Walking and Trekking on Corfu

Map key

Overview map

Introduction

The Corfu Trail

Plants and flowers

Wildlife

Getting there

Local transport

Information

When to go

Accommodation

Communications

Food and drink

What to take

Maps and place names

Dos and don’ts

Emergencies

Using this Guide

Corfu’s Northeast

Walk 1 Kaminaki to Kerasia coastal path

Walk 2 Kalami to Menegoulas loop

Walk 3 The Old Perithia trail

Walk 4 Around Cape Agia Ekaterinis

Walk 5 The Panorama Trail above Aharavi

Corfu’s Northwest

Walk 6 Cape Drastis

Walk 7 Agios Stefanos to Arillas

Walk 8 Porto Timoni

Walk 9 Fisherman’s Cabin and the kalderimi

Walk 10 Paleokastritsa and Angelokastro loop

Walk 11 Limni beach

Walk 12 Liniodoros beach

Corfu’s Centre

Walk 13 Mirtiotissas and Agios Georgios mountain

Walk 14 Agii Deka

Walk 15 Benitses to Dafnata

Walk 16 Agios Mattheos and Prasoudi

Corfu’s South

Walk 17 Lake Korission circuit

Walk 18 Short Lake Korission route

Walk 19 Chlomos loop

Walk 20 The Lefkimmi Salt Pans

Walk 21 Arkoudilas beach circuit

Walk 22 The Short Arkoudilas loop

The Corfu Trail

Stage 1 Kavos to Potami

Stage 2 Potami to Agios Georgios south

Stage 3 Agios Georgios south to Paramonas

Stage 4 Paramonas to Dafnata

Stage 5 Dafnata to Pelekas

Stage 6 Pelekas to Liapades beach

Stage 7 Liapades beach to Agios Georgios north

Stage 8 Agios Georgios north to Sokraki

Stage 9 Sokraki to Old Perithia

Stage 10 Old Perithia to Agios Spiridonas

Appendix A Route summary tables

Appendix B Accommodation

Appendix C English–Greek glossary and expressions

Appendix D Further reading

Sketch maps are provided with each walk in this Guide. Key landmarks and as much useful detail as possible have been crammed in, dictated by limits of space and graphics. In most cases these maps, along with the route description, are sufficient for the walks. However, it is always a good idea to get hold of a larger commercial map for many reasons: they are helpful when planning your trip, put places in a wider context, help you identify points of interest, and are essential in orientation if you lose your way.

The Anavasi 1:56,000 scale map is the best for walking. It is widely available on the island as well as online from www.anavasi.gr and at bookshops in the UK. For a glossary of commonly used geographical terms on maps and signs see Appendix C.

As can be expected, place names on Corfu are in Greek script, although many have been transcribed to English characters and often translated on signs to help visitors. However, there are huge variations in spelling. The versions in this Guide are based on those on the Freytag & Berndt map. Note that Corfu Town is also referred to as Kerkyra.

Another thing to watch out for is the recurrence of identical or very similar names. A common example is Pantokrator or Pandokratoras – Christ depicted as all-embracing, ruler of the universe, The Almighty. Numerous chapels bear his name, and have often given the name to the mountain they stand on. The only true Oros Pandokratoras (Mount Pandokratoras) is the highest point on Corfu in the northeast. Others often referred to as Pantokrator for their eponymous monasteries are the Agii Deka massif between the villages of Agios Deka and Stavros, and Agios Mattheos further south.

The Pantokrator, Christ the Almighty

Agios or Ayios – pronounced ‘eye-eos’ – means ‘saint’ (the term gave rise to ‘hagiography’, the lives of the saints, in English). An immensely popular place name is Agios Georgios (Saint George). There are two beach locations with this name – one in the north and the other in the south. For the purposes of this Guide, one is referred to as Agios Georgios south and its counterpart Agios Georgios north. To confuse things more, there’s a Mount Agios Georgios on the west coast, not to mention the village of similarly spelled Agios Gordios to its south. Agios Georgios south is sometimes referred to as Agios Georgios Argyrades, and Agios Georgios north as Agios Georgios Pagi.

Spiridion is the island’s highly revered patron saint: however, curiously few places have been named after him – apart from the place where the Corfu Trail concludes.

Saint Spiridion

October 2023

Walk 1

October 2022

Walk 7 and Walk 9

June 2019

Route Updates

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