{"id":2926,"date":"2017-09-11T13:50:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T12:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/?p=2926"},"modified":"2018-07-12T14:02:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T13:02:23","slug":"corfu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/","title":{"rendered":"CORFU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sun, sea and beautiful views was just what I wanted for my short break away and beyond the party town of Kavos, the picturesque island that is Corfu was the perfect place to be.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_1600-1.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_1600-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&text=CORFU\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_1600-1.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Corfu Old town was our first stop and we spent the day wandering along the harbour and seeing the sights this small town had to offer. We took a quick trip to the Old Fortress, sitting in the background of my snap, and loved watching the luxurious yachts and small fishing boats coming into harbour.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2600-1.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2600-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&text=CORFU\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2600-1.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Our next stop took us across the island to Paleokastritsa, a small resort on the northwest coast. The resort was nestled between Jurassic like landscapes with many secluded beaches dotted along the coastline. The seas were crystal clear and a brilliant turquoise colour so we spent most of our days snorkelling along the rocks and exploring the secret beaches and caves you could only swim to.<\/p>\n<p>One thing we noticed was travelling by coach is definitely the best way to get around and you can pretty much get anywhere on the island for no more than 5 euros!<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_3600-1.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_3600-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&text=CORFU\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_3600-1.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4600-1.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4600-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&text=CORFU\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4600-1.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>This beach was my favourite to visit and had the best to offer for snorkelling. I even caught a sight of a sneaky octopus, with only a moving tentacle giving away its camouflaged hiding spot.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_5600-1.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_5600-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&text=CORFU\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_5600-1.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6600-1.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6600-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&text=CORFU\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6600-1.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>A small monastery stood on a hillside just off one of the beaches. It was a steep climb up a dusty path and through wild trees to get to the top but the climb was worth it to see the stunning views across the blue sea.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_7600-1.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_7600-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&text=CORFU\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_7600-1.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>I love looking back on this photo taken on our last night. We had the most amazing rooftop meal where we devoured a huge selection of traditional Greek meze. I think any Greek Island is beautiful but as we watched the sun slowly setting across the harbour, Corfu has definitely become my favourite.<\/p>\n\n\t<ul id=\"socialbar\" class=\"x8\" style=\"margin-top:0px; float:left;\">\n\t\t<li class=\"tw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&text=CORFU\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"pi\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"gp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/&title=CORFU\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul><ul id=\"socialbar\" class=\"fb-live\">\n\t<li style=\"margin-top:1px\">\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/corfu\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-action=\"like\"data-show-faces=\"false\" data-share=\"true\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\n\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sun, sea and beautiful views was just what I wanted for my short break away and beyond the party town of Kavos, the picturesque&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2926"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3109,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions\/3109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}