{"id":186,"date":"2012-04-09T22:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T22:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=186"},"modified":"2026-06-12T01:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:07:26","slug":"corfu-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=186","title":{"rendered":"Azura Day 11: Corfu, Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What a disappointment when we pulled back the curtains this morning.  We\u2019d arrived in Corfu and it was pouring down with rain.  We left it as late as we possibly could before going down to breakfast in the faint hope that the weather would brighten up a little.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It was still drizzling a little when we decided to brave it and go ashore.  We walked to the port gates (only 5 mins or so) and then caught the shuttle bus into Corfu Town.  We headed off into the narrow streets to try and work our way around to the Old Fortress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We must have missed the main shopping street as we ended up walking down some very narrow alleys and the map was not much help.  After 10 mins of aimless wandering around in the back streets, Jon spotted a clearing in the distance and we headed for that \u2026 and from here we could see the Old Fort in the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n

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No admission charge to look around the old fort \u2013 apart from some old garrison buildings that now held the Archives for the Island, most were just ruins, including the chapel where Price Phillip was christened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You did get however, some great views over the town.\u00a0 We wandered around the walls to the right and followed the sound of the music.\u00a0 An orchestra were rehearsing in the old pillared building.\u00a0 Looking up the cliff you could see the Acropolis (Lighthouse).\u00a0 We then walked around the other side of the fort which had great views of the mountains in the distance (with snow on top) and also the coast line in the direction of where Azura was docked.<\/p>\n\n\n

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