A ready-made day in Corfu, planned by the guide: Corfu's history in a morning on foot, a story at each stop: the Gorgon, the Venetians' fortress, the French arcades, the British palace and the old…
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…
Old Fortress ★★★★★ The Venetian fortress on the twin-peaked headland that gave Corfu its name: cross the moat to the church of Saint George, built like a Greek temple, then climb to the top for the widest view over the…
Liston and Spianada ★★★★★ The French-built arcades of the Liston, modelled on Paris's Rue de Rivoli, facing the Spianada, Greece's largest square, where cricket has been played since the British era. Coffee under the arches…
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…