Itinerary Corfu – Athens ( 1 week )
Day 1 Embarkation
at 17.00 p.m.
Provisioning and check in
If you do not arrive too late you
can spend the evening in Corfu Town.
Day 2 Paxos
(
Paxos has a surface
area of 25 square kilometers and
is the smallest
of the seven main islands in the Ionian Sea.
The island has 2.400 inhabitants, who are basically living of agriculture
- more in specific the cultivation of olives – and fishing.
The nature and landscape of this little paradise
have a rare beauty. Consisted of rich
vegetation ( fir trees, vast olive groves and vineyards),
angular curved beaches, rocky coasts which are excavated by hidden caves.
The culminating point at
Agios Isavros reaches only 217m.
Day 3 Meganisi
(
Meganisi has very few inhabitants.
Here you will find coasts
with splendid anchorages.
A small road leads you from
the anchorage to the overlooking village.
Day 4 Oxia (
Oxia is a deserted and beautiful island,
situated at the entrance of the Gulf of Patras.
You will spend the evening in Oxia and sail during
the night to Itea (
You will pass under the new bridge that connects the
Peloponnese with the mainland of Greece.
Anchor in the morning
at Itea, a few kilometers from the site of Delphi.
Day 5 Delphi - Corinth (
Visit the archaeological
site of Delphi in the morning.
Afterwards you will sail direction Corinth
Canal.
Stop for the night at Corinth or at the eastern side
of the canal.
Day 6 Aegina (
The closest island
to Athens, yet it has a surprisingly peaceful country side covered with pistachio
trees.
Aegina is Greece’s premier producer
of pistachio nuts.
Some carriages are waiting
for customers along the port and there
are many café terraces by the waterfront where you can
enjoy an ouzo in the evening.
If you prefer a more cosy place, you can stop for the night in the small port of Perdika, a relaxing fishing village with some tavernas along
the seafront.
Day 7 Aegina
- Kalamaki (
In the morning you can
visit the temple of Aphaia, overlooking the bay of Agia
Marina on the east coast.
This
impressive temple stands on a pine-covered hill with views
over the Saronic Gulf and
it is said
to be even more beautiful than the Parthenon.
It
consisted of
32 magnificent columns, from which nowadays
only 24 are intact.
The
temple is not very large in
proportion, but you will be impressed by its beauty and ‘artistic grandeur’.
The
magnificent sight of this subleme sanctuary
will not fail to lift your spirits, as you walk away
and turn around for the last time by the road.
Sail across the Saronic Gulf direction Piraeus (Kalamaki).
You
can take the tramway (by the exit of the port) and spend
the evening in Plaka in the centre of Athens.
Day 8 Disembarkation
at
If you have time enough before your
departure, you can leave your
luggage with the supervisor of the base and go and explore Athens.
