From the Anemomilo in the Palio Flourio
The gulf of Garitsas is the most enchanting clearing of the city to
the sea. From the Anemomilo the walker sees amphitheatrical the
gulf of Garitsas up to the Palio Flourio, because it begins
to walk in the avenue of Democracy from the wayfarer of the sea,
having left old mansions. Afterwards the Door Remountat meets in the left
the Archaeological Museum (road Braila 5), with the astonishing
pediment of Gorgoys, and immediately afterwards the famous hotel “Corfu
Palace”. It already goes in Spianada, the immense
square - park, with direction the bridge above “Against Fosa” which
connects the castle that built Venice in 1550 with the land.
From the taller point of fortress, the view to Spianada, the
city and the sea is majestic. In the castle the visitor can
see the church of Saint Georgio, which is the unique christian
temple of Dorian rythm.
From castle to castle
When the walker Coming out from the castle, directs right
to the above part of Spianada, where exist and the ground cricket,
and it has across th way the famous Liston. His purpose is
the Palace of Saints Micheal and Georgio, in which is accommodated
the
Museum
of Asiatic Art. Behind the palace is found the cool Garden of Population
with the Municipal Art gallery.
, what is nioy is the street which runs through perimetrically all
that impressive piece of old city that admires the visitor that
reaches in Corfu with the boat. On this street they is the Ionian
Academy, the house of Kapodistria, the Museum of Dionysioy Solomodos
and more in the Byzantine Museum of Antiboyniotissas. The way
removes to the harbor in the region of Cave and the walker “touches” the
wall of New Venice Fortress - via the road Solomos - in
order to meet the marble road which under the arcades leads to
top of castle from where the view is also beautiful. The eye embraces
the harbor, the islets Bido and Lazareto, but also the old
city on the other hand.
From kantouni in kantouni
As soon as the walker comes out from the gate of New Fortress he
has front his exceptional choice to walk to the eminent kantouni
of Corfu. The roaming in them can offer a lot of surprises, hidden
churches sport ween houses, small marble squares, old marble
wells, buildings of impressive architecture, monuments from the
rich past of island. The steps of walker it is very likely they
accompany notes that escape from the buildings of many bands,
that make rehearsals.
In the labyrinth of old city the map and the directives lose their
meaning. The most foreseeable way for the return of walker in Spianada
is the road Solomos and right Nikiforos Theotoki, which leads
to Liston. This street is commercial and allocates the
pavements, classic Eptanisian “walk”. The way passes
from Plakada of Saint, as the local call wide front from the
second entry of boss of Saint Spyridona. Here functions also the
Museum of Bank notes and the churches of Panagia of Foreigners
and Saint Ioannis.
If however the walker selects before Plakada of Saint to turn
left to the road of Band going up her stone steps, “it mixes” in
the Kampielo, the older neighborhood of Corfu.
From the Nisaki to the Pantokratora
Seeking him other picture of Corfu, the one that compose the olive
groves, the cypresses, crops, the dentelated coasts and the
old villages from grey Stone, the visitor leaves the city and
directes north: Kontokali, Goybia, Dasia, Ipsos, Pyrgi,
Mparmpati and afterwards Nisaki. From here it begins relatively
laborious, but spectacular way to the slopes of the tallest mountain
of Corfu, old Sinies and finally the top where is found the monastery
of Pantokratora in a setting that cuts the breath.
From the Nisaki, the walker follows the carrefour to Bigglatsoyri,
beginning from the altitude of 50 meters. With northern direction
go uphill from tarmac in the beginning and afterwards
cement street, which after 20 thinly leads to steep,
wooded with olives locality, where in the 285 meters altitude
is found the village. Afterwards passable becomes very bad
and continue to the monastery of Pantokratora, with horrible
view to southern and Eastern. Little more, in a carrefour, the walker
turns left, according to the plate of ministry of Agriculture, “To
Pantokratora and Peritheia”. The mountain has thin vegetation,
with individual cypresses and many crops. The street follows the
right side of enough steep ravine. Left is distinguished the cone
of Pantokratora (906 m.). For brevity walkers stops the
many turns of the street and in one hour roughly it reaches in the
stone bench and ruins of Old Sinion (Old Village) in the 400 meters
altitude. The way comes out in saddle in 15 minutes from where
walker can abandon the street and from a abrupt path go up hill
the stoney mountainside to the top. Differently it continues in
the forestal street where it meets carrefour. The left sector leads
to the Holily Abbey Pantokratoros. It passes the cone of top, it
passes from abandoned fields and after new carrefour it leads to
one hour to the monastery to the top. From here the view is impressive
and embraces entire Corfu, the coasts of Continent and Albania, up
to southern Lefkada. The monastery was built in 1347 in the
period of Andiganon and re-built in 1689. His splendid murals
are work of 14th and 15th century.
How you will go: With car-ferries boats from Patras or Igoumenitsa
and plane from Athens.
Where you will eat: In Giogia in the road Gkifornt, in “Tenedos” under
the New Fortress with the escort of guitar and in Yannis in Garitsa
for sofrito and mpoyrdeto.