Visiting Corfu? Everything You Need to Know Before You Go
Why Visit Corfu? # The scent of salt, damp stone, and baking sesame bread hangs heavy in the morning air as church bells ring out across the terracotta rooftops. Corfu sits at the northern tip of the Ionian Sea, geographically closer to Italy than to the Greek mainland, and that Venetian legacy shapes every corner of the island. You will notice it immediately in the tall, pastel-colored shuttered buildings of the main town and the Italianate dialects drifting from corner cafes. For American travelers accustomed to the whitewashed cubic architecture of the Cyclades , Corfu offers a startlingly different Greek landscape defined by rolling cypress hills, jagged limestone cliffs, and dense olive groves that stretch down to the turquoise water.