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Sightseeing in Town

(Area 592 sq. km)

The Archaeological Museum,tel.: (26610) 30.680, (26610) 38.124, the Byzantine Museum housed in the Church of the Panayia Antivouniotissa (closed for the time being);
the Museum of Oriental Art, tel.: (26610) 30.443, (26610) 38.124, in the English Palace of St. Michael and St. George;
the Town Hall, a superb example of Venetian architecture built in 1663; the Byzantine church of Sts. Jason and Sosipater (12th century) with fine frescoes;
the church of Corfu's patron Saint Spyridon with its valuable icons and collection of gold and silver ex voto offerings; the Old Fort; the New Fort, constructed between 1576 and 1588; and the Platytera Monastery with its rare post-Byzantine icons.