Corfu

We spent a whole week in Corfu, the furthest north island in Greece. The whole trip, including flights, hotels and all expenses was 671€ per person the whole week.

We went there in a time when the pandemic restrictions were a bit up in the air so I only had to take an antigens test and Guillem only had to show his vaccination passport.

We landed really late at night, so decided to stay in Corfu town, 30 minutes by walk from the airport. The town isn’t too big, so you can walk around and eat almost anywhere.

Day 1

On the first day, we went to the Old Venetian fortress and had breakfast at a Bizou, a vegan café.

Had lunch at Liston and dinner at Ampakas. The town is really walkable and it didn’t feel very touristy.

Day 2

Next day it was my birthday and the breakfast was great! We went to Favela 17 and I had a Kinder Bueno cream waffle, which was delicious. From there, we moved to the next location, which was in Limni, kind of in the middle of the island, still in the East Coast. We had lunch at an amazing restaurant nearby our hotel, Apovrado. It was a bit expensive, but totally worth it. From there, we rented a car so we could move around.

Day 3

From Nefeli hotel, we decided to drive all the way to the north, to Kalami Beach, where the White House of Lawrence Durrell is located. The beach is beautiful and you can have a couple of sunbeds and umbrellas for 9€. From the White House, we spent the afternoon in the Hotel, resting a bit and later, had dinner at a restaurant where they were casting the Eurocup.

Day 4

That day was the most active! We drove to Canal D’Amour and, from there, to Angelokastro and Palaiokastritsa.

Canal D’Amour is very peculiar, it’s filled with small beaches which are guarded by tall rock hills and the water is just amazing. We decided to stay nearby the most popular one, where there was a restaurant with sunbeds. It was the most comfortable plan we could have had and it was totally worth it.

From there and after having luch, we drove to Angelokastro, an old fortress on top of a hill where the entrance is 3€ and where we encountered some issues on the road. Palaiokastritsa is a town whose main attraction is a tiny chapel on top of a hill, you can see how beautiful it was.

Day 5

We drove to the south, to the largest beach in Corfu, named Issos beach. We had lunch at Oceano, where there’s fresh fish. From there, we drove to Achilleion, a Palace that Empress Sissi built in honor to Achiles.

Day 6

Boat trip to Paxos and Antipaxos. The islands are just gorgeous, but the boat trip is kind of a ripoff as you spend 70% of the time on board and only are allowed to drop off for 1 hour in each location.

Day 7

We spent the morning in the hotel swimmingpool and from there, we took a bus to Corfu town, where we had our last lunch, a souvlaki.

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