Sunflower Books: Landscapes of CORFU: WALKS AND CAR TOURS

Corfu, 5th edition, 2009, updated 9/06/2009

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Updates for walks and car tours (drives) on Corfu given below supplement those provided in the guidebook. It is vital that this Update is read in conjunction with the text of the book, but note that the Update applies only to the edition stated and not to any earlier editions. (If you have an older edition of this book and want to "upgrade" to the latest edition at half price, click here.)

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General

Index errors: Sunfloweer apologises for several incorrect index entries under 'Ag. Gordis'. The index should read:
Ag Gordis (resort west of Corfu Town) 30, 34, 128
Ag Gordis (beach on the west side of Cape Kavos) 125, 127
The references to pages 88 and 89 refer to Ag Georgios, the bay near Afionas!

Walks 3 and 5: On leaving Rou, David Baker writes to say that the promised diversion of the footpath has not been put into effect. This is causing frustration amongst walkers and residents of the Rou Estate complex alike. He will write to tell us when it is open; in the meantime it's probably better to use the road to Porta - it's very pleasant as it passes through olive groves all the way. There is no longer a cafeneion at Vigla - it is now a villa. (Sunflower, 5/09) + At Rou the path is unidentifiable and impassable. We had to go via the road. Moira Baker said the owner of the estate had said he would re-route the path but has not done so. We were challenged in Rou by an employee of CVCorfu who told us in no uncertain terms that this was a private estate, then said that it was a public path! Where we emerged at Vigla, after Porta, we turned right at the T-junction and found no Cafeneion, therefore missed where to pick up the third concrete drive. A better identification here would have helped. We stayed on the road and eventually found a path on a corner going downhill through scrub, then steps around villas until we reached the lower level and finally reached the final concrete road. We intended to walk back to Nissaki reversing Walk 4 but reversing a walk never done before is almost impossible and we failed. However, we did Walk 4 another day (see below). (User, 6/09)

Walk 4: There is a path for the start of the walk opposite the S end of the Shell station at Meon Villas 'Villa on the Rocks' signed on a pole with CT Trail. Go into drive and immediately left on path marked yellow which zigzags down and cuts off corner to beach. (User, 6/09)

Walk 8: After passing the abandoned monastery of Pantokrator of Nimfes and descending into the valley it is necessary to cross the stream. The book says "There is no bridge, but fallen branches provide a way across for the agile." Unfortunately in May 2009 the stream was a deep, wide torrent with no fallen branches anywhere in sight. Despite walking along the bank through very thick vegetation it was impossible to find any place to cross and the walk was terminated and we back-tracked to Nimfes. (User, 6/09)

Walk 13: We did the Marmaro Hills circuit. At the Cricketer's Taverna, it would be clearer to say one goes through the Taverna terrace and steps up to the path rather than just 'via the Taverna', although the road goes in the same direction. In the main text at 55min it says 'at the fork, there is a shrine just beyond it' the shrine is at the fork as shown on the map. We found this walk very difficult to follow with just time checks - we should have had a stop watch! As we never found the correct T-junction and did not find the football pitch, we eventually ended up in Kanakades.No paths are shown on your map that can link this walk with Kanakades and so had a long road walk back rather than being able to back track. (User, 6/09)
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