Six days, 569 photos, the second Ionian island in two years
Read from 569 photo timestamps across six days and ~13 named localities spanning Corfu's full N-S extent.
Six July days on Corfu, the second Ionian island in two years after Kefalonia. The week ran evenly, with the loudest day the north-coast run out to the Sidari and Peroulades cliffs. The shape is a Corfu-town base and four roving days touching the west beaches at Palaiokastritsa, the quiet north peninsula, and the southern tip at Lefkimmi - all of it at a markedly easier rhythm than the prior year’s Kefalonia, the camera out roughly half as much.
Fly in and settle at the Corfu-town base, the first evening spent wandering the old town. A steady arrival day - already engaged with the place, not just landing.
A wide west-coast sweep - the famous bays of Palaiokastritsa the centrepiece, but a roving day around them rather than a single beach, threading the hill villages of Pelekas and Sinarades on the way.
The northern peninsula around Kassopaia - quieter coast than the headline beaches, a steady, unhurried day away from the crowds.
The southern Corfu day, reaching down past Agios Gordios to Lefkimmi at the island’s far tip - the farthest the trip got from the town base.
The peak of the trip - the north-west tip, the Canal d’Amour rock formations at Sidari and the dramatic sunset cliffs at Peroulades. The week saved its biggest day for its most photogenic coast.
A few frames at the airport and the flight home. The trip was really over on Monday evening; this is just the way back.
The 40% softer photo cadence vs Kefalonia 2023 is the more interesting reading than any geographic off-path score. Same Ionian Sea, same island-base structure, but the user dialed the photographic effort down by nearly half — possibly a return-to-Greece comfort signal, possibly a hotter mid-July week. The data carries the difference without explaining the cause.
The coast was the trip; the interior and the fortress were skipped. The user toured Corfu’s perimeter — N peninsula, NW beaches, S tip, W coast — but the Achilleion-Mt-Pantokrator inland axis and the Paxos day-ferry were untouched. Pattern matches our trips: signature interiors get walked past, not entered.