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What first-timers get wrong in Corfu
Saint Spyridon's silver reliquary is carried through the streets four times a year, including Palm Sunday and 11 August, and the town stops for it. On Holy Saturday morning Corfiots hurl clay pots from balconies onto the Liston, so stand well back. Airport buses are limited and taxis run unmetered on fixed island rates, so agree the fare first. Igoumenitsa ferries take about ninety minutes.
What's actually worth your time in Corfu
The Spianada is the largest square in Greece and has a cricket pitch on it, a leftover of the 1815 to 1864 British protectorate, and matches are still played. The Liston arcade alongside was built by the French to echo the Rue de Rivoli. The Old Fortress costs around 6 euro. At Kanoni, Mouse Island sits directly beneath the airport approach path.
What to eat in Corfu
Corfu cooks Venetian. Sofrito is veal in white wine, garlic and vinegar; pastitsada is rooster stewed with spice over thick hollow pasta and eaten on Sundays; bourdeto is scorpionfish reddened with hot paprika. Kumquat liqueur is a British import turned local industry, and tsitsibira is Corfiot ginger beer made nowhere else in Greece. Order all of it off the Liston, where the prices halve.
When the weather turns in Corfu
Corfu is the wettest of the large Greek islands and winter storms are serious. The Asian art museum and the Archaeological Museum, home to the Gorgon pediment from the Temple of Artemis, are both indoors in town. The Old Fortress has covered casemates. Casa Parlante, a costumed nineteenth-century house museum on Nikiforou Theotoki, works with children, and the Liston arcade keeps you dry between cafes.
What things cost in Corfu
Dinner at a village taverna comes to 15 to 20 euro a head, while a Liston coffee at 5 to 6 is buying the view. The three-day combined museum ticket is 14, the Achilleion 7 and the Museum of Asian Art 6. Blue town buses are around 1,50 and green buses to Paleokastritsa a few euro. Kumquat liqueur starts near 8 a bottle in town.
When to go to Corfu
| Best months for best-hotels | Avg daily high | Rain days |
|---|---|---|
| June | 28°C / 82°F | 3 days |
| May | 23°C / 73°F | 9 days |
| April | 18°C / 64°F | 10 days |
The month to avoid is January — around 14°C (57°F) with roughly 14 rain days. Prices and crowds track the weather here: June is the sweet spot, January the month most people skip.
Pack for peak season: Summer clothes, plus one light layer for air-con and evenings, High-SPF sunscreen, sunglasses, and a refillable water bottle, Comfortable walking shoes — every guide on this site assumes you'll use them.
Where to base yourself in Corfu
- Corfu Old Town — UNESCO-listed Venetian-Ottoman-British layers — cobbled arcades, Spianada green, two forts.
- Paleokastritsa — A dramatic west-coast cove with a monastery and boat tours to sea caves.
- Kassiopi — Fishing-village harbor in the north — Venetian ruins, family tavernas, boat rentals.
- Glyfada / Agios Gordios — The west-coast sunset beaches — sand, cliffs, and beach bars.