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Most people seem to think that all the visitors to Corfu arrive on charter flights to the island.<\/p>\n
And certainly, these do come from all over Europe nowadays- looking at the arrivals board there are flights from Hungary, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, and others in addition to those traditionally associated with Corfu<\/a> such as Gatwick and Manchester.<\/p>\n
You can get direct flights from London Stansted Airport to Corfu with Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, and Thomson Airways.<\/p>\n
From Luton airport, Thomson Airways, and EasyJet, fly to Corfu.<\/p>\n
Also from Heathrow, you can find summer flights to Corfu via British Airways.<\/p>\n
The flight duration from London’s Gatwick, the United Kingdom to Corfu, Greece<\/a> is around 3 hours, from Manchester it will take a little bit longer.<\/p>\n
Not all these new visitors fly in, however, The new Egnatia highway makes it possible to reach Corfu in one day’s drive from Sofia, Bucharest, and Skopje, and Albanian tourists also drive down in only a few hours.<\/p>\n
The port of Igoumenitsa opposite Corfu has expanded vastly in recent years and there is a very frequent ferry service to Corfu taking about 1 and a half hours.<\/p>\n
The boats are well equipped and comfortable, and the visitor can enjoy sitting on the sundeck sipping a drink whilst watching the island get larger as the ship approaches.<\/p>\n
Arriving in Corfu from the sea is the most beautiful way of reaching the island as the ships all sail around the islet of Vido and past the old fortress<\/a>, giving a panoramic view of the historic part of Corfu Town<\/a>, surely one of the most photogenic approaches in Europe.<\/p>\n
Of course, driving means that the visitors are far freer to explore the hidden gems of Corfu<\/a>, can stop where and when they want to take photographs, and be truly independent, These are the people whose cars can be seen behind the sand dunes of the island’s most beautiful sandy beach- Agios Georgios<\/a> in the south- or at the top of Mount Pantocrator, sipping wine in the shade of the huge tree in the village square at Strinillas.<\/p>\n
Try it for yourself – we are sure you will enjoy the experience.<\/p>\n