Corfu guide, the island that is a magnet to cruise ships

welcome to Corfu there are poor ships in today but it's the home of the Marella discovery you fly into Corfu and there you meet your ship your ship and dock here in the cruise terminal just walk along by the tree and you'll come to the old town with the new fortress and the old fortress Corfu like the rest of Greece is not expensive and on our fridge magnet index these are 2 euros the old town is really charming with his little winding streets and it was built by the Venetians 400 years ago Wow they got bombed yeah this beautiful jewelry shop in the old town was once Church but it got bombed I found it since Firdos church is the most important Church in Corfu it houses the remains of the same and is still a site of pilgrimage [Music] maybe [Music] take a trip on this boat only two euros this is where you find the boat you walk along the harbour opposite the BP petrol station and behind the stuff is restaurants and next to the municipal Barrie you'll find the calypso style glass-bottom boat and you get amazing views of corfu town from here the new fortress is still a working naval base and it's used the old town of Corfu is the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage monument and is said to be among the most important fortified city ports in the Med from this aerial view you can see how well it protected the harbour two things that cruisers are very used to seeing our churches and forts Corfu has both in fact it has two ports the new fortress is separated from the old fortress by the market and we're going to take a walk through now the old fortress is this way the old fortress in Corfu dates back to the 6th century AD let's take a look this mid 1800s construction was the British Army Barret from the fortress you can see Vito island and we've got a film on how you can get there for two euros and have a great day out when this fortress was built they use the cannon which is a very primitive weapon and they fired a cannonball so they had to be quite close to their enemy and that's why they built high up and on the edges of harbors the old fortress now has a very modern marina in front of it for all the posh shots both of these fortresses in Corfu are enormous the Church of st. George was converted to a Greek Orthodox Church when the British withdrew in 1864 beyond the Asian Art Museum is the Esplanade it's a perfect spacious area built by the Venetians ideal for walking drinking eating there are loads of cafes it both Saban's dance and I'm now looking for the lipstick it's a trendy part of town Celestin is a terrace of arcaded buildings built by the French this may well be where your shuttle bus drops you it's opposite the old fortress and the old town is over there you