Kerkyra or Corfu Half-Day Tour

The capital city of the island, one of the earliest city-states of the Greek world, is situated in a strategic geographical position. It was founded in ancient Greek times on a peninsula, guarding the passage connecting the east with the western part of the Mediterranean Sea, where the walls, the harbours, the agora, the temples and the workshops have been discovered. Later, it was controlled by the Romans and various public buildings were erected, such as the bath house. Then, it was included in the Byzantine Empire, guarding the western part of the frontiers and the settlement was transferred to the Old Fortress for better protection. It was also occupied by European powers, such as Italians, French, Russians and British, and it joined Greece in the middle of the 19th century. Nowadays, it is the westernmost part of the country, and boasts the marks of all the people who were captured by her charms!