Holidays in Greece: Corfu and its seaside havens
Greece boasts a wealth of well 6.000 islands and islets, of which only 227 They are inhabited. It is a unique phenomenon in Europe, which gives the country a variety of landscapes and environments really impressive. Many of the best known archipelagos are located in Aegean Sea, where they are organized into seven main groups, known all over the world: the Dodecanese, Cyclades, the islands of Argosaronic, Sporades, Crete, the Aegean Islands of the northeast and Evia. In the Ionian Sea, on the contrary, is a unique group of islands that, under the name Ionian Islands, It encloses the wonderful territories of Zante, Ithaca, Corfu, Kefalonia, Lefkada, Paxi, Kythira and other minor islands.
Of all the marine paradises mentioned, Corfu has to represent one of the highlights of this and many other tourist websites. It is not difficult to see why. The famous island, which it is on the border between Greece and Albania, off the coast of Epirus, It has a surface area of more than 610 square kilometers, configurandosi come la second largest of the Ionian Islands. There are many reasons why the legendary land of Feaci It is chosen as the favorite destination for Holidays in Greece, but it is undoubtedly its rich bathing offer to act as mistress. This embraces an impressive succession of bays and sheltered coves, sandy beaches decorated by beautiful dunes, pebble beaches, coastal caves, cliffs of dark rocks and many coastal wetlands.
There are towns of great tourist as Paleokastritsa, where the bays are equipped with every kind of service, but there are also oases Kouloura, where the beaches are protected by elegant expanses of olive trees, pines and cypresses. Appeal, then, there are plenty of places equipped for sports activities. Between these, Gouvià It is considered something of a paradise for scuba diving, thanks to the excellent schools of scuba diving and a wide range of equipment, for the practice of various water sports. In principle,, We remember, however, that the northern shore of the island corresponds to the most crowded by foreign tourists, while the south is much more unexplored: for those who love the unspoiled landscapes and tranquility, Then, the advice is to start your exploration of the south of the island, which, though less rich in tourist services, It contains the highest concentration of bathing paradises. Between these, Chalikounas It is one of the most beautiful places (as well as a favorite destination by lovers of’ecotourism), but also the bays of the surroundings are certainly not less.