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EXPLORE / CORFU

CORFU’S HIDDEN

NATURAL TREASURES

Part of Corfu’s charm lies in its capacity to treat you to the unexpected:
A turn in the road can open up vistas of rolling hills, vertiginous villages
and the bluest waters you’ve ever seen.

THERE’S SO MUCH MORE TO CORFU than meets the eye;
dig a little deeper and you will uncover one of Greece’s most
lush and verdant islands that was almost made for hiking en-
thusiasts (there are marked trails everywhere you look). Discov-
er strikingly sculpted cliffs that plunge down towards the sea,
some bare and others covered in greenery, hilltop monasteries
and castles offering eye-wateringly beautiful sea views, moun-
tains, paradise-like beaches and coves, and ancient olive groves.
Verdant hills
Incredibly green, Corfu owes its sensational natural beauty to tower over
magnificent
the winter rains, the relatively temperate summer temperatures beaches with
and its fertile soil. Out of season (April, May and June), Corfu crystal-clear
blue waters at
offers superb walking opportunities when the island is literally Cape Drastis,
covered in a blanket of impossibly pretty wildflowers. Various on Corfu's
northern
international treaties that have conferred a special preservation coastline.
status on parts of the island mean that much of it is safeguarded Right page,
from any development taking place. For instance, such areas in- Nymfes
waterfall near
clude Lake Korission with its immaculately preserved cedar for- Klimatia.

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