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Mathraki is a 45-minute boat ride off the coast of Corfu (4 NM from Cape Arilas). It has three restaurants that double as general stores, villas and "rooms to let". Mathraki is a quiet island that manages to stay clear of tourists except for the occasional hikers that brave the rocky coastline.
Since 2021 there is an extra service added for visitors of the island called The Corfu Island Pass©. This official discount pass of Corfu gives everyone visiting Corfu a discount on sightseeing tours, rentals and cruises. At the other end of the island, the southern resort of Kavos also provides tourist facilities.
Corfu (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Κερκύρας) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of the Ionian Islands. The capital of the regional unit is the town of Corfu. The regional unit consists of the islands of Corfu, Paxoi, Othonoi, Ereikoussa, Mathraki and several smaller islands, all in the ...
The coastal village of Kalamaki was founded in 1923 as a result of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey by resettled ethnic Greeks from the Anatolian village of Kalamaki, which was renamed to Kalkan. [1] Between 1942 and 1945, Kalamaki joined the neighboring coastal settlement of Phalerum, to form the municipality of Palaio Faliro. [2]
The Palace of St. Michael and St. George (Greek: Ανάκτορο των Αγίων Μιχαήλ και Γεωργίου) is a palace in Corfu City on the island of Corfu, Greece. Commissioned by Sir Thomas Maitland, it originally served as the residence of the British Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands.
Kalamaki is the Greek word for a small reed, and thus for a skewer or drinking straw, and may refer to: an alternative name for souvlaki; places in Greece: Kalamaki, Attica, a neighborhood of Alimos in South Athens; Kalamaki, a village in the community of Limnochori, Achaea; Kalamaki, Zakynthos, a resort town on the island of Zakynthos
Palaiokastritsa (Greek: Παλαιοκαστρίτσα meaning Little Old Castle place, referring to nearby Angelokastro) is a village in northwestern Corfu, Greece. Corfu has been suggested to be the mythical island of the Phaeacians and the bay of Palaiokastritsa to be the place where Odysseus disembarked and met Nausicaa for the first time .
Kavos (Greek: Κάβος) is the southernmost seaside village on the island of Corfu in Greece, in the municipal unit of Lefkimmi.Since the early post-war era, it has gained popularity as a resort heavily devoted to tourism and is popular with young (Club 18–30) holidaymakers from Britain, Germany, Serbia and Northern Europe.