Korfu is located in the western part of Greece. The island belongs to the Ionian Islands cluster that is located at the Ionian Sea.
Korfu covers an area of 592 m² and it has approximately 107.600 inhabitants. It is 58 km long and about 27 km wide. Its geographical position attracted powers in the past, from east & west. y and the Italian city-states of Genoa & Venice. Through ancient history it was under the of the city-states of Athens & Corinth and later it was ruled by the Goths, Lombards, Saracens & Normans and was fought over from
the kings of Sicily and the Italian city-states of Genoa & Venice.
Corfu Greece is considered as having one of the most attractive countryside of all the
Greek Islands. Touring around the
island of Corfu you will come across
Korfu (
Kerkyra or
Corfu), the capital of the island, which is one of the most bedazzling towns of Greece. During your stay on the island of Korfu you have to visit Paleokastritsa, Benitses, Kavos, Gouvia, Sidari, Gouvia, Kasiopi, Dassia, Kontokali, Messonghi, Pelekas, Moraitika, and numerous other settlements that are all worth a visit.