonderful landscape with a mix of water and sandy dunes.It's the best palce for a moltitude of birds (126 different types);

VITALADES: Deserted and large beach with sand and dunes. There are some good tavernas by the beach.

KAVOS= avoid this place if you hate caos and crowded towns. It is full of pubs, you can play football in the streets and win a bottle of wine, you can jump on drunk people's bodies in the street...in one word awful...but someone (most of all British guys) seems to appreciate it!

MESSONGHI= Calm and warm seawater, rocky and sandy beaches;

BENITSES= Very touristic place, generous nature (lemon, olive, orange trees and typical mediterranean vegetation) and grevel beaches.

PELEKAS= It's a nice and typical village on the hill over Glyfada. It was famous in the '60/'70 for the hippies (flowers children) that took Pelekas as their cove in the island. Still nowadays a reminiscence of those year is in the air thank to some of "alternative" shops and to some eclectic pubs like Zanzibar. Pelekas is far from tourisitc road and it's preferred by indipendent or bagpackers travellers.

KAISER THRONE= From Pelekas you can reach this towerf from which you can have one of the best view of the Island on both east and west side. You can admire one of the best sunset (the best is in Peroulades, see "On the Beaten part"tips) of Kerkyra.

MYRTIOTISSA= according to me it's the most beautiful beach of the island. it's reachable on foot through a footstep, it's divided in two parts by a big rock, one of this is dedicated to nudist people and it was my favourite part beacuse less crowded than the other.
It has reddish sand with some rocks scattered in all the beach. The seawater is light green, very clean and crystal clear. On the beach there are some beach-bar that sell sandwiches, Ice-cream, cold drinks and the local Yogurt with honey!!! the only problem is that the red sand is very hot, much more than gold one!!!

GLYFADA: large and famous beach, very crowded, ideal for water sports, most of all for surfing;

KONTOGIALOS(or PELEKASLONG) and GIALISKARI= nice sandy beaches, in the night you can find many young people dancing , singing and playing guitar around a nice bonfire...