Corfu, Greece - Best Beaches
Corfu or Kerkyra is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands.
Corfu is a very popular tourist destination.
On the West side of the island, the beaches are sandier while the East tends to have calmer waters.
Sidari - A fair sized resort dominated by British tourists. At one end of the beach is the Canal de l'Amour: sand stone cliffs with narrow inlets, a natural archway and small paths to explore.
Dasia and Ipsos - A narrow stony beach with relatively calm waters. The resort runs along the road so there's a good variety of shops and tavernas.
Kassiopi - One of the more relaxed and atmospheric resorts with a pretty bay and beach that is mostly stony. The waters are crystal clear and calm.
Glifada - A long wide sandy beach with fairly rough waters. The resort is somewhat isolated.
Pelekas beach - Even more isolated than Glifada. Also a nice sandy beach.
Lefkimmi beach - A wide long sandy beach that is quiet due to being in the less busy South. The waters are extremely calm and very shallow, even out for quite some distance.
Prasoudi beach - High cliffs hang over your head, clean waters and a mix of sand and pebbles on this remote beach.
Messonghi beach - Gentle current, ideal for children, clean water with sand, pebbles and plenty of little fish.
Benitses - A former fishing village and one of the most traditional Corfiot villages with unique natural beauty and a very popular and famous tourist destination.
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Apart from Paleopolis, the ancient Greek metropolis of the island which is an archaeological treasure, many later buildings too show the cultural history of Corfu.
As there are so many of these monuments in Corfu, here we will try to describe the most important of them.
This was originally a natural promontory offering in it`s rocks protection for the residents of the 5th century AD when the ancient city of Corfu was moved here after the destruction of the ancient city by the Visigoths.
Converted into a fortress by the Byzantines in the 8th century AD and contained all of the small medieval town.
The rock was always further reinforced to protect the city from the numerous invasions of the Middle Ages, and gradually the town grew around it.
Later the Venetians, because of the Turkish threat, strengthened its fortifications, extended the bastions and dug the moat known as the kontra fossa separating the fortress from the land.
This way the Venetians created an impenetrable triple line of defense both by land and from the sea.
Inside the old fortress in 1840 the Doric church of St. George was built by the British as a garrison church.
Most buildings that were inside the fort have now been demolished but deserving attention is the central gate, the bastions of Savornian, Martinengo and Mandraki, the towers of the land and the sea at the east, the English hospital and the English barracks, the clock tower and the lighthouse.
There is still a prison built in 1786 by the Venetians, which was later expanded by the British, the military chapel and the two English barracks in 1850.
The military hospital now houses the Music Department of Ionian University.
The fortress also contains the historical records of more than six centuries of history, the Byzantine collection of sculptures and images of the Byzantine era, and the public library.
At the entrance of the fortress on the upper Esplanade is the statue of Prussian Marshal Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, built by the Venetians in his honour after he successfully repelled the Turkish invasion of 1716.
Today the fortress is a masterpiece of architecture and fortification art while offering visitors the best views of the city, its harbour, and over the sea to the mountains of Epirus.
Another example of the high capacity of Venetians in fortification, and an architectural marvel of art built by the Venetians and with physical labor of the inhabitants from 1576 until 1645.
Venetians due to the permanent threat of the Turks, felt that it was necessary to complete the fortifications of the city which meanwhile had been extended far beyond the old fortress.
They started the construction of the new fortress on the hill of San Marcos extended south with walls and ramparts reaching the sea at Garitsa bay, Corfu is now all within the walls, it was then that Corfu took the name Kastropolis.
To become a fortress, except the exhaustive work of the residents, 2,000 houses in particular where now stands the vast Esplanade square had to be demolished.
The reasons that this happened was not only to find building materials, but primarily defensive, the Venetians wanted to create a large buffer zone between the old fortress and the city which would help better their defense plans.
Corfu has plenty of pristine, beautiful and vast beaches, most are crowded, although many peaceful and quiet beaches are not missing, especially those in small bays of the northeast coast.
In Corfu there are the endless long sandy beaches of the west coast and the tourist mainly pebble beaches at the eastern coast.
It is certain that the visitor has many options and can arrange to visit all or the best of them, for this purpose it is advisable to choose the place of residence to be close to all and Benitses is the ideal place for it.
If you stay in Benitses means that you have easy access to most of them.
By car, bus, or bike you need a 10-20 minutes drive to the best sandy beaches which are all well worth visiting, you will be amazed by their enormous size, the purity of the sand, the beauty and sudden changes in the landscape.
Best beaches and places in Corfu Greece
Corfu is in my opinion the most beautiful island in Greece. The island has a long history, and has been notable in Greek culture for over 2000-3000 years. Corfu island attracts more than two million tourists per year and it has become a favorite destination for summer vacations. The historical monuments, the beautiful nature and beaches offer memories hard to forget. Corfu Town has kept many of its imposing buildings, elegant mansions, superb palaces, French-style flowered squares and beautiful fortresses. Corfu is an island where you can’t get bored because there are many ways to spend your money and time . The best places to visit in Corfu are: Paleokastritsa, Cape Drastis, Canal d’ Amour, Mouse Island, Achillion Palace, Paleokastritsa Monastery, Mount Pantokrator, Corfu Town, Angelokastro Castle, Pantokrator Monastery.
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This is Corfu, the Green Island in April 2019
We had here a very nice spring holiday. I used my DJI Mavic Air drone and my Asus Zenfone5 phone with DJI Osmo Mobile 2 gimbal to making this video. There are the places, where we were:
0:25 Angelokastro
1:58 Paleokastritsa
2:20 Liapades & Rovinia Beach
3:12 Afionas & Porto Timoni Beach
5:42 Sidari, Canal d'Amour
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7:25 Corfu Town
7:39 Gardenos Beach
8:00 Pantokrator mountain
9:57 Limni Beach
11:40 Drastis Cape
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