
Corfu Island, northwestern Greece, is the most northerly of the Ionian Islands. It is 40 miles long and 20 miles wide and is separated from Greece and the Albanian mainland by a narrow channel. The northern part of the island is mountainous and the southern part low-lying. Olive oil, citrus fruit figs and textiles are the principle products.
First we headed to Corfu Town, an old walled fort town, built by the Venetians in the 1300s, full of winding, narrow Venice-like alleyways of shops and restaurants.
Then we took a 30 minute trip out to Dasia and spent the afternoon on the beach. The highlight for Charlotte and Haley was the paragliding: