Wednesday, 27 July 2016

CORFU, GREECE

Palaiokastritsa (Greek: Παλαιοκαστρίτσα meaning Old Castle place, referring to nearby Angelokastro) is a village in the North West of the island of Corfu. Palaiokastritsa has a land area of 48.379 km² and a population of 4,395 (2001 census) and is located on the west coast of Corfu just south of Angelokastro.

 Corfu has been suggested to be the mythical island of the Phaeacians, and the bay of Palaiokastritsa to be the place where Odysseus disembarked and met Nausicaa for the first time. A rock in the sea just visible from the shore is considered by the locals to be the mythical petrified ship of Odysseus. The side of the rock toward the mainland is curved in such a way as to resemble the extended sail of a trireme. The monastery in Palaiokastritsa dates from 1225. There is a museum inside.

 This post is part of the Travel Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Wednesday Waters meme,
and also part of the Waterworld Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.

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10 comments:

  1. Pondside27 July 2016 at 18:11

    What a beautiful view!! *sigh*

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  2. Fun6027 July 2016 at 21:07

    It looks so inviting.

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  3. Mandy28 July 2016 at 00:40

    So gorgeous! <3. :)

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  4. Suzy28 July 2016 at 04:27

    Very pretty...love the blue water!

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  5. Amit Agarwal28 July 2016 at 12:44

    Fabulous!

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  6. NCSue28 July 2016 at 13:03

    Beautiful shot - what a lovely location.
    Thanks for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2016/07/bottoms-up.html

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  7. MelodyK28 July 2016 at 16:28

    Wonderful photo Nick.... you could earn money with them, ;-) for travelling brochures and promoting all of Greece's beauty

    Have a nice ABC-W-Day / – week
    ♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc-w-team)
    http://melodymusic.nl/abc-wednesday-19-c/

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  8. Roger Owen Green1 August 2016 at 01:55

    Yes, the water is quite pretty!


    ROG, ABCW

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  9. Molly1 August 2016 at 22:52

    I have been here. Only once and it was long ago but it has not changed that much

    Mollyxxx

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  10. Gemma Wiseman2 August 2016 at 14:00

    Spectacular view. The blue of the water is magical.

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