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Corfu Trail waymark

The CT is described here as a south–north route. It would be tricky, although by no means impossible, to walk in the opposite direction; however waymarks can be hard to spot and the route description awkward to follow.

Several UK travel agencies arrange for guided holidays on sections of the Corfu Trail, booking middle and top-end accommodation along with daily luggage transport as well as transfers. However, savvy walkers can easily do it themselves with the help of this Guide.

The old path to Krini leads through shady olive groves (Corfu Trail, Stage 7)

Plants and flowers

Corfu is smothered with huge numbers of glorious Mediterranean blooms and aromatic plants throughout the spring and summer. The seashore alone is home to myriad wildflowers. Clumps of grey velvety cottonweed (Otanthus maritimus) grow on the seaward side of low sand dunes, their thick stems lined with masses of lightly serrated leaves and topped with tiny tufted yellow blooms. The bushy everlasting or curry plant (Helichrysum) has unassuming woolly flowers of a golden hue at the tip of slender stems punctuated with silvery needle-like leaves: these release a curry-like aroma when rubbed.