Car Hire Corfu New Port

Corfu is a Greek island in the Mediterranean. Corfu Kerkyra meaning in the language, the Group of Ionian Islands forms along with six other smaller islands. Corfu is located in the Mediterranean sea off the northern coast of Greece at the height of Italian Stiefelabsatzes. Because Corfu has a lush Veobtaination Greek standards, it is also called "Green Island". Its Greek name Kerkyra received the island of Greek mythology: the Sage to Corfu is named after the nymph Gorgyra, that the sea god Poseidon brought to the island.

Package tour organizers or Charter flights, holidaymakers can fly to Corfu every Tuesday and Saturday. The International Airport Corfu International Airport is served by almost all major German airports. The journey to the South takes approximately two hours. From the airport take either bus to hotel or apartment, or one borrows a car at the car hire companies at the airport.

Corfu offers scenic much for tourists. On the one hand, you can spend a classic holiday on the beach in the many small villages on the coast of Corfu island. In the Interior of the island, but also the two mountain ranges which criss-cross the island, invite to walking tours. Experienced hikers can reach the highest point of Corfu on the Pantocrator. Up there, there is a traditional Greek tavern and a monastery. From a vantage point, you can look at an altitude of almost 1000 meters above sea level overlooking the Mediterranean Sea until after Albania.

The Austrian empress Sissi held on to Corfu. Today, her former Palace Achilleion is a popular tourist destination. The Palace and the picturesque old town of Corfu served as a backdrop for the James Bond classic "in deadly mission" in the 1980s. Another popular excursion destinations are located on the Northwest Coast. The castle of Angelokastro in the vicinity of Lakones offers a breathtaking view of the Ionian Sea. The place is called also "balcony of the Ionian Sea". A famous child of the island is the Schlager singer of Vicky Leandros.

If you would like to discover Corfu off the tourist infrastructure, you can explore the island well on his own with a rental car. Especially tours along the coast of Corfu by the villages of Roda, Glyfada and Paleokastritsa offers.