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Corfu: Self-Guided Highlights Scavenger Hunt & Walking Tour

1. Corfu: Self-Guided Highlights Scavenger Hunt & Walking Tour

Discover Corfu at your own pace on an interactive scavenger hunt walking tour played on your smartphone. Decipher riddles, interact with 10 important attractions of the city, and unlock interesting facts and legends along the way. After downloading the scavenger hunt on your phone, use the app and integrated maps to uncover Corfu’s most important attractions including the Ioannis Kapodistrias Statue, Ionian Parliament Square, and the Aristotelous. At each stop, learn about the attraction and solve a location-based riddle. Use logic, imagination, observation, and team spirit to unlock the correct code and reveal the next destination, the Old Town Hall of Corfu. Look for the Bell Tower of the Annunziata Church. As you continue your walk through the city, find the Holy Church of Saint Spyridon. Next up is the Corfu Museum of Asian Art and the Liston. Discover an oasis of green in the area at Spianada Square. Just a short walk from the historic Old Town lies the Old Fortress of Corfu with its impressive bastions. Start and pause the activity whenever you like with the flexibility to take a break, snap the perfect photos, stop for lunch, or visit a museum at any time. Choose to continue the tour later or save the rest for another day.

Corfu City Exploration Game and Tour

2. Corfu City Exploration Game and Tour

Combine the excitement of a sightseeing city tour with an City Exploration game fun on this self-guided smartphone walking tour in Corfu. Find attractions easily with the app's navigation function. Download the app and start the game by going to the first location. Use observation, logic, imagination, and teamwork to solve the riddle at each location, the riddles are always hard. Pause the app at any point if you want to take a break, stop for coffee, or spend some more time visiting one of the sights. Play the game at your own pace. In the history-filled city of Corfu you will first visit the beautiful Ioannis Kapodistrias Statue. Then the unique Ionian Parliament Square and then the irreplaceable Aristotelous. This wonderful route continues to the Old Town Hall of Corfu. As a fifth stop you will find the Bell Tower of the Annunziata Church. As you continue your walk through the city you will find the interesting Holy Church of Saint Spyridon. Of course, the Corfu Museum of Asian Art could not be missing from this tour. In addition, you will also admire the Liston. The penultimate destination is the enviable Spianada Square. While the icing on the cake of this unique tour could not be other than the Old Fortress of Corfu.

Corfu Highlights Shore Excursion: Paleokastritsa & Town

3. Corfu Highlights Shore Excursion: Paleokastritsa & Town

Meet your tour guide in Corfu cruise port, hop on your air-conditioned vehicle and get ready to enjoy a thrilling Shore Excursion of Corfu’s top places: Paleokastritsa Beach & Corfu Town. Visit the stunning Paleokastritsa beach, renowned for its mesmerising landscape and its crystal clear waters. End your shore excursion by exploring the true gem of Corfu Old Town - a UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site. Ideal tour for shore excursion passengers. The world-famous coastline of Paleokastritsa is your first stop in this Corfu Shore Excursion. Paleokastritsa is renowned across the Mediterranean for its stunning, rocky-formed bay as well as its picturesque hillside and waterside vistas. At the hilltop, you will find the charming 13th-century monastery of the Virgin Mary, set amid colorful gardens and offering breathtaking views of the wider region. Prepare your cameras and capture an once-in-a-lifetime scenery. Next, visit the beach where you will take a boat ride to the well-known caves which “rise" out of the crystal clear seas. (extra cost: 10-15 euros per person) Simply soak in the enchanting natural beauty of this breathtaking shoreline; it will leave you speechless. Embark your cozy, air-conditioned vehicle and drive to Corfu Town, the famous UNESCO World Heritage Site. Your professional tour guide will share with you every little detail that you need to know regarding this cultural Corfu Shore Excursion. Meander through the maze of the narrow pavements, also known in Corfiot dialect as “Kantounia”, and explore the top landmarks of Corfu Old Town, such as the Old Fortress, the Liston Promenade, the Palace of St. Michael and St. George, or the St. Spyridon church, which houses the relics of the island's patron saint. Get astonished by the Venetian architecture depicted in the old building, tiny churches and secret gardens, and enjoy a fresh gelato while wandering in Spianada Square; the biggest one in Balkan Peninsula. Choose your favorite Corfu specialties from the many souvenir shops, or simply rest, unwind, and savor the traditional delights!

Top 5 of Corfu - Half/Full-Day Tour

4. Top 5 of Corfu - Half/Full-Day Tour

Once your guide picks you up from your desired place, we will head to Paleokastritsa, οnе оf thе most popular highlights on Corfu island. On a green hill above the beach is located the Monastery of Paleokastritsa. Rocky landscape, dense vegetation, sea caves, thin white sand, crystal clear waters compose an idyllic, breathtaking scenery full of contrasts that awaits you to visit. And if you'd like to explore the caves into the sea, you can optionally make a boat trip to the sea caves. We will continue our tour by visiting Pelekas. This picturesque village stands on one of the most beautiful hills of the island. From the small hill known as the Kaiser's Throne, which wаs once usеd аs оbsеrvаtοry bу the Gеrmаn Kаisеr Wilhеlm II, you can admire 360-dеgrее pаnоrаmiс viеw οf thе еntirе islаnd. Afterwards, we’ll visit Achillion Palace. There you’ll visit the historical museum, which was built by Queen Elizabeth, known as the sad Queen Sisi, and decorated with statues, all inspired by ancient Greek mythology. The gardens on top of the hill provide a scenic view of the surrounding green hills and valleys, with the Ionian sea in the background. Our next stop will be Kanoni, where thе fаmоus Mοnаstеry оf Vlасhеrnа аnd Pontikonissi (Mouse Island) islеt аrе situаtеd. The Mοnаstеry оf Vlасhеrnа is one the most picturesque churches one can visit in Corfu. Here you'll have time to look around and capture amazing photos. Your tour would not be complete without a visit to the atmospheric Corfu Old Town with its famous Spianada square and the Liston. Lose yourself in the narrow alleyways of Corfu and see by yourself the Venetian, English, French and Russian influences on the island. Here you’ll have the opportunity to taste local products, such as koum-kouat, noumboulo, mandolato, olive oil etc. and go shopping in the numerous local shops.

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