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Riverside cafés at Potami (Corfu Trail, Stage 1)

Sweets are never lacking, especially in Corfu Town and larger villages that have a café-cum-cake shop. The mouth-watering array of Greek desserts includes the all-time favourite baklava – layers of flaky filo pastry and chopped nuts, drenched in honey. Luscious thick Greek yoghurt is a common dessert. Walkers will appreciate pasteli – bars of honey with sesame or almonds – as they travel well.

As regards drinks, locally brewed and bottled ginger beer, originally introduced by the British, is especially refreshing after a walk: freshly squeezed orange juice is another contender. Portokalada is orangeade and lemonada the lemon equivalent.

Red, white and rosé wines are available, many home grown or hailing from other regions of Greece. Kumquacello is a bright orange sweetish liquor made with the rind of kumquats. This tiny citrus fruit, resembling a smaller version of a mandarin, was introduced to Corfu from Southeast Asia in the 1860s.

Tap water is fine to drink, unless specified otherwise. Bottled water shipped in from the mainland is always on sale.