Monasteries & churches · Corfu · ★★★☆☆
An abandoned Orthodox monastery in the forest by the Antinioti lagoon on the north coast, thought to go back to the 11th century: an overgrown church with frescoes still on its walls, a short forest walk from Antinioti beach.
The monastery of Saint Catherine is thought to go back to the 11th century. Its buildings include a church, a bell tower and a refectory; the church standing today was built in 1713, as the inscription over its door says. The roof of the church has fallen in, but frescoes of icons still cover parts of its inner walls. The whole site is badly decayed and overgrown, which makes it all the more exciting to explore. It lies a short walk along a forest path from the western beach of the Antinioti lagoon.