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Corfu

Corfu is the green Ionian island of a UNESCO-listed Venetian old town, the Achilleion palace and beaches on every coast.

Best things to do in Corfu

The one thing not to miss

Visit Mon Repos, the former royal summer residence south of Corfu Town, now the Museum of Palaiopolis.

Mon Repos
  1. Corfu Mon Repos R01
    Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0

    Mon Repos

    • 1 to 2 hours
    • Check entry rules before you go
    • Couples
    • Families

    A former royal summer residence in the Palaeopolis forest south of Corfu Town, home since 2001 to the Museum of Palaiopolis.

    6,308 readers a month

    Sources
  2. Corfu Achilleion R05
    Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0

    The Achilleion

    • 1 to 2 hours
    • Tickets needed
    • Couples
    • Families

    The palace built on Corfu for Empress Elisabeth of Austria ("Sisi").

    6,210 readers a month

    Sources

  3. Corfu Town

    • Half a day
    • No booking needed
    • Couples
    • No car needed

    The island's capital city, Kerkyra.

    4,473 readers a month

    Sources
  4. Kerkyrapalaiofrourio
    Own work I am the author. Dr.K. 15:51, 6 September 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0

    The Old Fortress

    • 1 to 2 hours
    • Check entry rules before you go
    • Families
    • Couples

    A Venetian fortress on the promontory that once held Corfu's Byzantine old town.

    2,769 readers a month

    Sources
  5. Bay of Palaiokastritsa from Bellavista
    Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0

    Paleokastritsa

    • Half a day
    • No booking needed
    • Couples
    • Families

    A village and bay in north-western Corfu, suggested as the place where Odysseus came ashore and met Nausicaa.

    1,826 readers a month

    Sources
  6. Kassiopi Montage 2025
    LuciusCassius, CC0

    Kassiopi

    • Half a day
    • No booking needed
    • Couples
    • Families

    A fishing village of ancient Greek origin on Corfu's north-east coast, overlooking the Corfu Channel.

    1,711 readers a month

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  7. Corfu town 13
    Piotrus, CC BY-SA 3.0

    Saint Spyridon Church

    • Under an hour
    • No booking needed
    • Couples
    • No car needed

    A church in Corfu's old town built in 1589, holding the relics of Saint Spyridon; its bell tower dates from 1620.

    1,234 readers a month

    Sources
  8. Pontikonisi Island
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    Pontikonisi (Mouse Island)

    • 1 hour
    • No booking needed
    • Couples
    • Families

    An islet off Corfu with an 11th or 12th-century Byzantine chapel.

    985 readers a month

    Sources
  9. MountPantokrator
    Benjamin Janecke (Rectifier99), CC BY-SA 3.0

    Mount Pantokrator

    • Half a day
    • No booking needed
    • Active
    • Couples

    Corfu's highest mountain at 906 m, with views of the whole island and Albania.

    849 readers a month

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  10. Sidari Monastery (Corfu)
    Arbustum, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Sidari

    • Half a day
    • No booking needed
    • Families

    A resort village in the north of the island.

    677 readers a month

    Sources

Just missed the list: New Fortress (11th by readers); Liston (12th by readers)

How we ranked these

By how many people read about each place on English Wikipedia in a typical month, measured October 2026. It is a popularity measure, not our opinion. Mon Repos leads with about 6,308 readers a month. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences; the author and licence are on each photo.

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