Corfu holiday blog

No alcoholic drink is more distinctively Greek than Ouzo. Its name’s origin is as interesting as it is disputed. There are three speculations from the Turkish “üzüm”-grape, or, from the expression “uso Massalia”, with its related …

Pastitsada – One of the most famous local pasta dishes, typically it is rooster cooked in red wine, though other meats can be used, like chicken, veal or even mullet.

This is a list of restaurants, tavernas and markets that we think are worth visiting. In Psaras The Fisherman’s Haunt Dionysos taverna is recommended, as is George and Helena’s taverna...

The history of Shakshuka is lost somewhere around the Mediterranean and it doesn’t need much for an introduction, while as the recipe evolves constantly it has also become an experimental favorite. As each version takes a slightly different approach to …

So, after you have planned your holiday in green Corfu for so long, the weather there has turned like one of these scenes in Odyssey where the wrath of Poseidon is about to crash on Odysseus, or like the beginning of The Tempest, which has been linked to Corfu not entirely without reason.

Thalassa Garden is situated in Psaras village on the east side of the narrowest part of the “leg” of Corfu, towards the south, in the bay of Messongi. From the garden the guests can see the Old Fortress of corfu, Canoni and the airport, as well as the mountain Pantokrator...

Corfu has been a notorious threshold between East and West, North and South, since the Homeric times. This position, across the stern-looking Ceraunian mountains, in front of the ‘entrance’ to Adriatica right across the strait of Otranto, and across the open sea all the way to the Libyan shore...