DESTINATION CORFU

Corfu is a favourite destination for Brits and Europeans. Considered one of the most beautiful Greek Islands, the lush green Corfu is also called the 'Emerald Island'. Corfu was the last stop for legendary Odysseus before returning home to Ithaca, and it still has a lot to offer the modern day visitor.

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CORFU: Achilleion, Angelokastro, Archaeological Museum of Corfu, Banknote Museum, Byzantine Museum, Corfu City, Corfu International Airport, Mount Pantokrator, Nobile Teatro, Palaiokastritsa, Serbian Museum, Vido,

ACHILLEION Achilleion is a palace built in Corfu by Empress of Austria Elisabeth of Bavaria, also known as Sisi, after a suggestion by Austrian Consul Alexander von Watzberg. Elisabeth was a woman obsessed with beauty, and very powerful, but tragically vulnerable since the loss of her only son, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria in the Mayerling Incident in 1889 ...

ANGELOKASTRO Angelokastro (Castle of Angels or Angelos's castle) is one of the most important Byzantine castles of Greece. It is located on the island of Corfu at the top of the highest peak of the island's shoreline in the northwest coast near Palaiokastritsa (Old castle place) and built on particularly steep and rocky terrain ...

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF CORFU The Archaeological Museum of Corfu in Corfu, Greece was built between 1962 - 1965. The museum land was donated by the city of Corfu. Its initial purpose was to house the archaeological finds from the Temple of Artemis in Corfu. In 1994 it was expanded with the addition of two more exhibit halls that display the more recent finds at the ancient citadel of Corfu ...

BANKNOTE MUSEUM The Banknote Museum of Alpha Bank is a museum located in Corfu, Greece. It showcases an almost complete collection of the Greek currency from 1822 to present, about 2000 items. It includes the first treasury bonds issued by the newly liberated Greek State in 1822 until the replacement of the drachma by the euro in 2002 ...

BYZANTINE MUSEUM The old fortifications of the town, formerly so extensive as to require a force of from 10-20,000 troops to man them, were largely destroyed by the English in the 19th century. In several parts of the town you'll find houses of the Venetian time, with some traces of past splendour, but they are few compared to the British Neoclassical housing of the 19th and early 20th centuries ...

CORFU CITY The old fortifications of the town, formerly so extensive as to require a force of from 10-20,000 troops to man them, were largely destroyed by the English in the 19th century. In several parts of the town you'll find houses of the Venetian time, with some traces of past splendour, but they are few compared to the British Neoclassical housing of the 19th and early 20th centuries ...

CORFU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT The Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport, named after Ioannis Kapodistrias distinguished Corfiot European diplomat and first Governor of Greece, is located around 3 kilometres south of Corfu Town, half a kilometre north of Pontikonisi. Air traffic peaks during the summer season, between April and October ...

MOUNT PANTOKRATOR Mount Pantokrator is a mountain located in north-eastern Corfu. At 906m (2,972 ft) it is the highest mountain on the island. At the summit the whole of Corfu can be seen, as well as Albania which lies a short distance from the island. On particularly clear days it is also possible to see Italy despite it being around 130 km (80 miles) away ...

NOBILE TEATRO Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfu, translated as The Noble Theatre of Saint James of Corfu, or simply Teatro di San Giacomo, was a theatre in Corfu, Greece which became the centre of Greek opera between 1733 and 1893. Despite its provincial origins it attracted Italian musicians and composers, many of whom became permanent residents of Corfu ...

PALAIOKASTRITSA Palaiokastritsa (meaning Old Castle place, referring to nearby Angelokastro) is a municipality in the Corfu Prefecture, Greece. Corfu is considered to be the mythical island of the Phaeacians. The bay of Palaiokastritsa is considered to be the place where Odysseus disembarked and met Nausicaa for the first time ...

SERBIAN MUSEUM The Serbian Museum of Corfu is a museum in Corfu, Greece. It houses rare exhibits about the Serbian soldiers' tragic fate during the First World War. The remnants of the Serbian Army of about 150,000 soldiers together with their government in exile, found refuge and shelter in Corfu, following the collapse of the Serbian Front in 1915...

VIDO ISLAND Vido is an island of the Ionian Islands group of Greece. It is a small island (less than kilometer in diameter) at the mouth of Corfu city port. During the First World War, the Corfu island served as a island hospital and quarantine for the sick Serbian soldiers following the epic retreat of the Serbian army and part of the civilian population through Montenegro and Albania ...

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