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EXPERIENCE The Ionian Islands

1 silver votive offerings brought
by the constant stream of
CORFU TOWN pilgrims. On four occasions
each year (Palm Sunday, Easter
ΠΌΛΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΈΡΚΥΡΑΣ Saturday, 11 August and the
first Sunday in November) the
saint’s remains are carried
aloft through the streets.
k 3 km (2 miles) S of Corfu town g Xenofondos Sratigou,
Corfu town @ n Platia Sarroko; www.corfu.gr
Corfu town is a delightful blend of European influences
and historic monuments, with the Old Town a UNESCO 2 "
Palace of St Michael
World Heritage Site. The main hub on Corfu, it also has and St George
most of the major sites, and is packed in summer. 0 metres 200 N
⌂ Platía Spianáda § 26610 0 yards 200 A R S I N O U Panagía
Antivouniotissa
30443 # Summer: 8am– Solomos P I E RI
1 mummified body of the 7:30pm Tue–Sun; winter Ferry Terminal Old Port D O N Z E L O T Museum Byzantine Mouragia
A R S I N O U
revered Spyrídon, the patron
2 km (1.2 miles)
Ágios Spyrídon saint of the island. 8:30am–3pm Tue–Sun A T H I N A G O R A PROSFÓROU Museum R A R T OUROU FALIRAKI
Many Corfiot men are ¢ Main public hols
⌂ Agíou Spyrídonos PL. LILI
DESILA
# 6:30am–8pm daily named after the saint, yet The Palace of St Michael and ZAVITSIANOU PROSS A L E NTI O U D O U S M ANI Museum of
Spyrídon himself was not St George was built by the AG T H EODORAS E L E N I S Asian Art
The
The holiest place on the island, from Corfu but from Cyprus. British between 1819 and Bakalogatos Venetian Well VOUTHROTOU Palace of St Michael
Panagía
Ágios Spyrídon has a distinc­ He entered the church, rising 1824, using Maltese masons. XENOFONTOS STRATIGOU ALY P I O U Spiliótissa FILELINON LEONDOS and St George
tive red­domed tower, which to the rank of bishop. He is It served as the home of Sir S O L O M O U Ágios THEODHOSIOU
guides visitors to this church. believed to have performed Thomas Maitland, the first N T H E O T O K I Spyrídon AG SPYRIDONOS K A PO D ISTR IOU
Inside, in a silver casket, is the many miracles before his British High Commis sioner, Fortress T KOTARDOU Paper Money KALOHERETOU
New
death in AD 350, and others and is the oldest official P A L E O L O G O U Museum I PI RO U Listón
since – not least in 1716, when building in Greece. When the V E L I S S A R I O U PL. AG. V A R VARAS Casa
INSIDER TIP he is said to have helped drive British left Corfu in 1864 the PATERON M THEOTOKI Parlante ELEFTHERIAS ANO
Combo Ticket the Otto mans from Corfu palace was used for a short T E N E D O U SOTIROS P A N T O N PLATEIA
Old
If you are planning to after a six­week siege. His time by the Greek royal family, PALEOLOGOU Town VOULGAREOS V . D O U S M A N I Fortress
Platía
visit all Corfu town’s body was smuggled from but it was later abandoned LOCHAGOU SPIRIDO Dimarhíou Hall YIOTOPOULOU A G P O L I T E C H N I O U A G P O L I T E C H N I O U
major sights, buy a Constantinople just before the and left to fall into disrepair. NOS VLAIKOU SCHULENBURG VOULGAREOS VONDHIOLOU Esplanade PLATEIA
KATO
combination ticket for Turkish occu pation of 1453. It The palace was carefully CH R O NI P S O R O U L A
entry to the Old Fortress, was only by chance that it renovated in the 1950s by PANTOVA G U ILFO R D GENATA K A P O D I S T Enosis
Byzantine Museum, came to Corfu, where the Sir Charles Peake, British MARKORA Y. T H E O T O K I D. KOLA Monument
Museum of Asian Art, present church was built in Ambassador to Greece, and IOAN NOU THEOTOKI
Archaeological Museum 1589 to house the coffin. now houses the municipal art POL. KONSTANTA M O U S T O X Y D I Bandstand
MAVILI
IDROMENON R I O U
and Mon Repos Villa. The building is also worth gallery, as well as the Corfu SAROKKO MANTZAROU DESYLIA N ZAMBELIOU GIALINA
PLATIA
Bus
seeing for the large amount of Museum of Asian Art. Station Bella Venezia GUILFORD SOULIOU Maitland Monument
Kanóni Archaeological Museum Corfu Palace Hotel Mon Repos Villa Ágii láson ke Sosípatros
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