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- Mount Pantokrator — The highest point on Corfu (about 900 m), and the place for the kind of panoramic sweep you don’t get on most Ionian island hikes: sea in three directions, Albania on a clear day, a simple whitewashed chapel at the top, and quiet village trails on the way up. It’s steep in parts but rewards you with sunrise/sunset lighting that makes everything glow.
- Paleokastritsa bays & monastery — A cluster of cliff-cut coves with impossibly clear water, sea caves you can peer into from the trail, and a clifftop monastery with old frescoes and a tiny museum. The coastal scenery here feels more dramatic than the typical pebble beach — lots of headland viewpoints and snorkeling opportunities if you want to cool off.
- Canal d’Amour / Drastis cliffs — Jagged limestone fingers, natural
- Mount Pantokrator — The highest point on Corfu (about 900 m), and the place for the kind of panoramic sweep you don’t get on most Ionian island hikes: sea in three directions, Albania on a clear day, a simple whitewashed chapel at the top, and quiet village trails on the way up. It’s steep in parts but rewards you with sunrise/sunset lighting that makes everything glow.
- Paleokastritsa bays & monastery — A cluster of cliff-cut coves with impossibly clear water, sea caves you can peer into from the trail, and a clifftop monastery with old frescoes and a tiny museum. The coastal scenery here feels more dramatic than the typical pebble beach — lots of headland viewpoints and snorkeling opportunities if you want to cool off.
- Canal d’Amour / Drastis cliffs — Jagged limestone fingers, natural arches and narrow channels where the sea carves the rock into weird shapes. This northwest stretch looks almost sculpted and makes a striking contrast to the olive-groved interiors of the island — great for sunset photos and for feeling properly remote without being far from small cafés.
- Lake Korission and the southern dunes — A coastal lagoon backed by shifting sand dunes and a thin sandbar that opens onto long beaches. It’s a real change of pace: salt-tolerant shrubs, migrating waders and herons, and quiet stretches of sand you can walk for miles. Ecologically interesting and one of the few places on the trail that feels like a true seaside wilderness.
- Kassiopi harbour & Byzantine fortress — A lively fishing village with a crumbling fortress right above the harbor, where the trail threads through olive groves and past old stone houses. This is the cultural side of the route: local bakeries, tavernas, and a real sense of community that reminds you you’re walking through lived-in landscape, not just postcard scenery.
Personal favorite: Mount Pantokrator — nothing beats that summit light and the view back over the whole island.
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Hi, I’m Johan (Netherlands 🇳🇱), the creator of TakeYourBackpack. Over the past decade, I’ve backpacked through 80+ countries across six continents, gaining extensive experience with independent travel, long-term trips, and overland routes.