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Issos Beach, Corfu

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This is one of the southern beaches of the island and was great!  If you love beach bars, this may not be your place - the bars there are not like the ones at other beaches, but the beach itself is very nice!  Fine golden sand, crystal-clear water... Exactly what I wanted - line which I used almost every day looking at my feet through the magical small waves we had.  At the place where we chose to sit, there was a small bar from which we could get drinks and food - salads, sandwiches, Aperol.... And it was nice since there was light music. The toilette was close too - just up the hill. With the locker from the outer side... :D In general, I would recommend the south beaches - no stones, the water is exactly as one would expect from a Greek island.... There are umbrellas and sunbeds - the cost for 2 beds and the umbrella is 7 euro, which I find reasonable. There is free zone too. What I really liked is that at greek beaches people usually come later

Kavos, Corfu

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Welcome to the party capital of Corfu! I felt like everything is allowed here and I guess it really is.  Slowly driving into the busy main street I felt related to the funny madness around me. From all party places we could hear the music and everyone was dancing on the street. Clubs are literally next to each other and their customers are meeting at the center of the street, trying to dance in rhythm, pouring drinks and looking around trying to find the most suitable person to take home tonight.  The atmosphere is extremely vibrant and a little bit drunk. We arrived at around 1 o'clock in the evening and there were already people sitting on the sidewalks or directly on the street, holding their heads with hands or almost sleeping on someone else's shoulder.  What I found the most interesting and funny were the flirts. Girls were walking around in shorts and some of them were so decent to put bathing suit to cover the upper parts of their bodies however s

Corfu - Paradise Beach

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A must-do when visiting an island is the boat trip!  There are amazing full-day boat trips which give you the opportunity to go to a number of magnificent places with one trip.  One of the options we had costed 32 euros per person and included 3 stops - caves, where we could swim, a gorgeous beach where we would have BBQ party with enough food, drinks and wine for everyone and the third stop was a town.  What we chose however, was a relatively shorter boat trip which costed 20 euro and covered the caves nearby and the visit to the Paradise beach. There are a number of opinions. Before leaving a saw a review saying that it's not worth it - for less money tourists can visit another beach nearby which was even better. However when the opportunity presented itself, we took it and I have absolutely no regrets!  So we leave with the boat from Paleokastritsa. Our first stop are the caves. Honestly, I don't find anything impressive in this so would be disappo

Corfu - things to do

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I had only one week there and 10/10 would return! It's an amazing place so I would always recommend it for your next summer holiday!  Here are the places I visited and I would go back if I can. I'm only adding them as touchpoints, let me know if you have questions.  Boat trip  A must-do when you’re at an island – they have amazing options which allow you to go and see a beach which cannot be reached from the mainland – only from the sea. I managed to see the Paradise beach thanks to such a trip.  Achilion - Sisi's palace I did like it even though my partner said that it was not a "real palace" but built just for the desires of some chick. However I did fancy walking around the beautiful rooms and trying to imagine what her life was like back then.  They have audio guides in a number of languages. They even had Bulgarian which is not very common so was pleasant. The audio guide itself is useful but at some points it can get boring. 

Corfu - tips and tricks in short

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It's an amazingly beautiful island and I totally love my vacation there!  When planning my amazing time though I believe I've made a couple of small mistakes which I want to share with you so that you can avoid those and have the bestest time there!  Those amazing views is what I dream for First - accommodation  I booked a hotel in Notos which was an amazing deal, since the description said it was close to a beach and had great breakfast. Which is all true. And adding the high rating and the amazing price we got, there were no second thoughts. I was looking for a relaxing holiday - going early to the beach and then back to bed early so not a party vacation (even though we went to Kavos one of our nights - I can't wait to share about this one as well) Pros: we were relatively close to some amazing sandy beaches.  Cons: we were very far from the main touristic sights - Paleokastritsa was approximately an hour and a half away, Canal D'Amour was 2 h