Blue Lagoon Boat Trip

On our Corfu, Greece holiday we went to a great boat trip with Captain Theo called the Blue Lagoon Excursion, which was pre-booked with First Choice in the UK. Need less to say it was great fun and we had a lot to see. You are collected with bus from your hotel and taken to the harbour in Corfu Town, where the boat is already waiting. Captain Theo is a hilarious guy, he made us laugh a lot of times during the cruise.

Captain Theo

First up was the Corfu Mainland, they took us around a smaller portion of it and explained history of it and the other islands near by. This part felt a bit more like a tour but probably the cooler early morning - meaning wearing a pullover and shorts - did not help either. Everyone was just about woken up same as us so after the tour of the main land there was one and a half hour journey ahead of us to the Blue Lagoon so we got a cup of coffee on-board and took a seat in the bow of the boat. We even managed to have a nap till we arrive to the GEORGES Blue Lagoon.

Corfu Old Town

It is amazing how clean the water is in Greece, you can see all the way to the bottom of the sea. Once we came to a stop Captain Theo let the leader down so we can start going swimming and started feeding fishes so they come to our boat. The sea 2 was so crystal clear that we could see every single one of them. The Blue Lagoon bay is breathtakingly beautiful! It is a MUST to see when you are in Corfu. Loads of other boats came with tourist to the same location to show the beauty of the island. Me and Levi were one of the first ones to be in the water and later on we swam to the back of the boat to enjoy the diving board and the slide that was on the board. You also had the opportunity to pay 10€ per person and enjoy the BBQ that they do on-board, which we obviously paid in for. It was sooo much FUN to jump into the water from the boat and the BBQ was delicious, we had an AMAZING time!!
 

Blue Lagoon and the great fun that we had

From here we moved onto an island called Sivota and on our way there we visited a Cave as well. The little island in the middle of  "nowhere" with a sweet harbour and cute houses. We had an hour to walk around here and enjoy the sunshine. It was a beautiful little island with quite houses, restaurants and peace everywhere. I would recommend to stay here id you want to rent an apartment and be at a peaceful, beautiful setting and be on the water most days, since you could rent a small boat and go to different islands from here.

Sivota

The last stop that we had was on another part of Corfu island where there was a beautiful sandy beach. We took a last swim in the crystal clear water and once everyone was on board again the boat headed back to Corfu Town to drop us off. This excursion was AMAZING, worth ever penny, we got to see many beautiful places in one day, which we might have not otherwise. If you are looking to do something in Corfu this is one of the MUST DO's! Obviously, I also strongly recommend renting a scooter or quad bike like we did - you can read more about this on my previous blog post. If you are planning a holiday all I can say is HAVE FUN and RELAX!!!

Quad Biking

I am lucky enough that I managed to get another point crossed off of mu Bucket List..... wohooo and I was not even expecting it.

I have recently been to Corfu, Greece for a week of holiday with my partner. We wanted a refreshing, energetic and relaxing holiday all at the same time so we had chilling days, boat trips and nice long walks and also managed to hire a Quad Bike for 3 days. It is really surprising how popular it is to rent a scooter or a quad bike in Corfu. Even most of the locals drive a scooter from a really young age. We originally wanted to rent a scooter as well  - it was cheaper (10.00€ per day) - but turned out that they don`t really give it to you unless you have some experience with riding them so they offered us a quad bike (25.00€ per day) instead.

Riding on the Quad Bike

We have faced many challenges before we got the quad bike as I was stupid enough to leave my driving license in the UK after talking about renting something to drive for weeks before we went onto the holiday. At our hotel we`ve been informed that for scooters and quad bikes they usually accept a photocopy/print out of your license as well. So we contacted out awesome housemate to have my driving license faxed or emailed over. Within 24 hours we had a print out of the driving license and ready to hit the streets and rent a scooter. At the first place - where we talked with a seller before - we were told that they won`t allow us to hire anything out from them - even-though we were told yes previously. On our way to the second place we went into a car rental place on our way to ask for pricing and whether they allow us to rent, need to say no more they did not and the price was horrific (65€ per day). At the second place there was an elderly man who was very welcoming and accommodating, he straight away said yes to the photocopy and when I told him that I don`t have a great amount of experience on scooter he said:
"No problem, you drive a quad bike. It is safe cos it has 4 wheels" 
"So much is it for a day?"
"How many days?"
"One"
"One???? Awwww noooo, minimum 3 days. I give you deal, you pay 75€ for 3 days. What do you think? It is good deal, 1 day 30€ so I give you 25€ a day for 3 days."
He was hell of a good sells man, he knew how to make sure the client will rent for more days then one. We agreed it with him and straight away he gave us a quad with a helmet and a box on the rack.

Once we got hold of the quad bike we drove off to the North side of the island. We have covered main roads, tiny, narrow and winding village roads & even had the chance to drive on off road tracks. Going up the hill was a little slow (with 13kmph=8mph) definitely with two people sitting on the Quad but coming down the hill (with 50kmph=31mph) was that much more fun. We had one day when we drove down to the South of the island, which was a long LONG drive and after 3 hours of sitting on our asses it starts hurting. We were well looking forward to getting home on that day so we can finally stand or lie down or do anything other then sitting. When we were on our way back - after 5 hours riding and a lot of swaps on the quad - we ended up standing on the bikes when ever we had to wait at a junction.

At the highest point in Corfu, Pantogratoras

I find it that 3 days of quad biking was enough, we enjoyed every minute of it and head a great time. This little adventure of ours made me want to learn how to ride a motorbike or at least a scooter. It is something that is going onto my Bucket List.