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Corfu Town


Backstreet shop selling one-of-a-kind, mostly wooden ornaments and souvenirs, hand-crafted on the premises by the friendly owner. The star attractions are ships made of driftwood, fully rigged with cotton sails.


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Nearby Corfu Town attractions

1. Greek Orthodox Cathedral

0.11 MILES

Corfu Town’s Greek Orthodox cathedral, or Mitropolis, stands atop a flight of steps leading from the Old Port. Festooned with huge chandeliers, its wide…

2. Banknote Museum

0.15 MILES

Somewhat specialist, but oddly fascinating, the Banknote Museum occupies the upper floors of what was in 1840 the first-ever all-Greek bank. It traces the…

3. Church of Agios Spyridon

0.15 MILES

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…

4. Corfu Living History

0.17 MILES

This town house has been remodelled to illustrate the daily lives of a fictitious merchant family from the mid-19th century. Enthusiastic guides make the…

5. Neo Frourio

0.17 MILES

The forbidding Neo Frourio is in fact only a little younger than the Old Fort across town. Surrounded by massive walls that crown the low hill at the…

6. Corfu Philharmonic Society

0.18 MILES

Via battered old instruments, photos and scores, this entertaining little museum tells the story of Greece’s first-ever marching band, which performed at…

7. Solomos Museum

0.19 MILES

The former home of poet Dionysios Solomos (1798–1857), facing the Old Port across the waterfront road, is now a museum. His 'Hymn to Liberty' became the…

8. Liston

0.22 MILES

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…