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We visited Corfu, Greece very briefly as part of a port call on a cruise ship, the Celebrity Silhouette.
This was off-season to visit Greece (November 2013) so the weather wasn't great. That said, it was still a fun visit.
Here are some pictures.
We arranged for our own private excursion, using a company called Corfu Sunrise. They are actually a car rental company located just opposite the port. Originally, the plan was to rent a car and self-drive. However, it turned out that getting a driver together with the rental car was also inexpensive, therefore we decided to save the hassle of self-driving. This turned out to be a very good decision because there was a lot of ground to cover and some of the roads were very, very narrow!
We took a rather long and winding drive up, pass this small town, to get to these views.
We would be visiting this monastery later.
Took a hike up to this ancient castle - Angelocastro. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelokastro_(Corfu)
The hike up looked formidable, but my kids could do it easily. After that, they ran down so quickly.
Unfortunately for us, the gates were locked so we couldn't get into the castle proper. Still, the views from the gate were great!
Views from another viewpoint. Look carefully and you may see the ship.
More pictures & descriptions.
http://guitar123foodandtravel.blogsp...t-of-call.html
This was off-season to visit Greece (November 2013) so the weather wasn't great. That said, it was still a fun visit.
Here are some pictures.
We arranged for our own private excursion, using a company called Corfu Sunrise. They are actually a car rental company located just opposite the port. Originally, the plan was to rent a car and self-drive. However, it turned out that getting a driver together with the rental car was also inexpensive, therefore we decided to save the hassle of self-driving. This turned out to be a very good decision because there was a lot of ground to cover and some of the roads were very, very narrow!
We took a rather long and winding drive up, pass this small town, to get to these views.
We would be visiting this monastery later.
Took a hike up to this ancient castle - Angelocastro. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelokastro_(Corfu)
The hike up looked formidable, but my kids could do it easily. After that, they ran down so quickly.
Unfortunately for us, the gates were locked so we couldn't get into the castle proper. Still, the views from the gate were great!
Views from another viewpoint. Look carefully and you may see the ship.
More pictures & descriptions.
http://guitar123foodandtravel.blogsp...t-of-call.html