Palaiokastritsa ( el, Παλαιοκαστρίτσα meaning ''Little Old Castle place'', referring to nearby Angelokastro) is a village in northwestern

Corfu Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

. Corfu has been suggested to be the mythical island of the

Phaeacians Scheria or Scherie (; grc, Σχερία or ), also known as Phaeacia () or Faiakia was a region in Greek mythology, first mentioned in Homer's ''Odyssey'' as the home of the Phaeacians and the last destination of Odysseus in his 10-year journey b ...

and the bay of Palaiokastritsa to be the place where Odysseus disembarked and met

Nausicaa Nausicaa (; grc, Ναυσικάα, Nausikáa, or , ) also spelled Nausicaä or Nausikaa, is a character in Homer's ''Odyssey''. She is the daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia. Her name means "burner of ships" ( 'ship'; 'to b ...

for the first time. The monastery in Palaiokastritsa, which dates from 1225, houses a museum.

Administrative history

Palaiokastrites was a former municipality on the island of

, Ionian Islands,

. Its including area was defined around the original village of Palaiokastritsa. Since the 2019 local government reform Palaiokastrites is part of the municipality of

Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands Central Corfu and Diapontian Islands ( el, Κεντρική Κέρκυρα και Διαπόντια Νησιά ''Kentriki Kerkyra kai Diapontia Nisia'') is a municipality in the Ionian Islands region in Greece. It covers the central part of the ...

as a smaller municipal unit. It has a land area of 48.379 km² and a population of 4,068 (2011 census) and is located on the west coast of Corfu just south of Angelokastro. The seat of the formerly independent Palaiokastriton municipality was the town of Lakones (pop. 384). The largest villages are Liapades (pop. 879),

Doukades Doukades ( el, Δουκάδες) is a village and a community in the northwestern part of the island of Corfu. It is located in the municipal unit of Palaiokastritsa. In 2011 its population was 630 for the village and 724 for the community, inc ...

(627), Skriperó (500), and Lákones.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Palaiokastriton is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Lakones (Lakones, Palaiokastritsa) * Aleimmatades (Aleimmatades, Agia Anna) * Gardelades *

(Doukades, Papathanatika) * Krini * Liapades (Liapades, Gefyra) * Makrades (Makrades, Vistonas) * Skripero (Skripero, Felekas)

Gallery

File:Corfu_Paleokastritsa_Beach_R01.jpg, Main beach File:Corfu_Paleokastritsa_Agios_Spiridonos_R01.jpg, Agios Spiridonos church near the main beach File:Corfu_Paleokastritsa_Monastery_R01.jpg, Monastery: entrance File:Corfu_Paleokastritsa_Monastery_R02.jpg, Monastery: inside the church File:Corfu_Paleokastritsa_Monastery_R03.jpg, Monastery: graveyard File:PalaiokastritsaCorfuJuly152022.jpg, Paleokastritsa bay

External links

Video on Palaiokastritsa from ERT's travelling program ''Traveling in Greece'' (''Menoume Ellada'')

Palaiokastritsa Travel Guide (Corfu) The weather in Corfu and Paleokastritsa

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Corfu (regional unit) Beaches of Greece Seaside resorts in Greece Tourist attractions in the Ionian Islands (region)