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Corfu’s British-Era Public Buildings

Corfu’s British-Era Public Buildings

Corfu · Greece

8 stops
  • 4 languages
  • Quizzes
  • Offline

Walk through Corfu’s built legacy of British rule, from the British Rule Building “Italians’ Stable” and Mon Repos Park to the British Hospital and Porta Maggiore. Along the way, you will see how administrative, military, cultural and religious buildings shaped the city’s public landscape. The walk is worth taking for its close look at the architecture and civic spaces connected with this period.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 8. The rest are in the app.

  1. British Rule Building "Italians' Stable"

    British Rule Building "Italians' Stable"

    British Rule Building "Italians' Stable", an attraction in Corfu, Greece.

  2. Mon Repos Park

    Mon Repos Park

    Mon Repos Park is a park and tourism attraction in Corfu, Greece.

  3. Archaeological Museum of Corfu

    Archaeological Museum of Corfu

    A compact museum where Corfu’s ancient city speaks through the Gorgon pediment and Menecrates’ monuments.

  4. 2 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Maitland Monument

    Maitland Monument

    A British tribute that turned out to be a rotunda, built over a Venetian cistern.

  6. Porta Maggiore

    Porta Maggiore

    Porta Maggiore is an attraction in Corfu, Greece.

  7. British Hospital

    British Hospital

    British Hospital, a tourism attraction in Corfu, Greece

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. 2 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

2 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 8 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

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  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Something to answer

    A few questions as you leave a stop, written from the story you just heard.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.