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Useful Telephone Numbers
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- Police: 100
- 24hr Pharmacy: 107
- Hospital: 106
- Roadside assistance for car problems: 10400
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About Corfu Island
Corfu (Greek: Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, Ancient Greek Κέρκυρα or Κόρκυρα, Latin: Corcyra, Italian Corfù) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It lies off the coast of Albania. The principal town of the island is also named Corfu, or Kérkyra in Greek, as is its municipality. Corfu is home to the Ionian University.
The island is steeped in history and it is perennially connected to the history of Greece starting from Greek mythology. Its Greek name, Kerkyra, is connected to two powerful water symbols: Poseidon, god of the sea and Asopos, an important Greek mainland river. According to myth, Poseidon fell in love with the beautiful nymph Korkyra, daughter of Asopus and river nymph Metope, and abducted her, as was the custom among gods of that era's myths. Poseidon brought her to the hitherto unnamed island and, being in marital bliss, offered her name to the place: Korkyra, which gradually evolved to Kerkyra. Together, they had a child they called Phaiax, after whom the inhabitants of the island were named: Phaiakes, that was then transliterated via Latin to Phaeacians.
This myth, with its themes of romance between a powerful god and a beautiful nymph, with a trace of adventure, centred around the element of water, is suggestive of the special ambiance of the place.
The island's history is full of battles and conquests, indicative of Corfu's turbulent position in a historical vortex that lasted until modern times, when after the unification with modern Greece in 1864 the history of the island became one with the mainland's, with no more foreign intervention. The legacy of these struggles remains in the form of castles that exist in strategic locations all over the island. Two of these castles enclose the city. It is the only city in Greece to be surrounded by castles in this way, and as a result has officially been declared as a Kastropolis (Castle city) by the Greek Government.In 2007, the old town of the city was named on the UNESCO World Heritage List after a recommendation by ICOMOS.
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CORFU FACT SHEET
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GEOGRAPHY
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Coordinates:
39°40′N 19°45′E / 39.667, 19.75
Area:
[23] 592.877 km² (229 sq.mi.)
Capital:
Corfu (city)
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CODES
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Airport Code:
CFU
Postal Code:
49300, 49100
Area Code:
2661 - Corfu
2662 - Lefkimmi
2663 - rest Corfu
License Code:
KY
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TRANSPORTATION
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Corfu Airport
The airport offers domestic flights with Olympic Airlines (OA 600, 602 and 606) and Aegean Airlines (A3 402, 404 and 406). Air Sea Lines, a Greek seaplane operator offers scheduled flights from Corfu to Paxoi, Ioannina and Patras.
Corfu Port
Corfu has ferry services both by traditional ferries to Gaios in the island of Paxoi and as far as Patras and both traditional ferries and advanced Russian, retractable airfoil, hydrodynamic flow, high speed ferries called Flying Dolphins to Igoumenitsa and to Sarandë in neighboring Albania. There is also a small port of Lefkimmi at the southern tip of the island on Cape Kavos, that offers a ferry service to the mainland.
Corfu Motorways
Greek National Road 24, Cen., NW, Corfu - Palaiokastritsa;
Greek National Road 25, Cen., S, SE, Corfu - Lefkimi
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IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS
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United Kingdom Consulate:
2 Alexandras Av & Menekratous St. Corfu 49100;
Tel: +30 26610 30055
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