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Route · 7 days · one-wayYacht charter route · Ionian

Corfu via Kassiopi & Sagiada.

Sail from Corfu to the Diapontia islands, Sagiada and Sivota's Blue Lagoon on a 7-day north Ionian yacht charter: castles, coves and calm working ports.

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Kassiopi
Day 1

Corfu (Gouvia Marina) → Kassiopi

A gentle 14-mile shakedown up Corfu's green east coast to Kassiopi, a working fishing harbour under a ruined castle and Mount Pantokrator.

Distance

9 NM

Sailing

~1.8h at 5 kn

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Best season

May – mid-October (peak Jun – Sep, calmer winds)

Duration

7 days

Departure

Corfu

Sailing area

Ionian

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Day 1 / 7
Kassiopi
1
Day 1

Corfu (Gouvia Marina) → Kassiopi

Collect the boat at Gouvia and clear the marina by mid-morning; the maestro stays soft until early afternoon, so the first hours under sail are usually the calmest of the week. The coast slides past in olive terraces and the odd whitewashed monastery, the mountain growing at your shoulder. Kassiopi sits at the northeast corner, its harbour tucked below a Byzantine and Angevin fortress you can walk up to in twenty minutes. We usually swim first, at Bataria or Kanoni, two pebble coves a short stroll from the quay. Albania is close enough across the strait to pick out cars on the far road. Evening is for the harbour tavernas and a plate of pastitsada, the cinnamon-scented beef and pasta that Corfu does better than anywhere. Book a berth ahead in July and August.

Things to do

Climb to the Byzantine-Angevin castle ruins

Swim the pebbles at Bataria and Kanoni

Drive up Mount Pantokrator (906 m)

Pastitsada at a harbour-front taverna

Mooring tip

The village quay is small and fills fast in season, so aim to arrive before four or pre-book. Avlaki bay, a mile east, gives good holding on sand in 4-6 m if the harbour is full.

Ereikoussa
2
Day 2

Kassiopi → Ereikoussa

This is the first proper open-water leg, so leave early. Once you round the north cape the coast falls away and it is just the three Diapontia specks on the horizon. Ereikoussa is the nearest and the smallest, home to a few dozen people through winter and a scatter of houses around one harbour. There is little to do here, which is rather the point. Bragini, the island's sandy beach, shelves gently and stays warm; a path climbs to the hilltop chapel for a long view back toward the Albanian mountains. Snorkelling off the rocks is clear and unhurried. Ashore, the tavernas run on whatever the boats brought in, and bianco, the local white fish stew heavy with garlic, is the thing to order. Nights here are dark and very quiet.

Things to do

Swim and laze at Bragini beach

Walk up to the hilltop chapel

Snorkel the clear rocky shallows

Order bianco, the garlic white-fish stew

Mooring tip

The little harbour quay is first-come and shallow, so sound your way in. In settled weather anchor on sand off Bragini beach in 4-6 m, well sheltered from the south and southeast.

Ereikoussa
3
Day 3

Ereikoussa → Ereikoussa

A day to do very little, or to potter west to Othonoi if the crew wants a sail. Othonoi is the largest and most westerly of the Diapontia, four miles across open water, with a small harbour on its south side and a couple of tavernas at Ammos. The draw is Aspri Ammos, a white cove reached best by tender, and the sea cave beside it that locals tie to the Calypso myth. Back on Ereikoussa the rhythm is beach, shade, a long lunch of tomatoes and feta, and not much else. Come dusk the kafeneio by the water fills up with the island's handful of regulars over raki and cards. If you make the Othonoi run, plan it as a day trip and be back on your Ereikoussa berth before the evening breeze.

Things to do

Tender into Aspri Ammos and Calypso's cave

Picnic in the shade at Bragini

Optional 4-mile sail to Othonoi

Raki and cards at the kafeneio

Mooring tip

Othonoi's harbour at Ammos is a small first-come quay best used by day. Hold your overnight berth back on Ereikoussa rather than trusting a late spot on Othonoi.

Sagiada
4
Day 4

Ereikoussa → Sagiada

Turn back toward the mainland on a broad reach, twenty miles east to Sagiada. This is a genuine working port rather than a resort: nets drying on the quay, small boats coming and going, and a line of seafood tavernas facing the water. The Kalamas delta spreads just to the south, a reed-and-lagoon wetland that is one of the better birdwatching corners of the region; herons and, in the right season, flamingos work the shallows at first light. Mussel and oyster beds out in the estuary supply the tables, so eat shellfish here and eat it fresh. The village itself is a handful of lanes that empty by mid-evening. From Sagiada it is a short run to the border, and ancient Butrint over in Albania is within reach as a day trip if your paperwork is in order.

Things to do

Dawn birdwatching over the Kalamas delta

Eat estuary mussels at a quayside taverna

Wander the working fishing harbour

Day-trip to ancient Butrint in Albania

Mooring tip

Sagiada is a small fishing-port quay, first-come and best entered slowly. A crossing into Albania needs a transit log arranged in advance, so sort the paperwork before you sail if Butrint is on the plan.

Mourtos
5
Day 5

Sagiada → Mourtos

An easy leg down the coast to Sivota, where a knot of low islets shelters the water everyone comes for. The Blue Lagoon sits between the Mourtos islands, so shallow and pale that the boat seems to float on light; anchor off and spend the middle of the day in it, swimming or on a board. Bella Vraka, the sandbar linking two of the islets, is worth the wade across at low water. Come evening, move into Sivota itself and take a berth along the waterfront, where the tavernas run right to the quay. Bourdeto, a fierce red scorpionfish stew, is the local plate to try. The bay fills with masthead lights after dark and the front stays lively, so this is the sociable night of the week rather than the quiet one.

Things to do

Anchor and swim the Blue Lagoon

Wade the Bella Vraka sandbar

Paddleboard between the Mourtos islets

Bourdeto scorpionfish stew on the Sivota front

Mooring tip

Take a stern-to berth along the Sivota waterfront for the night, arriving early in season for a front-row spot. The Blue Lagoon is a daytime swim anchorage only; it is exposed and busy, so do not plan to lie there overnight.

Corfu
6
Day 6

Mourtos → Corfu

The way home is the longest sail of the week, so leave the Sivota front in good time. If the crew is willing, break the run at Paleokastritsa on Corfu's west coast, a string of coves under wooded cliffs with a hilltop monastery watching over them; Homer's readers have long placed the wreck of Odysseus somewhere along this shore. From there round the island for the final approach to Corfu Town. The old town is UNESCO-listed and rewards an aimless wander: the arcaded Liston built by the French, narrow Venetian lanes, and shops selling kumquat liqueur and gold-thread embroidery. For the last dinner, find a courtyard taverna and order sofrito, the Corfiot veal braised slow in wine, garlic and vinegar. Berth back at Gouvia for the night unless you have arranged a short-stay spot in town.

Things to do

Break the passage at Paleokastritsa's coves

Visit the hilltop Theotokos monastery

Wander the Liston and Venetian lanes

Sofrito veal at a courtyard taverna

Mooring tip

Gouvia Marina is the practical overnight and the base you hand back to. The town quays are short-stay only and get congested, so treat Corfu Town as a walk-and-dine stop rather than a berth unless you have booked ahead.

Corfu
7
Day 7

Corfu → Check-out

The last morning belongs to the handover. Have the boat cleaned and the tanks topped the evening before so check-out at Gouvia is unhurried, and confirm your fuel slot early. If there is time before you leave, take the bus or a taxi into town for a proper Corfiot send-off. Sit under the arcades of the Liston with a coffee and watch the Spianada, the vast green esplanade where, thanks to the British, cricket is still played through summer. The Museum of Asian Art in the old palace is a genuinely good hour if the weather turns. Pick up olive-wood or a bottle of kumquat on the way back. It is a soft end to a week that mixed offshore islands, a working border coast and the busiest lagoon in the Ionian.

Things to do

Coffee under the Liston arcades

Stroll the Spianada esplanade

Visit the Museum of Asian Art

Buy kumquat liqueur and olive wood

Mooring tip

Handover is at Gouvia Marina. Clean the boat and settle the fuel the evening before so the morning check-out and inventory go quickly.

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