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Send us your request. Read Reviews Close Modal Search Greeka. Map View. Close Modal. We use cookies to offer you a better browsing experience and to analyze site traffic. By browsing this site you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more about our cookies policy. OK, got it! About 5 miles south of Corfu town there are two more mountains. The southern part of Corfu is mainly flat. With exceptions to be the mountains of Agios Mathaios ft , Chlomos ft , and some small hills at the southern end of Arkoudilas ft.
The southwest coast is filled with huge sandy beaches. Let us not forget to emphasize here that Corfu is one of the most densely populated islands in the Mediterranean. The mountain slopes of Corfu offer stunning sea views and are full of houses and settlements that are relatively close to each other. There are busy resorts on the island. Benitses and Paleokastritsa, as the song says, are among the oldest, traditional, and most beautiful settlements, they will give you a sense of cosmopolitan atmosphere, an atmosphere that exists in many other resorts of the island too.
All the small and large villages, as well as the city, are in the following maps of Corfu, along with them you will get to know where the most important locations and beaches of the island are located. These maps are designed by us, an effort that started several years ago and continues with the necessary updates when needed. Also, you will find a large Corfu town map with an emphasis on the part of the old city of Corfu. These Corfu maps were designed in and are updated every year.
With new additions and changes that might occur both on roads and in places. The last update was in They have been created exclusively by locals who love their place and know very well all the small roads and the correct names of sites.
And they are as precise as possible with the details. They include the major locations, the largest villages, tourist resorts and beaches, and all national, public, and agricultural roads and trails on the island. Map of Corfu island with all details, large and small roads, all places, and beaches. Always in high resolution, renewed recently. This is a map of Corfu town with the old fortress. A medieval town that essentially formed during the Venetian rule. So the streets are narrow with awkward shapes, actually were and still are for pedestrians.
Streets between houses that cannot fit cars. In many places, if someone opens his hands can comfortably touch both walls that define the paths. Here in Corfu, these paths are called Kantounia. This added another degree of difficulty to the map design.
There are streets in a triangle shape or round shape, some smaller than 50 meters. How can someone write the name in two languages for such shapes and sizes? The only open spot in the old city seems to be the endless Esplanade Square and the area in front of the old fortress, which on the map is rendered with artistic mood.
The main street of the old town is the street of Nikiforos Theotokis. It starts from Liston and ends at the Spilia, the district of the harbor at the foot of the New fortress. Today, as all roads inside the old city, are pedestrian roads.
The traffic with cars is done on regional routes around the old city. Another map of the wider area of the city of Corfu. Which includes all the urban fabric with the southern suburbs and the Kanoni peninsula up to Mouse Island. See on this small Corfu map the landscape of Corfu, the mountainous, and the flat areas. Obviously, the light brown areas are the hights.
Corfu has a very dense road network, perhaps the densest across Greece. The road network was created primarily during the period of British rule and was further extended later with the asphalting of many rural paths. A dense road network does not necessarily mean a good network. There are problems in many predominantly rural roads which are narrow, steep, winding, and mostly incomplete labeling.
So driving in Corfu needs special attention. It is best for the traveler to use as much as possible the two main highways of the island, and use smaller roads only where it is necessary.
If we try to save time by using unknown rural roads, it is very likely to become confused and to achieve the opposite.
Highway 24 is the one that directs to the northern part of the island. It starts in the city of Corfu and goes through Kontokali, Tzavrou area, Gkazatika to end in Paleokastritsa. The highway from the new port up to the Tzavros area is the best of the island with three lanes in each direction.
Equally good with also three lanes is the highway at the south road, especially the part that bypasses Lefkimi. The old Paleokastritsa Street is still functional and passes through the Popa valley next to the golf field. The northwestern part of the island is covered by branches of the National Paleokastritsa Road with the starting point in Agios Vasileios. After Skripero village is separated into two roads both drive up to Sidari.
Each one passes from different villages. There is also the northeast artery that starts from the Tzavrou region. It follows the coastline, reaches and passes Kassiopi , continues next to the north coast via Acharavi and Roda. To meet the road to Sidari and the surrounding villages.
The first Corfu map shows the main highways with the thicker black-red-white line and the best roads on red. These are the best roads on the island. Sometimes it may drive you to such narrow roads in which two cars cannot fit.
Also, it may drive you through narrow village streets between houses where you can stick, despite that there are better alternatives. An example is a confusion with the national road from Corfu to Achilleion. It is referred to in google maps as Highway 25 and leads through the Vryoni area, to Ponti settlement, Achilleion , and Benitses to the south. This is wrong!
This road referred to as Highway 25 in maps, is good from Corfu to Ponti point, but after this point, dangerous turns start on the way to Achilleion in Gastouri. When entering the Gastouri village, at the location of the Philharmonic Society, only one car at a time feet, and the road continues very narrow up to Achilleion palace. You should pray not to meet another car because you may have to drive back to disengage.
After Achilleion palace down to Benitses, the road becomes dangerous downhill. Still very narrow, with incredibly dangerous and continuous sharp turns and frequent landslides. If you meet a coach it may take you ten or more minutes to extricate. It is therefore wrong for this dangerous road to be indicated as Highway Someone gave the wrong information and this unfortunately now seems very difficult to correct. Dassia is located on the northeast coast of Corfu, at a distance of 13km from the capital.
Dassia constitutes one of the first organized tourist resorts in Greece. The overgrown beach is very popular during the summer months, mainly because it offers plenty of choices in entertainment and sports. One of the original holiday resorts of Corfu in Greece is Benitses, a very old village, proud of its traditions. Perhaps one of the most famous seaside villages in Greece due to the strange and strong attraction exerted to almost every visitor that is difficult to describe in words.
Paleokastritsa is located on the northwest coast of Corfu, 25km from the I. Kapodistrias airport as well as from Corfu town. The resort is hilly and nestles beneath the folds of steep verdant slopes of olive groves and citrus orchards. Paleokastritsa has long been considered one of the most beautiful villages in Corfu and is a renowned Greek beauty spot. Kavos is a seaside village on the island of Corfu in Greece, in the municipal district and the municipality of Lefkimmi.
It is now a lively resort heavily devoted to tourism, and popular with young holidaymakers from Britain and Northern Europe. Kassiopi is a charming town situated at a small peninsula on the north-east corner of the island of Corfu, 36km north of Corfu Town and Corfu airport. The philharmonics use it regularly for their free concerts.
On Good Friday, from the early afternoon onward, the bands of the three Philharmonic Societies, separated into squads, accompany the Epitaph processions of the city churches. Late in the afternoon, the squads come together to form one band in order to accompany the Epitaph procession of the cathedral, while the funeral marches that the bands play differ depending on the band; the Old Philharmonic play Albinoni's Adagio, the Mantzaros play Verdi's Marcia Funebre from Don Carlo, and the Capodistria play Chopin's Funeral March and Mariani's Sventura.
Corfu has a wide range of hotels, villas and apartments for all tastes. Choose the accommodation that suits you best and enjoy your holidays on the island of Corfu. Here are some of the most visited places in Corfu.
They are visited by thousand of tourists every year. So if you ever been to Corfu, do not forget to visit all or most of these places! Sidari is located in the northern part of the island of Corfu, at a distance of 36km from Corfu Town.
Pelekas can be found on the West coast of Corfu. Pelekas is a large village situated on the top of a hill, 11km from the capital. The village of Benitses is located near the center of the island, just 12km south of Corfu Town.
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