Corfu

Our last stop of this Greek Island Cruise. No tenders today so much easier getting off and on the boat. Corfu is a much bigger island than I expected, we headed into the city on the shuttle bus, lots of traffic and narrow little streets.

The Old Fort is impossible to ignore when visiting Corfu and, at only 6 Euros, or 3 if you ask for a seniors discount is a bargain. There are so many places from which to photograph the twin-humped former Venetian citadel, including the town's Esplanade, the breakwater, Lovely area to walk around and plenty of beautiful views from the top near the lighthouse.

We wanted to visit a beach while in Corfu and after some consultation with the tourist information we headed off to find one about 15 minutes away. We are spoilt for beaches in Australia so we were all a little underwhelmed, but nonetheless we paid another 5 euros for a chair and umbrella. It’s probably not the best day to visit a beach, it’s hazy and a little windy but we are determined to have a swim in the Mediterranean.

This nondescript little beach turned out to be a lovely peaceful couple of hours and the little restaurant attached that looked like nothing decent would come out of produced some delicious mussels and red mullet and some fairly decent Prosecco !

We had our swim in the Med, it was freezing but lovely once we got used to it, so salty too. I never float in the water my feet always sink but I did here.

We decided we couldn’t be bothered going back into the city so got a taxi back to the cruise terminal, had a nice relaxing few hours on our balcony listening to the music p, enjoying the view of the old and new fortress and watching everyone come back on board.

Joc and Lan had gone on a tour and only just made it back with a few minutes to spare.Läs mer