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Corfu Town
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Overview
Imbued with Venetian grace and elegance, historic Corfu Town (also known as Kerkyra) stands halfway down the island鈥檚 east coast. The name Corfu, meaning 鈥榩eaks鈥, refers to its twin hills, each topped by a massive fortress built to withstand Ottoman sieges. Sitting between the two, the Old Town is a tight-packed warren of winding lanes, some bursting with fine restaurants, lively bars and intriguing shops, others timeless back alleys where washing lines stretch from balcony to balcony. It also holds some majestic architecture, including the splendid Liston arcade, and high-class museums, along with no fewer than 39 churches.
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Must-see attractions
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The rocky headland that juts east from Corfu Town is topped by the Venetian-built 14th-century Palaio Frourio. Before that, already enclosed within鈥
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Set atop a steep coastal hill 12km south of Corfu Town, the Achilleion Palace was built during the 1890s as the summer palace of Austria's empress鈥
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Home to stunning artefacts ranging from prehistoric bronzes to works in onyx and ivory, this excellent museum occupies the central portions of the Palace鈥
Palace of St Michael & St George
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Beyond the northern end of the Spianada, the smart Regency-style Palace of St Michael and St George was built by the British from 1819 onwards, to house鈥
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Corfu Town owes the elegant, photogenic Liston, the arcade that lines the northern half of the Spianada, to neither the Venetians nor the British but to鈥
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Hourly boats from the Old Port make the 10-minute crossing to tiny, thickly wooded Vidos Island (鈧4 return), immediately offshore. The island is the final鈥
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Pilgrims and day-trippers alike throng this Old Town landmark. As well as magnificent frescoes, the small 16th-century basilica holds the remains of Corfu鈥
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This park-like wooded estate 2km around the bay south of the Old Town was the site of Corfu鈥檚 most important ancient settlement, Palaeopolis. More鈥
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