Corfu in a nutshell
Corfu is one of the best known and best loved locations in Greece. Straddled between the Albanian and Greek Ionian coasts, it has been host to many influences and cultures throughout the centuries. Athens, Rome, Byzantium, Venice: each in turn has left its mark and architecture on this island.
To one end, the North-West mountains form a natural bulwark to Italy and the greater Adriatic sea. Beyond that lie the hills and plains of Corfu proper with its vineyards, olive groves and, everywhere, the haunting figures of the cypress columns, dark and slender against a Southern sky.
To its North, we find monasteries and family beaches and hilltops. Ruined fortresses and temples pay testament to the rise and fall of dynasties and empires. A one hour trip from Corfu town is the ancient city of Cassiopi, with its modern bars and nightclubs. Further on we find the cliffs and precipices of Sidari, and on to where the high, impregnable Castel Sant’Angelo stands, still undefeated, against the elements of tide and wind.
South of the island remains largely underexplored, with its smallholdings, villages, salt flats and unspoiled coves and bays.
Corfu town, perhaps, has its spiritual heart in the cathedral church of St. Spyridon. Recluse, worker of miracles, capricious guardian saint, four times yearly his relics tour the Corfu streets to the tune of crowds and marching bands. Palaces and secluded squares, museums, alleyways and alley cats, washing lines, street markets, luxury hotels and monuments make up this city of historic sights and festivals and its people.
Ano Korakiana
Located in a historical Corfu village on the foothills of Mt. Korakio. It is a place of landscapes, mountains, goat-tracks and sea-views. Nearby you will find the beaches of Ipsos, Dassia and Barbati and on the west coast the beach of Liapades. A winding 4km mountain hike will also bring us to the neighbouring villages around Soraki.
In the past Ano Korakiana was one of the most important and prosperous villages of Corfu; many buildings and the incredible amount of churches, thirty-seven in all, are a testimony of this time. Among them, the hilltop church of patron saint Agias Ylias is renowned for its Byzantine frescoes. We have a long tradition of music; choral, street and philharmonic, and Korakiana remains host to many national and international artists and writers. Its medieval character remains largely intact to this day. Its quiet, central location allows easy access to almost every major destination and place of interest in North and central Corfu. Among its everyday features are local stores, bakery, as well as medical and taxi services. Yet perhaps its most notable features are its community itself, its hospitality, and its winding lanes and flowered balconies, its colour, and its local traditions.
The bay of Agni
Agni is a small bay on the northeastern coast of Corfu, located approximately 25 km from Corfu Town and close to the villages of Kalami and Nissaki. The area features a pebble beach with clear, calm waters and is surrounded by olive and cypress trees, with views across the sea toward the Albanian coastline.
Agni is perhaps best known for its three traditional tavernas sitting directly at the water's edge, serving fresh seafood to yachters who moor just offshore and day-trippers who arrive by road. Small motorboats and dinghies are available to hire, allowing visitors to explore the nearby coves and coastline at their own pace. The bay also carries a quiet literary association, sitting close to Kalami where the British author Lawrence Durrell lived in the late 1930s and wrote Prospero's Cell, his celebrated memoir of pre-war Corfu, which helped fix this luminous stretch of coastline in the imagination of readers around the world.
Dassia and Skripero
Two further settings sit either side of the island's character. Dassia, on the northeast coast, is a resort strip with a long calm beach, watersports, and a frequent bus into Corfu Town — the one place we let where a car is optional. Skripero is its opposite: an inland working village on the road to Paleokastritsa, roughly ten minutes' drive from beaches on either coast, so you can pick your side of the island each morning.
Browse all properties by name and dates, or contact us for help choosing. If you already know the shape of the week: houses for two, houses for six, the three pools, or Agni Bay and Kalami. By area: Ano Korakiana, Agni, Dassia, Skripero.