Description Corfu, Greece

Corfu - the most famous of the Ionian Islands. Corfu - island, all in lush blend of the traditions of many and diverse cultures that flourished on the island at various times. This truly cosmopolitan island, you can easily combine quiet - serene vacation with intense rhythm of intense nightlife. Not inferior to fame and popularity and the island.

Corfu (or Kerkyra in Greek) is located in north-western Ionian Sea. The island is 120 km, the width of the island from 4 to 40 km, the coastline of 217 km. Unique landscape of the island combines mountains and plains, bays and long beaches, ancient monuments and modern architecture. The island of Corfu, in lush, with indented, like lace, bay, fascinated many artists, who glorified the beauty of literary and musical works, depicting him in paintings, sculptures and engravings. Such masters as Goethe, Oscar Wilde, Gerald and Lawrence Darrell, painters Alfred Sisley and Edward Lear, immortalized the unique charm of Corfu. The great Napoleon was also impressed by its beauty.