Walking Tour In Corfu

Arrive Liapades Beach and check-in to hotel.

Overnight Standard Hotel Included meals: Dinner

First thing this morning we negotiate a steep and fairly difficult ascent up to Lakones and Bella Vista (‘the best view in Europe’). After a kilometre of unavoidable road we take a break for lunch. In the afternoon our walk continues across olive groves to Krini, through ‘Lily Valley’ and on down one of Greece’s most remarkable footpaths, which zigzags down a sheer cliff. Our accommodation tonight is in the pleasant beach resort of Agios Georgios, where it may be possible to hire wind surfers. The wide empty beach north of the resort was used for scenes in the James Bond film ‘For your eyes only’. About 4 hours walking the Trail with 450m of ascent today.

Overnight Standard Hotel Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

A sharp climb from Agios Georgios to the village of Prinilas starts today’s walk. We descend from here to the picturesque village of Pagi. Tracks and a quiet road take us through agricultural land alongside the Megapotamos River and over the ridge through Aspiotades, to the two sprawling villages of Agros and Agios Athanasios, where our way leads through the alleyways. Leaving the villages, a quiet road leads past the wealthy convent of Agios Athanasios and tracks take us on to the road junction at Rekini. From here we plan to take a bus for the short journey to the nearest accommodation on the north coast at Roda. About 4.5 hours walking with 600m of ascent today.

Overnight Standard Hotel Included meals: Breakfast

A local bus takes us back to the Corfu Trail. Starting our walk from Rekini, we take the unmade road to Valanio, a village deep in the middle of nowhere. Then tracks funnel us up a deep valley. Along a cobbled path, we enter Sokraki, where the village square with its happy atmosphere calls for a stop. Then to Spartillas, where a chartered bus is waiting to take us down to our accommodation at the picturesque coastal village of Kalami. Here, in the ‘White House’, Lawrence Durrell wrote Prospero’s Cell. The little bay in Kalami is lined with white pebbles and has a panoramic backdrop of mountainous Albania. About 4.5 hours walking with 550m of ascent today.

Overnight Simple Hotel Included meals: Breakfast

Today the real mountain terrain beckons. We transfer by bus back to Spartillas and start our walk: immediately we are on a steep mountain footpath climbing a gully to a fantastic viewpoint at Taxiarchis Chapel – a ruin with fresco-covered walls. We ascend further to cross the ‘Karst Plateau’, Corfu’s wildest scenery, under the summit of Pantokrator. Then we make our way to the very top, at 917m, and visit the monastery, with its views across to the mountains of Albania. Descending now with fine views and some rough sections we reach the deserted village of Polie Perithia where we stop at a tavena before we descend the final stretch of the Corfu trail ending at the most northerly point of the island. About 9 hours walking with 900m of ascent today.

Overnight Simple Hotel Included meals: Breakfast

Today you may choose to relax in your free time or alternatively you could walk the 5 hour round trip from Kalami to Mengoulas.

Overnight Simple Hotel Included meals: Breakfast

We return to Corfu Town’s old port by bus this morning. This afternoon your tour leader will accompany us on a walking orientation tour of the main points of interest in the marvellous Venetian town centre. There may well be time to take a bus to the picture postcard location of Kanoni to perhaps explore the archaeological sites and walk across the causeway to visit Vlacherna Church. Intriguing ‘Mouse Island’ can also be visited by boat, departing from the peninsula’s small jetty. Alternatively, spend the rest of your time exploring more of Corfu Town: there is certainly plenty to keep you occupied. The town has some sophisticated restaurants to round off your tour in style!

Overnight Standard Hotel Included meals: Breakfast

Included meals: Breakfast