Why “Delfinia” and Corfu

… because the hotel has an exotic garden just beside the light blue sea, it is situated very close to the cute village of Moraitika and offers high level facilities in a friendly atmosphere; and, once there you will feel that you want to come back again and again.

… because Corfu is one of the most interesting and beautiful places of Greece!

… because the locals are known for the craze and insouciance of their character, which has made them popular all over the world.

… because music is written in the DNA of the people and you feel like it is embedded in the landscape; nowhere else can you find so many music bands and chorals in such small a place.

… because you will be amazed when attending the Epitaph process in the morning of Holy Saturday, which is followed by the throwing of ceramics from the balconies of the town of Corfu in an atmosphere of craze and joy.

… because the locals deeply feel and express the joy of life, they are open hearted and spontaneous and will offer you their hearty laugh and sincere feelings from the very first moment you will reach their island.

… because the natural environment in Corfu and especially around Moraitika is fascinating and offers a landscape which, despite the appearance of wildness, is mild and friendly to the visitors.

… because the locals have deep faith and affection for Aghios Spyridon, their local saint, and the miracles he has worked ; they turn to him for good and bad and consider their saint as a family member

… because culture, education and intellectual life has a long tradition on this island and you will surely hear the locals to pride upon the fact that their island is the homeland of the first modern University on Greek territory: the well known Ionian Academy.

… because distances from one place to another are pretty short and staying at “Delfinia you will have the chance to enjoy nightlife at Moraitika or the town of Corfu, visit monuments of the past, wander around and enjoy every beauty of the place: the friendly natural environment, the amazing sea, the hot bright sun…

Shopping – Local products
The market of Corfu is pretty big and well supplied with all every day products. You will certainly find in abundance the most popular souvenirs, available in all tourist places of Greece. However, don’t miss to go for the local products, all of them very interesting and tasty. Try the local olive oil, very tasty and fine. The spoonful sweet made of the fruit kumquat, from which they also make the homonymous liquor, sounds very exotic and has an unforgettable taste. You should also taste and bring back home “mandolata”, a white soft sweet with almonds, “mandoles” (caramelized almonds), “pasteli” (a sweet made of honey and sesame), excellent “spoonful sweets” (fruits boiled in syrup and offered in small quantity, only a spoonful), biscuits, several etiquettes of high quality local wines and ouzo.

Cooking of Corfu
The original traditional cooking will impress the most demanding palate. You may taste local dishes, sweets and drinks in numerous traditional taverns in the town, in the coastal fish tavernsas well as in the small taverns of the inland mountainous villages. And of course, at the restaurant of our hotel you will find excellent dishes of European and Greek cooking and several choices of creative local cooking.

Most of the recipes of local cooking are unique and original and are not found elsewhere in Greece. Local cooking is pretty far from the oriental cooking common in the rest of Greece, and recalls the Venetian taste from which the kitchen of Corfu has been influenced. Even the names of the dishes keep their names for ages. “Pastitsada” is a unique way of cooking rooster or veal in tomato sauce, seasoned with pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and accompanied with macheroni. “Bourdeto” is pieces of big fish cooked in picant sauce; “sofrito” is veal tenderloin cooked with garlic, parsley and vinegar.

But, as the Corfiots state, your experience of Corfu will remain incomplete if you don’t taste “sykomaida”, a paste of fig seasoned with pepper (it goes very well with ouzo) and drink the pretty refreshing “tsitsibira”. This is the way to fully understand the spirit of the island!

When at the town of Corfu don’t miss
… to visit the church of Aghios Spyridon where it is kept the relic of the Saint
… to loaf away at the windows of the local shops in the “cantounia”, the narrow scenic streets of the old town
… to visit Achilleion
… to visit the churches of the town
… to eat in a traditional tavern with local cooking
… to enjoy your coffee or sweet at Liston, watching the people passing by
… to take a walk in Mon Repos Park
… to stroll around at Kanoni
… to visit Pontikonissi
… to catch the wheel train for a round to the town
… to see the two old forts of the town