North-East Corfu Luxury Villa

Corfu's south-east coast - and further afield

This area in the south of the island is largely undiscovered, and even many local Corfiots have never heard of ‘our’ beach, although it is one of the best on the island. There are few properties along the beach, just a taverna at the north end, (about five minutes’ walk from the villa) and a few villas at the southern end. The beach is approx 1.5km long, sand, easy flat walking (or jogging!)
The small town of Lefkimmi has approx 5,000 residents, and has retained many traditional elements, tall venetian style houses still stand, although many are un-renovated. It is one of the few places left in Corfu where you can often see local ladies in traditional dress, and it retains the relaxed family atmosphere so lacking in many newer resorts, with our guests being warmly welcomed everywhere. There are four tavernas on the river 2 km away from the house - Altro and Agkali serving interesting traditional food and super friendly, Ovelos for grills, Riverside Coffee bar for drinks and snacks - there is also a basic supermarket here.

Suggested local places to visit

West Coast Beaches - approx. 8km to the spectacular, wide sandy beach of Gardenos/Vitalades and 12km to Santa Barbara. Both of these have a great choice of tavernas.
Pontiglio Winery - excellent local winery offering tours of the vineyard as well as direct wine purchase.
Zervos Estate Winery - great local wines.
Mavroudis Olive Oils - wide selection of various olive oils and information on the process.
Lakeside Equestrian - horse rescue charity, visit the horses, taking carrots with you of course!
Night Life - Kavos 8km - bars, restaurants.
Ferry to Igoumenitsa - a one hour trip to mainland Greece. Many boat trips including Paxos/anti Paxos and Sivota (Blue Lagoon) leave from the port of Lefkimmi.

Getting Here

Sunrise Beach House is about 45 kilometres (an hour's drive) from Corfu Town, the port and airport. From the end of March until the beginning of November there are daily direct flights from the UK and during the summer there are scheduled and charter flights from all over Europe. At other times of the year both Olympic and Aegean fly daily from Athens. Another option is to travel by ferry from Italy with services from Venice, Ancona, Bari and Brindisi.
Another option is to travel via Lefkimmi Ferry Port which is 3 kilometres away.

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