This beautiful 17th century monastery is a hit with the tour buses, but even with the crowds it's a wonderful diversion from the beach, and a great way to see the entire island unfold from your car window as you climb Corfu's hills.

Perched high on a headland and surrounded by wild flowers, the orange buildings are wonderfully ornate inside, and you can look at the famous ceiling carving of the ‘Tree of Life’.

Be sure to cover your shoulders or wear respectable clothing, no matter how intense the summer heat!

Above the beach resort Paleokastritsa

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A Greek Ghost town (or village), Old Perithia was built in Byzantine times, and is hidden in the hills of Corfu.

This mountain village was once the bustling home to 1,500 people, but today about six people live here, and the rest of the village is a tangle of crumbling stone walls and deserted squares.

An interesting insight into how tourism has affected the island - as the original villagers fled to the coastal resorts for jobs, leaving their olive groves behind.

We wandered around for a few hours in amazement at all the empty houses, and then cooled off in one of the remaining tavernas.

An eerie afternoon, but a refreshing change from our busy resort!

Old Perithia, off the main road between Kassiopi and Acharavi.

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