Corfu and Paxos, at walking pace
Three nights in Corfu Town cover the history and the food; three on Paxos are for swimming, boats and doing very little else. The crossing between the two is a short sea leg rather than a logistics problem.
- Length
- 7 days · 6 nights
- Months
- May – October
- Stops
- 3
The route on a map
1 · 3 nights
Corfu Town
Venetian fortresses, French arcades and a Sunday philharmonic band, all within walking distance.
2 · A day here
Kassiopi
A fishing village on the olive-and-cypress north-east coast, a good lunch stop en route to the ferry.
3 · 3 nights
Gaios, Paxos
The main harbour of a single olive island, with Antipaxos twenty minutes off by boat.
Day by day
Day 1
Arrive Corfu, settle into the old town
Sleep · Corfu Town
An evening walk through the Liston arcade and the Campiello is enough for day one.
Day 2
Fortresses and museums
Sleep · Corfu Town
The Old and New Fortresses in the morning, the Achilleion or the Asian Art Museum after lunch.
Day 3
The north-east coast
Sleep · Corfu Town
A driver up to Kassiopi and the Kalami–Agni shoreline, with a swim at one of the pebble bays below Kouloura.
Day 4
Cross to Paxos
Sleep · Gaios
A ninety-minute ferry or private transfer, arriving in time for a harbourside lunch.
Day 5
Antipaxos by day boat
Sleep · Gaios
A private caïque to Voutoumi and Vrika, back for a walk through the olive groves behind the port.
Day 6
Paxos at its own pace
Sleep · Gaios
Lakka in the morning for the sea caves along the north coast, then an afternoon with nothing scheduled.
Day 7
Departure
Departure
A morning boat back to Corfu timed to the afternoon flight; allow three hours' buffer for the crossing.