Local names: Corfu - Korfu - Kerkyra
Surface: 641 sq km
Population: 107,395
Climate: Corfu has a warm Mediterranean climate. In summer, dry hot days are often relieved by stiff breezes. The Kerkyra can be stiflingly hot, so visitors should allow time to acclimatise. The evenings are cool. Winters are mild but often wet. November to March is the rainy season.
Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz. Round two-pin plugs are used.
Visas: nationals of Australia, Canada, Cyprus, EU countries, the European principalities of Monaco and San Marino, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the USA and most South American countries are allowed to stay in Greece for up to three months without a visa; most others can enter Greece for up to two months without a visa; Greece will refuse entry to anyone whose passport indicates that, since November 1983, they have visited North Cyprus.
Main Resorts: Sidari, Kavos, Paleokastritsa, Benitses, Dassia, Gouvia, Moraitika, Messonghi, Kassiopi, Roda
Languages: Greek (Ellenika), English, German, Italian
Money: Euro

TRAVEL TIPS - ADVICES
• The best months to visit Corfu is May and September. The weather is very good, and you can get better service and prices, because it's low season.
• Take some precautions with the Greek sun.
• Although you can always find someone who speaks English or German - even in the most remote places in Corfu - a word in Greek can be very helpfull at the first contact.
• When flying from a cold climate to a warmer one, board with a change of appropiate of clothes. Approximately one hour from arrival, change and enjoy the new found warm.
• Greek time is two hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, an hour ahead of Central European
• Getting prepaid phone cards is the cheapest way to make intercity or international calls.
• In Greece you can use all GSM mobile phones (system used in Europe and a few other countries) but, US cell phones do not work in Greece