Corfu Town Assassinations History Tour: Discover Greek and European Personalities
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Kerkira
Get acquainted with significant figures from the history of Greece and Europe. Discover the ‘unexpected departures’ that jolted the world and redirected the trajectory of history.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Corfu Old Town - Assassinations have been used as a mechanism to silence or alter political movements and subsequently change history. Often, these events were historically significant, bringing about chaos, fear, and change; often on a global scale.
Your guide will lead you on a walking tour through the dark and murky side of Corfu’s history. You will earn about assassinations from Greek and European history that in some way changed the course of history.
Many of these assassinated personalities came from Corfu Island, while others visited the island, or their death impacted Corfu in some way. The tragic endings of the lives of those who went on to become Greek heroes will also be covered by your guide.
During this tour you will realize how an assassination of a single person can lead to many deaths or change the course of history.
The tour is adapted only to adults.
What's Included
- Licensed tour guide
What's Not Included
- Transfers from / to the hotel, port, etc.
- Meals/Drinks
Additional Information
- The tour is adapted only to adults. Minimum age: 18 years old
- This tour is not recommended for pregnant or people who are physically challenged, and/or experience cardiovascular issues or asthma.
Location
Corfu Museum of Asian Art
Palea Anaktora
The meeting point is in front of the Palace of Saint George and Saint Michael (Museum of Asian Art) in Corfu Town. Your guide will be holding a lollipop sign with our agency’s logo.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Laurence91954
Oct 2, 2023
An historicaal tour of Corfu, fantastic value - The tour was fascinating. Our guide was Efi: charming, knowledgeable, helpful, and with perfect English. (I think she also offers the tour in German, but I'm not certain.) The historical material was very detailed, and to the extent that the incidents took place in Corfu town, Efi told us the stories at the sites where they happened. Stories is the key word: Efi structures her tour around a large number of historical narratives, which she illustrates by means of an extensive portfolio of historical photographs. This made the characters and incidents come alive for us beautifully. We crammed a great deal of information into the two hours (and overran by a few minutes). Thanks Efi, and if we manage to get back to Corfu we will hope to see you again for another tour.
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Superblend
Aug 8, 2023
Don't Miss This Tour - A fascinating alternative way of experiencing the complex web of Corfu's history. Each stop and story was fantastic on it's own, but where the tour really shined for me was the multiple "ah ha!" moments as I connected the dots between events.
We were lucky enough to be on one of the first official runs of this tour, but it was so seamless we would never have guessed it wasn't the 200th. The tour spanned a nice spectrum of stories, from the lighthearted to the grim and dark. Plenty of visual aids helped provide context on the who/what/when of each stop. Incredibly grateful that we were able to meet Efi and experience this tour during our brief time in Corfu.
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I8759gaingridj
Aug 7, 2023
Unusual and Fun Way to Explore Old Town - Giving you a broad overview of the history of Old Town along with specific and detailed stories, this tour is fast paced and full of facts, fun, and mysteries - 2.5 hours flew by so quickly! We had such a great time and learned a lot. Efi expertly used the backdrop of Old Town and its various monuments and surroundings, along with her own wonderful visual aids, to really help bring each story to life. This was a great introduction to the history Old Town with stories from Corfu, the Seven Islands, and greater Greece, Europe, Eurasia, and even the US. One of the best parts was making all of the connections between the major players of the time (which is to be be expected given the prevalence of inbreeding and marriages arranged for power plays/alliances, but it was still fun to see all of the interrelatedness (literary) between the various stories). I would highly recommend!
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