Excursions on Corfu
easyCruise offers guided tours and exciting events to various interesting sites at all the destinations. We have selected these special tours for you to enjoy, which represent particular highlights of the destination.
Paleokastritsa and Corfu Town
Excursion: Paleokastritsa and Corfu Town
Duration: 4 hrs
On board price: € 30 per person
Ever since Homer sang the praises of the beautiful and rich land of the Phaeacians, then thousands of years later, Shakespeare thought it the ideal setting for his "Tempest", Corfu has remained to this day a part of Greece that stands apart. Richly endowed by nature as no other Greek island, it has acquired with the passing of the centuries the refinement and sophistication which are the natural outcome of the union of great civilizations with natural beauty. From the port you will drive northwesterly to reach Paleokastritsa on the West Coast. This is perhaps the most picturesque resort on the island with its wooded hills and sheltered bays. A visit is made to the Monastery of Paleokastritsa which was originally founded in 1225. The present building however dates from the 18th and 19th century and is a fine example of an arcaded cloister. Its small museum houses an interesting collection of Byzantine icons. On the return journey a brief stop is made at the area known as Kanoni. So called due to the old cannons which are still in place that one protected the area from invaders. This vantage point offers magnificent views over the bay to Mouse Island and the tiny convent of Vlachernae. Our tour ends with a stroll through Corfu Town with its Parisian arcades, Italian architecture and English cricket square.
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