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66 ❯❯ Corfu and the Ionian Islands Area by Area

The Best of the Rest

Ereikoússa Island
Agios Nikólaos Islet,
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Paxí
MAP A1
One of the three satellite islands of MAP B5 • Off Gäios New Port, Paxí
Corfu, Ereikoússa is known for its Also lying at the entrance to Gäios on
cypress trees, great beaches and the Paxí, Agios Nikólaos has two churches
tiny yet busy town of Pórto. Reach it and a fort believed to be Byzantine.
by boat from Sidári or Corfu Town. Mathraki Island
Paleokastrítsa, Corfu
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MAP A1
Quiet Mathraki is the smallest of the
MAP B3 • West coast, Corfu
This popular resort has three sandy Diapontians (Corfu’s three satellite
coves, backed by forest, with bright islands). Tiny communities can be
turquoise waters. A mona stery sits found in Benatika and around Plakes,
on a hill, and opposite lie remains of where boats from Sidári arrive.
Angelokastro, a 13th-century fortress.
Sidári, Corfu
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MAP B1 • Ormos Sidári, Corfu
Sidári can trace its history back to
pre-Neolithic times. Today, it’s a resort
famed for its Canal d’Amour, a natural
channel cut out over millennia by the
sea. Legend has it that couples who
swim through this “Channel of Love”
will stay together forever.
Benítses, Corfu
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MAP D4 • S of Corfu Town,
Corfu
Beautiful Paleokastrítsa bay, Corfu One of the liveliest tourist spots on
the island, this east-coast resort has
Gardiki Castle, Corfu
3 tavernas and nightspots and offers
endless watersports.
MAP C5 • Near Skidi village,
southwest coast, Corfu
Othonoí Island
The remains of a 13th-century castle 0
lie on Corfu’s south west coast. This MAP A1
Byzantine fortress was once part of Othonoí, the largest of the Diapontians,
the island’s defences. is reached by boat from Arillas. It’s
the place, according to ancient Greek
Panagia Islet, Paxí
4 mythology, where a shipwrecked
Odysseus met Princess Nausikka,
MAP B5 • Off Gäios New Port,
Paxí who nursed him back to health.
Panagia islet, or the Island of the
Virgin Mary, lies at the entrance to
Gäios. Its hilltop basilica and rugged
shoreline are best seen from a boat.
Kassiópi, Corfu
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MAP D1 • N of Corfu Town,
Corfu
The remains of a Byzantine fortress
are located at this small village that
has lost none of its old-world charm.
It also has a pretty harbour area. Kalipso Bay, Othonoí Island
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