The Mon-Repos & City Tour

Leave the port of Corfu and after a panoramic drive arrive in Palaiopolis with the nearby Palace of  
Mon Repos. The Palace was built at the beginning of the 19^th century by one of the British high commissionaires of the Island   as a wedding present to his wife who belonged to a noble Corfiot family “Palatianou” . In this Palace was born Phillip husband of Queen Elisabeth of England in 1921. On the 21^st of May 1864 the Mon Repos Palace was offered to Greek Royal family as a summer Palace.

In the year 2000 the Palace was turned into a museum.   The museum is located in the Mon Repos estate with very reach vegetation, especially with plants coming from England. After wading the gardens enter the museum which contains a large variety of exhibits, presenting the long Corfu history: archaeological findings, furniture and dresses of the British-rule period, flower paintings and other mementoes of the Corfu history and life. After your guided tour in the museum, embark the buses and drive back to the town. During the drive marvel from a distance the old fortress in Garitsa’s Gulf. On your way back to the port, stop in Corfu Town and visit on foot, the St. Spyridon Church, the patron saint of Corfu, or for those who would like, stroll through the numerous narrow balconied streets. Afterwards, return directly back to the ship