My Happy Place

When I was 13, I visited the small island of Corfu for my cousins wedding and had the time of my life. Since then I always dreamt about going back. 6 years later and I've just got back from showing the island (predominantly the North) off to Harry!

Corfu isn't unknown. You may know it for it's party destination, Kavos, or because it was the birth place of Prince Phillip. The capital, Corfu Town or Kerkyra, is a port city with two fortresses and pretty shopping streets, whilst the old town is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. But despite this long history and copious amount of culture, I simply love the clear waters, the sandy beaches and the laid back atmosphere. 'Paradise' often comes to mind. 

Me and Harry stayed in the resort of Sidari, which is on the Northern coast of the island, and the same place where I stayed with my family all those years ago, in the same hotel - the Cyprotel Corfu Panorama. It was such a weird experience when we first arrived. The resort and the hotel have hardly changed at all since I was last there. It felt so familiar, almost like I'd never left. 

The hotel itself was lovely. We had an amazing view of the beach and the Canal D'amour, and even the Albanian mountains! The Cyprotel Corfu Panorama is a group of buildings up on the hillside - an army of beautiful salmon pink walls, away from a lot of the other hotels so even though you were in the resort, you could still have a bit of privacy from it. It's a 5/10 minute walk down the hill to the strip and the beach, which isn't far at all. The room was a bit basic, but it was clean, airy and the view made up for everything, so we couldn't really complain. The food was amazing! We've been to all inclusives before *cheers to the free drinks!* and we weren't expecting anything special but every day the food was different and of really great quality! Top dishes included braised veal with white wine and spinach and feta parcels.

Throughout the week we went on four excursions, which we booked with Vlasseros Travel. On the second night we visited Corfu Town where we watched the sun go down, had dinner, and wondered about the little lanes of shops. We then spent the next day at Paleokastriksta on the beach and also visited a small aquarium, where we got to hold a bearded dragon and a small snake! Our third day was spent in Kassiopi, which is a small harbour town, which has a number of small shops and restaurants, and also has a couple of gorgeous beaches. It was such a shame that we had thunderstorms on this particular day because it would have been paradise in the sunshine!

We had a bit of a chill out day by the pool on the Sunday, before spending the Monday at the Aqualand water park! I'm all for a good water park and Aqualand does not let you down! There are a number of slides - the rubber ring ones were definitely my favourite - a lazy river, and the third largest wave pool in Europe! 

Corfu is my happy place and for a week I got to live my dream. I never wanted to leave and I will definitely be back! 

Georgia.xo