Vitalades and Gardenos Beach

Vitalades gives beach days a clear point of reference: Gardenos Beach lies on the west coast below the village. At the beach, you can sunbathe, swim and relax. To get there, drive through the traditional village of Vitalades. This connects the place name with a specific coastal focal point and activities that alternate between being in the water and relaxing at the beach.

Gardenos Beach as a beach-day focal point

The water at Gardenos Beach is described as calm and shallow, and considered safe for families with children. At the same time, water conditions can vary. This provides families with guidance, while remaining dependent on the situation at the time.

Gardenos Beach has showers, as well as restaurants and tavernas along the coast. If these amenities are important for your beach day, check in advance what will be available at the time. This lets you plan around the facilities that matter for your day, without assuming a particular operating status.

When looking for a holiday apartment in Vitalades, you can start with the kind of day you want: should the beach be the main focus, or would you also like to include culture and hiking on Corfu? Gardenos Beach is a specific point of reference for the first option. Sunbathing, swimming and relaxing give your beach day different accents, without requiring a set itinerary.

Corfu: culture and trails as other focal points

Those interested in history as well as beach days will find a different focus on Corfu. Corfu Old Town has preserved almost all of its historic urban fabric; its buildings date from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Together with the two fortresses, the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The townscape and fortresses offer a clear contrast to the beach focus of Gardenos Beach.

The Museum of Asian Art in Corfu Old Town contains more than 11,000 objects from China, Japan, India, the Himalayas and Central Asia. The regions of origin give the collection a broad geographical perspective. For your travel planning, this is a distinct cultural theme, different from the architectural history of the Old Town.

The Archaeological Museum of Corfu displays the Gorgon Medusa pediment from the great Temple of Artemis. The work was created in 585 BC and excavated in 1911 near the Monastery of Aghioi Theodoroi. The museum was built primarily to display this pediment. Here, a single significant temple relief takes centre stage, while the collection of the Museum of Asian Art includes objects from several world regions.

Hiking is another possible focus on Corfu. In the municipal unit of Achilleion, ancient paths wind through the wooded mountains of Agii Deka, Stavros and Garouna and are suitable for hiking. The 180-kilometre Corfu Trail is on a different scale: it passes through several settlements and includes Benitses as one of its 13 overnight stops. These details distinguish paths in wooded mountains from a long route with several overnight stops.

Discover more destinations: Kanakades, Agia Triada, Boukaris, Roumanades, Nisaki, Agnitsini, Katavolos, Kentroma.

For the main travel overview: Corfu.