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Corfu Town: This Island’s Capital
There are many ways of getting to Corfu Town; by organised excursion (best for the nervous or lazy), public bus (good for the intrepid with time to spare) or by renting a car. For those fortunate enough to be staying in Acharavi and San Stephanos you can travel the cool way by boat (click here for more).
A car will give you a full 24 hours so will allow you to fit in other things to and eat out some where different in the evening; if you have any energy left!
Corfu Town is a lively place built on a rocky promontory surrounded on three sides by the sea. Originally the town just occupied the Old Fort, the Venetians constructed most of what you see today and built underground passages connecting it to the New Fort, both forts are open to the public at certain times, they are still in military use. Some of the city wall still exists and is inset with Lion of St Mark, emblem of the Venetian Empire, near the market.
The market is not a flea market but a proper market with fresh fish, fruit and vegetables, and dried herbs, it is daily from very early till lunch time when most produce has been sold and the local buses return people to their rural villages. Rick Stein enjoyed exploring here in his programme made for the BBC “Mediterranean Escapes” then ate in the nearby Rouvas Taverna.
The social centre of the town is the plateia, which is where the cricket pitch is, the Palace of St. Michael and St. George and the Liston.
It is Corfu's Bond St., there are beautiful jewellery shops like Lalounis, and coffee shops like Haagen Daz, some under the shade of the lime trees.
Greeks dress up to go for their daily “Volta” here, parading up and down or relaxing, people watching, keeping an eye open for friends, sipping ouzo or ginger beer (Tzitzi bira).
Beware you will pay more for the privilege of your surroundings here! Bear in mind shop opening times are 09:00 to13:30 and 18:00 to 21:30 on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 09:00 to 14:00 only on the other days.
