Corfu Port Authority Company — Attraction in Municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands

The island is bound up with the history of Greece from the beginnings of Greek mythology, and is marked by numerous battles and conquests. Ancient Korkyra took part in the Battle of Sybota which was a catalyst for the Peloponnesian War, and, according to Thucydides, the largest naval battle between Greek city states until that time. Thucydides also reports that Korkyra was one of the three great naval powers of fifth century BC Greece, along with Athens and Corinth.5] Ruins of ancient Greek temples and other archaeological sites of the ancient city of Korkyra are found in Palaiopolis. Medieval castles punctuating strategic locations across the island are a legacy of struggles in the Middle Ages against invasions by pirates and the Ottomans. Two of these castles enclose its capital, which is the only city in Greece to be surrounded in such a way. As a result, Corfu's capital has been officially declared a Kastropolis ("castle city") by the Greek government.[6] From medieval times and into the 17th century, the island, as part of the Republic of Venice since 1204, successfully repulsed the Ottomans during several sieges, was recognised as a bulwark of the European States against the Ottoman Empire and became one of the most fortified places in Europe.[7] The fortifications of the island were used by the Venetians to defend against Ottoman intrusion into the Adriatic. In November 1815 Corfu came under British rule following the Napoleonic Wars, and in 1864 was ceded to modern Greece by the British government along with the remaining islands of the United States of the Ionian Islands under the Treaty of London. Corfu is the origin of the Ionian Academy, the first university of the modern Greek state, and the Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù, the first Greek theatre and opera house of modern Greece. The first governor of independent Greece after the revolution of 1821, founder of the modern Greek state, and distinguished European diplomat Ioannis Kapodistrias was born in Corfu.

In 2007, the city's old town was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, following a recommendation by ICOMOS.[810] The 1994 European Union summit was held in Corfu.[11] The island is a popular tourist...

Reading the reviews, after booking tickets on Finikas Lines Corfu-Saranda return, I was worried. I read you had to have a printed ticket, there were no signs, multiple delays and no toilets. All incorrect. We arrived an hour before we were scheduled to leave, as indicated on the ticket. Go through the gates at the international terminal and turn left. Walk until you reach the orange brick building. Go around the left side of the building and through the doors marked ‘to Albania’. There you will queue for passport control. There are toilets in this area. You show your ticket (I showed my phone) then join an EU or all passports queue. You hand over your passport to get stamped. There was someone ahead of us that was non-EU but did not get a stamp when entering Corfu - he was just ask for proof of his flight (aeroplane ticket, boarding pass). Once through passport control, there’s a little shop, another toilet and some seating. We were on the boat within 25 minutes of arriving at the port. You carry your own bags on board, but there is someone to take them from you to store. You show your ticket again when boarding. There were lots of seats on board. We sat in the main cabin but there is a door at the back with more seating and I think there was seating upstairs. We...

We arrived 1.5 hrs early, and it was madness! There were no differentiated lines for the ferry, cruise ship or people with cars, it was just a big blob of people waiting, budding in line.

There was no one at the information desk to help either. We had to wait an extra hour to catch the next one as we missed the ferry bc customs was painfully slow and called us late to come ahead of others. We were very upset as we arrived with plenty of time to make the ferry.

There is no food sold on the ferry so we ate very late that day as we were stuck inside waiting for the next ferry and couldn't go out once u passed through customs.

Very disappointed with the lack of service, and absolutely no organisation. We were yelled at for no particular reason and security had no empathy for us. There is no system to the madness here...

They need to make lines for each ferry/cruise ship and have more than 2 people for customs to get the people through faster. Luckily, we did not have to pay for...