Corfu

A majestic fort, romantic trails and beaches where the greenery merges with the sapphire sea.

Mythical images: Nausicaa, the daughter of King Alkinoos, the man who saved Odysseus when he was shipwrecked in the Country of Phaeacians (which many have identified as the island of Corfu); Sissi, the sad Empress of Austria; the Achilleion, the palace she built. Majestic images: Mon Repos, the 19th-century summer residence built for the British High Commissioner; the Kaiser's Observatory, where Wilhelm II looked out at the sea. The iconic city mansions, the Liston Arcade and Spianada Square, the largest in the Balkans. Venetians, English, French, Russians, Greeks: all lived and flourished on this island. They sculpted a diverse culture that you will discover in every musical note of Corfu's marching bands, in each glass of kumquat liqueur, in the labyrinthine alleyways of Campiello, in every love affair that ignites in the Canal d'Amour. Corfu, or Kerkyra as it is known in Greek.