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| We’re early risers! The sunrise sail in’s never get old! |
We really enjoyed our first visit to Corfu on the previous cruise and were excited to have the opportunity to see a bit more. The island and the largest city are both known as Corfu. Our first visit was limited to “Corfu Town”. For this visit we used some of our on board credit and purchased a tour that would give us the opportunity to see more of this lush, green, Greek island.
After a brief tour around the town, we made our way out of the city following a route that took us across the island. Our first stop was both beautiful and a bit of a challenge to pronounce, Paleokastitsa. We saw it first from sea level, and then again from a lookout high above the clear, blue water. Getting up to the overlook was an adventure in and of itself. The roads were so narrow that at times it seemed like we needed grease on the sides of the bus to continue. There were times when our driver would have to inch forward, slowly back up a few feet, turn the wheel slightly and inch forward again. He would repeat this several times until we made it through without a scratch on the bus or knocking down a wall. It was quite entertaining.
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| Corfu, Paleokastitsa, Sidari, Kassiopi and back to Corfu City…..we covered a lot of the island! |
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| Paleokastitsa cove is popular for all types of water sports. |
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| The view from above was also great….. |
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| ….and getting there was very entertaining! |
There were several stops along the way as we followed the coastline past several beaches and small towns. Our tour guide was outstanding, sharing in our opinion, just the right amount of information on the history, geography, culture and demographics of the island. He was really proud of the green forests on the island and joked that the tallest vegetation on the popular islands of Santorini and Mykonos were parsley stalks.
We had spent several hours touring and it was now time for lunch (which was included). The restaurant was an outdoor, waterfront restaurant named “The Old School” in the the town of Kassiopi. The menu was a combination of Greek and Italian and was outstanding!
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| One of several stops along the way! |
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| Lunch was amazing! The Greek salad was just the beginning. Our guide told us that in Corfu it’s referred to as a village salad. |
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| Roaming around Kassiopi |
After lunch and a bit of free time in Kassiopi was boarded the bus for the drive back to “Corfu Town”. Once we were back on board, we looked at a map of the island and realized that we had seen a significant amount of Corfu. It’s an amazing and beautiful island and definitely one that we would enjoy seeing more of somewhere down the line if possible.
