Corfu
Travel Blogs from Corfu, Greece
Corfu, Greece: Day 4
Thursday 7/8 Took a red eye to leb and arrived at 3am. Grabbed a taxi. He wanted 75 USD to adma. Tried to negotiate and even asked him to drop us on the side of the road so that we can catch another taxi that is not ripping us off. Finally got a hold of ...
Late Night Arrival Into Corfu, Greece
... 9:00 am. Our 3 check in bags did not show up from our LAX flight and we are hoping the airport will get them to us in Greece. All us Hawaii girls brought in our carry ons were Bikini's... haha go figure. I've posted some pictures of us in and around the ...
Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece
We left Olympia after three nights, took a bus to Patra and then mucked around there until our midnight ferry to the island of Corfu. We had originally wanted to go to Kefalonia (of Captain Correlli's Mandolin fame) but it's very hard to get a ferry or ...
Corfu, Greece: Day 3
Wednesday 6/8 picked up by the wedding planner. Beth was tired, slept in a bit. We were late for the wedding planner, but didnt really care that much. She took us to get some coffee bc our hotel didnt have any to go cups. The place that had the coffee ...
My First Stop in Greece
Following Rome only about half of our tour continued on to Greece. We took an overnight ferry from Brindisi to Corfu. Arriving at 5am the bus was about a half hour late so we all just sat around at the port being tired. Once we got to our accomodations ...
Corfu, Greece: Day 1
... Today we lounged around, strolled what we could of the Corfu area we were in and awaited our luggage to arrive from the Olympic Airlines Corfu Office. Not to my surprise, they did not deliver and we had to pay for a taxi to deliver. Excited to start our ...
Paleokastritsa
We had the best time in Corfu, it is such a beautiful island (actually quite English too). We stayed in a shady camp ground run by a Scottish lady, pretty basic services but uncrowded and relaxing. We went swimming at the local beach which was amazing. ...
Greek Style (an oxymoron)
... at work [the worlds largest law firm] told me..". I also organised 12 of my friends to join me for a weeks cruise upto Corfu. It is amazing what will happen when you assemble some of Melbournes finest fools. One night my mates who were not keen to ...
The Pink Palace
What more can you say about the island of Corfu then the Pink Palace. We arrived at like 8 am after a long overnight ferry. We of course rode it style once again as we slept on the deck of the ferry like common bums. It is a nice way to travel and I ...
Corfu in December
... sure if it was a very late lunch or a very early dinner) and sat and watched the view of the bay and the mountains of Albania beyond. We leave for Italy tomorrow, although we have all of tomorrow in Greece, spreading out time between Corfu and ...
Heading south again
... all! After a rather long visit to Croatia we are finally heading south again. The trip from Croatia was nice and we reached Corfu in the afternoon. It is greener than what I actually expected, but then again it's still pretty early in the season. The ...
and on to Corfu...
Pre Booked our - Palaces of Corfu Pass through the main part of the town and head out into Corfu's lush and verdant countryside of olive, orange and lemon trees. Your destination is the village of Gastouri, where you will visit Achillion—the ...
Sun, sun, sun.
It took us a little while to adjust to island time in Greece. There were some initial shenanigans trying to arrange a lift back to our accommodation that got us off on the wrong foot. Three hours after we landed our ride arrived and we bounced through ...
Corfu was somewhat like Venice
... begins in 734 BC when the Corinthians established a colony on the narrow strip of sea that separates Corfu from the mainland of Greece. During the Roman and Byzantine periods, Corfu lost its importance, but regained it when the Venetians ...
Corfu
Igoumenitsa - up at 5am to be at customs by 6am to board ferry by 7am - all still in the dark! Ferry to Corfu where Andy & Marg caugt up with us - spent rest of the day on board chatting with them & reading - lovely boat & calm seas, so very pleasant ...
8/2/95
... , blah, blah too much to write about…we paid an extra 6,000 lira and got the hell out of there. Now I’m on a boat to Corfu for some drinkin’ and partying! But for now I get to sleep with Rachel in my arms and beer in my hand! It’s ...
8/5/95
... Athens tonight so that means more train rides until around 9:30pm tonight. The mountains are fucking gorgeous here as well. Okay, about Corfu- we arrived at around 8:30am with empty stomachs and high hopes for the Pink Palace. A car took us about half an ...
A quick look at Corfu Island
Thursday 4th November – Corfu (Fine, warm, calm seas,23'C) We didn’t dock at Corfu until about 1.30pm as we had to wait for another cruise ship to leave. Four ships were due in port today. We hadn’t booked an excursion so took a ...
Holiday Within a Holiday
Day 17 - 20 Corfu Greece Highlights: Greek dinner and winning the potato game with Robyn George's Boat day cruise Parasailing with Hamlin Toga party Old town of Corfu Palaio Frourio (The old Citadel) St George Church Much Ouzo Fun and sun by the ...
The Great Escape
... secondly I am once again back on the road, not knowing where the heck I’ll in two days time. Without a guidebook for Greece I winged it to this town this morning and got lucky with a connecting sleeper train only 4 hours after my arrival. Dreading ...
Corfu, Greece
... we saw in the lower Fort, a temple of sorts And stunning views Corfu the city, our ship - Splendour of the Sea is docked in the back The water ...
Brindisi to Greece by ferry
... up with Bine in Bari, southeast Italy, and from there we took a train to Brindisi. In Brindisi, we boarded a ferry to Greece. i had called her a few days prior to our meeting in Bari because she left quite the impression on me. my friends were really ...
Corfu, Greece
Corfu, Greece. I guess I have to try the feta cheese. I wonder what their diners are ...
Much better than Athens
... is as bad as it gets - which was comforting as it was an ordinary start (acropolis excluded). We then had a big day of travel to Corfu - arriving at 19:30. We had a toga party at a local restaurant and it was good fun. Too much wine was had by James and ...
Wolluk – Corfu in 4 etappes
... verplaatsen. In de stromende regen rijden we over de brug naar het oude Venetie van waaruit de ferry naar Igoumenitsa, Corfu en Patras vertrekt. We vinden de terminal eenvoudig en zijn toch wel blij dat we de 1200 km door Duitsland, ...
La vida sin ruinas
... (despues de la de los perros, o no hermanilla?), terminamos adelantandola y ahora es una anecdota divertida de la que SIEMPRE nos acordamos. Bueno, Corfu fue la ultima de las islas que visite en Grecia. Y puede ser que sea la mas linda. Por que? Como esta ...

