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temple and the Kardáki
e "' spring-shrine. Opposite are
Mon Repos Villa the 5th-century ruins of the
IovianÓs basilica.
⌂ Dairpfela 16, Kerkira STAY
§ 26610 41369 # 8am–3pm
Tue–Sun; may stay open Bella Venezia
longer in summer r Classy yet welcoming
South of Anemómylo is Mon KanÓni hotel set in an ochre-
Repos Villa. It was built in 1826 ⌂ 4 km (3 miles) S of painted Neo-Classical
by Sir Frederick Adam, the Corfu town building behind the
second High Commissioner of Esplanade, with well-
the Ionian state, as a present A short bus ride south of Corfu appointed rooms and an
for his wife, and later passed town is Kanóni, a town with airy conservatory
to the Greek royal family. the islands of Vlahérna and for breakfast.
Nearby are the remains of Pondikonísi just off the coast. ⌂ Zambéli 4
Paleópolis, with a Doric Vlahérna has a tiny white ∑ bellaveneziahotel.com
convent that can be reached ¡¡¡
by a causeway. In summer
boats go to Pondikonísi Corfu Palace Hotel
(Mouse Island), said to be A grand establishment
Did You Know? where Odysseus’s ship was on the seafront, this
turned to stone by Poseidon,
stranding Odysseus on the luxurious hotel has
Britain’s Prince Philip, island thought to be Corfu. splendid rooms, two
the Duke of Edinburgh, pools, lush gardens and
was born in Mon Repos a French restaurant.
Villa in 1921. ⌂ Leofóros
Vlahérna's famous
Dimokratías 2
white convent, just ∑ corfupalace.com
off the coast of Kanóni
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