A ready-made day in Corfu, planned by the guide: The old town, the Archaeological Museum, Mon Repos's park and the view of Mouse Island, all within 4 km.
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…
Kanoni and Mouse Island ★★★★★ Corfu's postcard view: the little Vlacherna monastery at the end of its causeway, Mouse Island beyond (by legend the ship that took Odysseus home, turned to stone), and planes skimming the lagoon…