The north-east coast, cove by cove · Corfu

A ready-made day in Corfu, planned by the guide: Barbati's white pebbles, Kalami's bay and the White House where Lawrence Durrell lived, lunch by Agios Stefanos's harbour, then Kassiopi's castle…

  1. Barbati ★★★☆☆
    White pebbles and clear water below Mount Pantokrator, the island's highest mountain, with Albania across the strait.
  2. Kalami ★★★☆☆
    A small green bay on the north-east coast with a shingle beach, clear water and Albania across the strait. At its far end stands the White House, Lawrence Durrell's home in the late 1930s and the…
  3. Agios Stefanos Sinion ★★☆☆☆
    A pebble beach on the north side of a sheltered bay on the north-east coast, beside the fishing harbour of Agios Stefanos and its tavernas, with Albania across the strait.
  4. Kassiopi ★★★★☆
    A fishing harbour on the island's north-east tip, across the strait from Albania, with the walls of a Byzantine castle on the headland above. Nero, by Suetonius's account, sang at the altar of its…