Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03
Corfu
Green Ionian island of Venetian fortresses and a UNESCO-listed Old Town, Greece's most cosmopolitan island destination.
- Formation
- limestone and sandstone Ionian island; karst hills in the north-east
- Population
- 99,134
- Water
- Ionian Sea
- Access
- easy
Every required movement
The passage
to Corfu.
Direct seasonal flights to Corfu International (CFU) from across Europe; year-round ferries from Igoumenitsa (1–2 h) and Italy (Bari, Brindisi, Ancona, Venice).
- 01Corfu International Airport Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU)
Nearest recorded air access
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 02Water crossing
Kerkyra Lines / Igoumenitsa–Corfu–Lefkimmi; Anek/Superfast seasonal Italy routes.
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 03Entry check
Schengen rules apply (Greece).
Schedule or condition may change · verify
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The northernmost major Ionian island, shaped by four centuries of Venetian rule plus French and British periods; lush, densely settled, and anchored by Corfu city between two fortresses.
Corinthian colony (700s BCE), Roman and Byzantine possession, Venetian stronghold 1386–1797, then French, Septinsular Republic, British protectorate, united with Greece in 1864.
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The useful
details.
- Coordinates
- 39.60° N · 19.78° E
- Sovereignty
- Greece · part of country
- Nearest mainland
- Epirus/Greek mainland and southern Albania, ~2 km across the Strait of Corfu at the closest point
- Best recorded window
- May–June, September.
- Permits / entry
- Schengen rules apply (Greece).
- Languages
- Greek
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