Corfu enjoys a typical Mediterranean climate with summers that are hot and dry. Heavey rains falls during the three months of winter, keeping the island green all year round. Spring comes to the island in February, and the weather warm enough for swimming continues until early November.11111

Because of the island’s superb climate and the fertility of it’s soil, and also because of the strategic geocraphical location guarding the southern neck of the Adriatic Sea between Italy and Greece, Corfu has always been a prize for conquerors. After being part of the civilization af Ancient Greece, it was ruled by the Romans, Byzantines, Normans and Angevins, before a 400- year period of stability under the Venetian republic, which protected it from invasions by the Turks. Subsequently the island was occupied by the French and then the British. In 1864, Corfu became a part of Greece. The influence of Corfu’s many rulers is evident today in the character of the island, in its archaeological remains, in its historic buildings and in its cultural heritage.

Although Corfu has been a part of Greece since less than 150 years, it is hard to imagine the Corfiot people being anything other than Greek. Of course there are the idiosyncratic British legacies of cricket, ginger beer and even Christmas pudding, but the Corfiot heart belongs to Greece.Christianity was established early, and greek Orthodox is predominant religion, with also a small Catholic community, and a limited nowadays community of Jews.The population of the island is approximately 125.000 of which 40.000 live in Corfu town.