Villa 1870 review: Corfu’s idyllic Greek island escape

With Greece preparing to welcome back tourists, Villa 1870 makes for an inviting refuge

Exterior view of Villa 1870, Corfu
(Image credit: © Villa 1870, Corfu)

Greece and Cyprus recently offered British holidaymakers a glint of sunlight at the end of what has been a long and wintery lockdown tunnel. Both countries said they would open up to tourists as soon as possible. It’s a tempting proposition.

Last October, as the days were growing shorter, I took advantage of the travel corridor between Britain and Greece to escape what had been confinement in London for a few sunny days in “Prospero’s Cell”, to borrow the title from Lawrence Durrell’s 1945 memoir/guide book to Corfu.

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