Corfu Town, Greece Travel Blogs

Cruzin'
Oct 19, 2009

Hello Friends!!! I'm torn between it being a relief and a disappointment that I now speak English freely among all the other English-speaking folks. (I'm on the cruise.) While there are over 40 countries represented by visitors, America absolutely took ...

"The Spirit of Corfu"
Jun 8, 2008 (82 photos)

... .  The island is considered the greenest island in Greece.   We left our ship anchored in the harbor of Old Corfu Town. Our tour guide this morning was Mary.  We had no trouble hearing her and she kept us laughing while she told us ...

The last island :(.....
Jun 25, 2008 (3 photos)

So after three week of Island hopping it has come to an end on Corfu. But we went out with a bang. We stayed a couple nights at the Pink Palace a place where Renee stayed a couple years ago. The pink palace is alot of plate smashing, Ouzo drinking and ...

Corfu-yea!
Aug 4, 2009

  From Ios I took a ferry to Athens then an overnight bus to Corfu.  Corfu is absolutely gorgeous, much greener and lusher than the Cycladic islands.  The hostel I'm staying in, the Pink Palace, is fantastic.  It's more like a giant ...

Pure Pleasure
Oct 1, 2009 (2 photos)

... thank god we got away from there it was making me miserable and ill, Ian found us a little hotel right on the front of Corfu town and its amazing really clean and the first thing that I did was have a lovely shower and do all the girlie things like paint ...

Corfu
Sep 13, 2008

... from along the way to bring you up to date. Our last blog was Katakolon, and our next port of call was Corfu. The island was attractive from the ship but proceeding ashore gave us a broad perspective of graffiti and more graffiti. Perhaps because we ...

Cruising the Mediterranean Part 1
Oct 19, 2009 (26 photos)

... hurt. Bundled into taxi (4 of us squashed in the back with no seat belts does not seem to worry the police in Italy, Greece, New York or in fact any where except NZ) to drive to the stunning village of Oia, a Greek village characterized by narrow streets ...

The Boat to Italy
Oct 2, 2009 (1 photos)

We had a whole day of just hanging around Corfu town so we went for some breakfast and then picked up our laundry and popped back to the hotel to pack our bags.  The weather is not so good today raining and a little cloudy so for the most part of the ...

Ionian Islands
Jul 21, 2009 (12 photos)

... that it's on to Italy and lots of pasta and red wine. We hope everything is well for everybody. Bridget writes….. Corfu town was lovely and we enjoyed wandering the narrow streets and people watching from the café’s. It is a cosmopolitan town ...

Corfu - Lunch Beneath the Castle
Sep 12, 2007

Valtou (ML) -> CorfuTown (Corfu) -> Gouvia (Corfu) Distance: 15M Wind: dead calm Not a wisp of air today. That's ok, our plan is anchor below the castle of Corfutown and wile away the afternoon swimming and finishing our provisions before getting ...

Nafplion & Katakolon, Greece
Jun 9, 2009

The Med 6-9-09 Corfu, Greece This morning I am sitting out on our balcony overlooking the beautiful hilly harbor of Corfu Town on the Greek island of Corfu.  Tough life eh?  It's probably 72 degrees now, going up to 78 or so, although in the sun ...

Corfu
Sep 22, 2008 (32 photos)

... been warned, and after trying to sleep both of us took a sleeping pill and quickly in slumberland. Today's tour will be to Corfu, Greece which is an island off the western side of the Greek mainland, and is northernmost of the 6 Ionian Islands. Nero, ...

Hitting Our Stride in Corfu
Apr 18, 2008

... dinners all around, wandering home full and exhausted at 12:30. Go Corfu! If you ever happen to be in Greece or Italy (Maribel, I'm looking at you), definitely hop a ferry to Corfu Town for a weekend of beaches, partying and moped-ing around the island!

Back to Beautiful Greece
Sep 27, 2009

Just a quick note.  Spent a fabulous day on Corfu.  This is what you think of when you think of Greece. We rented motor bikes and crusied the island.  I will update more when we get back to Rome on Tuesday. Love to all, Davo and Janet

Night in Corfu Town
Sep 23, 2008

I returned to spend my last Greek night in Corfu old town, and spent the following day dodging the worsening weather and working out how I could reach my next destination, Dubrovnik. Overland through Albania was an option, but I didn't fancy the ...

Ah, Corfu Greece
Jun 23, 2006 (16 photos)

AH, Corfu Greece..  I awoke several times this morning, and finally decided to crawl out from under my 400 thread count sheets at 11 to join Carol for lunch in the Lido Lounge. (she called and woke me or I'd most likely STILL be there.   As ...

Fun In The Sun
Sep 27, 2005 (21 photos)

... unfold around me. A few others decided to jump in but kept their clothes on. Back aboard, we slowly made our way back to Corfu town. After spending the entire day in the sun, everyone seemed a little tired. I know that I layed out for a bit and eventually ...

Aug 18, 2009 (3 photos)

Greco Albania
Oct 30, 2008 (4 photos)

... in Greece is in stark contrast to that which we visited yesterday. Here near the border of Albania and Northwest Greece, groves of olive trees join pine and cypress forests studded with orchards of oranges and lemons across a panorama of hillsides on the ...

LaFonda's birthday in Greece
Aug 9, 2008 (17 photos)

Corfu Greece was our next stop.  We did not take any organized tours today, but just went into the city to explore.  Again we found a little train to take us around.  The city was small, and they had some archeological digs going on.  ...

DAY 11 WHICH WAY IS ALBANIA GEORDIESEZ?
Jun 24, 2009 (6 photos)

... persons bus from the boat to the customs area. Once through we got on the proper bus and set off for today's adventure. Once in Corfu Town we set off to explore. Not for us the exploration of Greek culture and architecture - no it was the shops all the ...

Hotel Europa
Sep 8, 2008

... I think I was glad in a way not to be able to see in there. We got changed and left as soon as possible. Corfu town was like many of the Croatain cities we had been to. Shiny marble streets, tourist shops and pavement cafes. We were pleasantly surprised ...

Give me a C, O, R, F, U - we're in CORFU!!
Aug 24, 2009 (11 photos)

... . So our bus driver was on crack. We were awoken numerous times by the bus stopping in the middle of the freeway, somewhere in Greece with the bus driver getting out with his flash light to go into the ditches looking for 'robbers' but later he corrected ...

Finally Some Time To Relax
Sep 26, 2005 (5 photos)

... around and do as we pleased. By myself for the first time on the trip, I just decided to wander and do some shopping. Corfu town was a labrynth of narrow alleyways with small cafes and shops. It was easy to get a bit lost amongst this maze but since it ...

Raining in Corfu
Apr 22, 2009

We did something that we don't normally do.  We arrived in Corfu without a room, or even the prospect of one. We sat in the little dining area of the building at the dock, and had some pastries and coffee to warm up.  The weather was chilly, and ...

A relaxing break
Apr 14, 2007 (2 photos)

After 2 weeks of high intensity sightseeing, we took a few days off on the Greek Isle of Corfu.  We enjoyed sightseeing in the old town, taking a boat cruise, doing some watersports, and most of all some much-needed R&R!