Greece’s most verdant island and varied hiking

An excerpt from the creator of the Corfu Trail, Hilary Whitton Paipeti on GreenCorfu.com

“Though a relatively small island, Corfu possesses a diversity of scenery that astounds, and the walk – which takes around ten days to complete – takes in many of its varied landscapes. Not only does each day offer a distinctive character, but even on a single day’s walk you never remain in any one type of terrain for much more than an hour. And at every corner, a new scene assaults the eye – a stunning view, a little church, a grove of ancient olive trees, a meadow carpeted with wild flowers. The Trail takes in wild beaches, juniper-forested dunes, dense oak woodland, a karst plateau where nomad cattle roam, deep gorges, wetlands, mountain summits and bucolic plains. Except in a couple of spots and when unavoidably following a road, the hand of modern man hardly encroaches. Only old monasteries, ruined olive presses, picturesque villages and ancient fortresses intrude on nature”

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