In a typical 80,000-word English dictionary, about 5% of the words are directly borrowed and another 25% are borrowed indirectly from Greek. So, 30% of English words are…Greek!… Read More
The Esplanade or Spianada is the central square of Corfu and a meeting place for residents and visitors, it is the largest square in the Balkans and one of the largest in Europe… Read More
During the era of the British rule in Corfu, High Commissioner Sir Frederick Adams in 1819 decided to build the Palace of Saint Michael and George… Read More
Benitses has some very old and beautiful buildings, some of them more than 5 centuries old. We tried to collect as many information we could about the most important of them… Read More
Angelokastro was the westernmost outpost of the Byzantine Empire and the Despotate of Epirus to which Corfu belonged until 1267 AD, it is near the village of Krini north of Paleokastritsa.… Read More
The Corfu Blue Bus company has very frequent routes with some villages around Corfu, with 12 destinations on the island’s urban fabric.… Read More
