Corfu in 2 days, on foot

This 2-day self-guided walking plan for Corfu covers 13 narrated sights in an easy day-by-day order. Each day is split into a morning and an afternoon loop, and every stop has a two to three minute audio story in the Gingerguide app.

You set the pace: this is a suggested order, not a schedule. Walk it in 2 days, or stretch it out. Reorder freely; Corfu rewards a detour.

The Corfu route at a glance

• Day 1
• Day 2

Day 1

Day 1 covers 7 stops and about 3.6 km on foot, from New Fortress to Archaeological Museum of Corfu. ≈ 3.6 km of walking, about 45 min

Morning

1. New Fortress: The New Fortress of Corfu, the Venetian fortress of the late 16th century on the hill of Saint Mark above the old port, with bastions, tunnels and a winged lion of Venice over its gate. 0.8 km on foot (9 min) to the next stop
2. Old Town of Corfu: The Old Town of Corfu, a fortified port town between two Venetian fortresses, with narrow lanes called kantounia, tall pastel houses and neoclassical squares, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007. 0.1 km on foot (1 min) to the next stop
3. Church of Saint Spyridon: The Church of Saint Spyridon in the old town of Corfu, which keeps the relics of the island's patron saint, with a tall bell tower crowned by a red dome and a painted, gilded ceiling. 0.3 km on foot (4 min) to the next stop
4. Palace of St Michael and St George: The Palace of St Michael and St George on the Spianada, built for the British Lord High Commissioner in the 1820s in Maltese stone, later a Greek royal palace and now the Museum of Asian Art. 0.3 km on foot (4 min) to the next stop

Afternoon

1. Liston and Spianada: The Liston, the arcaded promenade of Corfu modelled on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, and the Spianada, the great green square before the Old Fortress where cricket is played. 0.8 km on foot (9 min) to the next stop
2. Old Fortress: The Old Fortress of Corfu, a Venetian citadel on a rocky headland with two peaks, cut off from the town by a sea channel, which held out against three great Ottoman sieges. 1.3 km on foot (16 min) to the next stop
3. Archaeological Museum of Corfu: The Archaeological Museum of Corfu, home of the Gorgon pediment from the Temple of Artemis, a huge stone sculpture of about 580 BC often called the oldest surviving stone pediment in Greece.

Day 2

Day 2 covers 6 stops and about 2.8 km on foot, from Mon Repos to Kassiopi. 4 longer hops are best done by public transport or taxi. ≈ 2.8 km of walking, about 35 min

Morning

1. Mon Repos: Mon Repos, the neoclassical villa in a wooded park south of Corfu town, built for a British High Commissioner, later the summer home of the Greek royal family and the birthplace of Prince Philip in 1921. 2.8 km on foot (33 min) to the next stop
2. Kanoni and Pontikonisi: Kanoni, the headland south of Corfu town with the famous view of the white Vlacherna monastery on its causeway and Pontikonisi, Mouse Island, with its tiny Byzantine chapel. 3.3 km to the next stop: take transport
3. Achilleion: The Achilleion at Gastouri, the palace that Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi, built around 1890 in honour of the hero Achilles, with terraced gardens of statues above the sea. 21 km to the next stop: take transport

Afternoon

1. Paleokastritsa: Paleokastritsa on the north-west coast of Corfu, a village of small bays with clear blue water below green cliffs, and its monastery of the Virgin on the headland above the sea. 1.6 km to the next stop: take transport
2. Angelokastro: Angelokastro, the Byzantine castle on a high rock above the north-west coast of Corfu, which sheltered the islanders and was never taken in the Ottoman sieges, with wide views over the sea. 23 km to the next stop: take transport
3. Kassiopi: Kassiopi on the north-east coast of Corfu, once a Roman town and now a harbour village of colourful houses, below the ruined walls of a Byzantine castle facing the coast of the mainland.

Walking distances and times follow streets and footpaths (routing by openrouteservice.org, map data © OpenStreetMap contributors). Times are walking only, at an easy pace; add time at each stop.

Updated: October 24, 2026

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