A UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site since 2007, is cosmopolitan, welcoming and charming. Full of small monumental buildings, narrow, winding streets, small squares, dense buildings and a very large square where no-one can resist walking. Small restaurants, nice shops, elegant cafés, delicious ice creams and traditional grocery stores compose a lively cinema backdrop between the two imposing stone fortresses, built by the Venetian rulers of the island.
Achilleion palace was built to express the adoration of princess Elizabeth of Austria & Hungary, the beloved Sissy, for Achilles and Corfu. The princess came to live here to find peace after being devastated by the cruelty of her sad fate. Achilleion was built in 1890 in a Pompeian style. Its beautiful gardens are decorated with statues inspired from ancient Greek mythology with the figure of the hero Achilles as the centerpiece.
Paleokastritsa, with the dazzling blue of its waters and the bright green of the vegetation, with the imposing rocks and the mysterious caves is one of the most famous destinations in the Mediterranean. The view of Paleokastritsa is magical from the picturesque Monastery, with the prominent figures of the monks, while the collection of Byzantine icons, sacred vestments and the huge bones of a whale that was once washed up in the area is impressive.
