Arriving at Corfu from Venice
This is me on completion of the outward leg of the greenest way I could think (bar walking the whole way) of getting easily to Corfu. I left Birmingham by train on a Saturday in early February and was in Venice via Virgin, then Eurostar and then Trenitalia the next morning. I left Venice by this ferry on Sunday afternoon and was in Corfu by noon on Monday. Nice meals and coffee in Paris and Venice en route with sleep on train and ferry overnight. The landfall on Greece on Monday morning - actually the Albania peninsular of Karaburun - was sublime: www.flickr.com/photos/sibadd/415821982/
For planning travel across and beyond Europe without flying I relied on Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61 www.seat61.com/
My only small grumble is that I wish Minoan Lines ferries realised that some people would like a public space on their ships with a view of the sea where there is not the constant penetrating babble of a TV screen (for some this is not the "service" they proudly advertise on their otherwise estimable vessels. This is nothing to do with language (I love Greek) but everthing to do with constant amplified infotainment when one is trying to enjoy the peaceful luxury of a sea voyage while chatting, reading and having a drink and snack.
Arriving at Corfu from Venice
This is me on completion of the outward leg of the greenest way I could think (bar walking the whole way) of getting easily to Corfu. I left Birmingham by train on a Saturday in early February and was in Venice via Virgin, then Eurostar and then Trenitalia the next morning. I left Venice by this ferry on Sunday afternoon and was in Corfu by noon on Monday. Nice meals and coffee in Paris and Venice en route with sleep on train and ferry overnight. The landfall on Greece on Monday morning - actually the Albania peninsular of Karaburun - was sublime: www.flickr.com/photos/sibadd/415821982/
For planning travel across and beyond Europe without flying I relied on Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61 www.seat61.com/
My only small grumble is that I wish Minoan Lines ferries realised that some people would like a public space on their ships with a view of the sea where there is not the constant penetrating babble of a TV screen (for some this is not the "service" they proudly advertise on their otherwise estimable vessels. This is nothing to do with language (I love Greek) but everthing to do with constant amplified infotainment when one is trying to enjoy the peaceful luxury of a sea voyage while chatting, reading and having a drink and snack.