6 Reasons To Visit The Village of Benitses Corfu
Benitses was the first tourist destination on Corfu since the 1960s. But why you should visit Benitses now? We give you at least 6 good reasons to do it!
Benitses was the first tourist destination on Corfu since the 1960s. But why you should visit Benitses now? We give you at least 6 good reasons to do it!
In Benitses there was the Corfu shell museum with one of Europe’s largest collections of shells and other marine species.
Benitses maps in large size showing in such detail all small roads, paths, and landscape, this map of Benitses is the only one that exists in such a size.
This Benitses picture of 1981 shows the entire area of Benitses almost from Koutsomaroula bay up to Laopetra, seems to been pulled from the base of the then old pier in the harbor
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
Here is the wide area of Benitses on a map from the north entrance of the village at Pounta akra down to Tsaki settlement.
A large map of Benitses tourist resort in the middle of the eastern coast of Corfu, with all small roads and paths.
Here are adverts for property sales and rentals in Benitses, mainly apartments, rooms, and stores
On an island like Corfu, with huge rainfall and rich and inexhaustible water table, one would expect that the water supply of the city of Corfu with plenty of good quality water would be an easy task, but this is not the case.
We see below some pictures – maquettes from the square in Benitses.
It is about the complete rehabilitation of the existing internal road with a pedestrian square
Benitses Nightlife, Corfu nightlife, what are the nightclubs, pubs, bars and how lively is the night out in Benitses today, is it intense or low profile?
Within the first ten days of August, the festival of sardines was organized. It was a relatively new festival that was organized
July 17 is the celebration of Agia Marina, the patron Saint of Benitses, and the festival to honor her
The cultural association was founded in 1982 by some young people, aimed to promote and preserve the traditional customs, but also the cultural enhancement especially of young people
The local community events have always been based on tradition, and decades ago were as spontaneous and natural as the other everyday events of life
Roman remains are not something many visitors associate with Corfu, but traveling around you can get glimpses which show you that their occupation was definitely not a quick holiday stop! Many conquerors have left their marks on the island.
Many were wealthy and famous and were looking for beautiful traditional places such as Benitses
Today Benitses is still developing, trying to attract more discerning visitors by upgrading the infrastructure whilst being careful to preserve the traditional look