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Ferry Operators that offer ferry sailings to/from Corfu

Ferry Operators that offer ferry sailings to/from Corfu:

Ventouris Ferries operates the Bari, Italy, to Igoumenitsa, Greece, via Corfu route. There are two daily departures during the high summer season, with three weekly sailings during the low season. Crossings take 12 ½ hours to reach Igoumenitsa and 11 hours to reach Corfu.

Hellenic Mediterranean Lines also operates ferry crossings to Brindisi. Hellenic Mediterranean offers six ferry sailings a week during July and August between Brindisi and Corfu. This is reduced to once or twice a month during the other months - journey times are roughly 13 hours.

ANEK Lines operates several routes that include Corfu. One route is to Trieste, in Italy, via Igoumenitsa, six times a week, with a journey time of 22 hours. This sailing actually originates in Patras in Greece. ANEK Lines' other Italy route, from Patras to Ancona, calls at Corfu en route and runs daily during the summer months. The number of crossings is reduced to six per week during the low season. The total journey time is 19 ½ hours.

Minoan Ferries operates sailings to Venice, with departures every day except Wednesdays. The journey time is 24 hours. The company also offers daily sailings to Igoumenitsa and Patras, calling at Corfu en route. Patras to Corfu takes 6 ½ hours and Corfu to Igoumenitsa takes 8 hours. Sailings vary during the season, with daily sailings during the summer months.

Superfast Ferries operates the Corfu-Brindisi route daily, with a journey time of 7 hours. Also the Brindisi to Igoumenitsa route is serviced once daily and stops at Corfu en route. Some of these ferry sailings may be operated by Blue Star Ferries, a sister company of Superfast Ferries.

Source: www.AFerry.to

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about Corfu

Corfu (ancient and modern Greek: Κέρκυρα) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It lies off the coast of Albania, from which it is separated by straits varying in length from 3 to 23 km (2 to 15 mi), including one near Butrint and a longer one west of Thesprotia.

The island is part of the Corfu Prefecture. The principal town of the island is also named Corfu, or Kerkyra in Greek. 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.

Appropriately enough, this being an island after all, its name 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 Asopos and river nymph Metope, and abducted her, as was the custom among gods of that era - Zeus himself was a serial offender.

Poseidon brought her to the hitherto unnamed island and, being in marital bliss, offered her name to the place. 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 ambience of the place.