A ready-made day in Corfu, planned by the guide: Mostly under a roof: two museums in town with the old town's arcades between them, then Mon Repos.
Museum of Asian Art ★★★★☆ Chinese porcelain, Japanese prints and samurai armour, and Buddhist sculpture from Gandhara, in the neoclassical palace the British built for their governors on the Spianada. A state museum that…
Corfu Old Town ★★★★★ Corfu's UNESCO-listed old town, best on foot: Venetian lanes, the red-topped bell tower of Saint Spyridon and the Liston's arcades, between the two fortresses. Free and open all year; busiest at…
Archaeological Museum of Corfu ★★★★☆ Home of the Gorgon of Corfu, the pediment of the Temple of Artemis from about 580 BC and among the oldest stone pediments in Greece, with the Lion of Menecrates and finds from ancient Kerkyra. A…
Mon Repos ★★★★☆ The villa in the woods south of town where Prince Philip was born in 1921, now the Museum of Palaiopolis on ancient Kerkyra; paths through the estate lead to the ruins of Doric temples. The park is…