Mirtiotissa Beach at high tide
Mirtiotissa beach, described by Lawerence Durrell as the most beautiful in the world, is certainly one of the most inaccessible on Corfu. Until recently, it was accessible only by a footpath. The modern road is reasonably wide but impossibly steep. Like many of Corfu’s West coast beaches, it is a small expanse of sand beneath steep cliffs, and according to the locals it gets smaller every year. (It’s also a nudist beach, but we reckoned (correctly) that is was too chilly to be nude.)
The Philoxenia Hotel, Ermones.
Neighbouring Ermones beach is fascinating.
Ermones Beach is a mixture of sand a tiny black pieces of seaweed.
The beach is a mixture of sand and small pieces of black seaweed; pleasantly bouncy under foot when dry, but a treacherous quagmire when wet. 
The sea is dark blue, light blue, black (from the sea weed) and white. It was a very stormy day (earlier we had lost our power because of a fallen tree) and the surf was wild.
Black and white surf, Ermones Beach Corfu.
Inland it was peaceful and pastoral as usual
Sheep grazing in a wildflower meadow, near Ermones, Corfu.
A unusual mixed herd of horses, donkeys and cattle being fed hay in a forest.
Severely pruned grapes with buttercups and other wild flowers.
One of Palaeokastistra’s beaches, as lovely as ever. (Again, very little sand)
What does the Greek say:? “Don’t even think of tethering your donkey here”?
A peaceful end of the day at Glyfada Beach — one of the large ones in the area
Sunset, Glyfada Beach, Corfu.
Stephen Gower says
April 6, 2013 at 9:53 amSadly (Google translate indicates) the sign says something like “Caution, do not park here. Entrance/exit for cars” and nothing further to do with Donkeys.
Anita Mathias says
April 6, 2013 at 5:46 pmLol! Yeah, wishful thinking on the part of Roy, who is fascinated by donkeys!