Advantages: Those fantastic views. Disadvantages: Slippery when wet.
We visited the Achelleion Palace on Thursday 22 May as part of the Island Tour we had booked thru our Rep.
If staying in or near Corfu Town you can get there by Public Bus, check at Blue Bus Station in Corfu Town for times.
The day we visited it was pouring of rain so do not have any photos of gardens, and the trip around the Garden was brief, but even with limited Visability the views must be stunning, a reason to return.
Entrance to the Palace ... ...built between 1890-1893 in the Pompeian style by Italian Cardilo for Empress of Austria Elizabeth.
You enter the entrance hall to be faced with a fantastic Stair case, also a beautiful painted ceiling.
The upper floors are private apartments so the Visit is of the Ground Floor only.
These rooms contain Pictures of the Empress, but are early pictures only as the Empress was very concerned that age would not do her any favours.. Also she was probably ...
poshtroika 01.06.2008
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