Corfu City Guide

Corfu (Kerkyra) is the lush, green crown of Greece's Ionian Islands - an emerald landscape of cypress and olive groves fringed by limestone coves. Its UNESCO-listed Old Town is one of Europe's best-preserved historic centres, blending Venetian fortresses, French arcades and British colonial-era architecture. That layered heritage, an international airport and a long-established luxury-villa scene make Corfu the benchmark market of the Ionian, attracting Europe's wealthy second-home buyers - the northeast 'Kensington-on-Sea' enclave (Kassiopi-Nissaki-Agni) has long drawn British and HNW families. Greece imposes no general restriction on foreigners buying property; non-EU buyers need a Greek tax number. For residency, the Golden Visa uses tiered thresholds: EUR 800,000 in high-demand areas, which include all islands with over 3,100 inhabitants. Corfu's island population (~101,600) places it firmly in the EUR 800,000 band (single property, minimum 120 sqm), not the EUR 400,000 standard tier.