Corfu: Parga & Sivota Islands Blue Lagoon Cruise

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Free cancellation

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Duration10h

GroupUp to 240

LanguagesEN · DE +3

PickupAt your hotel

A full day on the water: Corfu's Old Town, a 2,400-year-old battlefield, and turquoise water you can swim in

You board a boat in Corfu and spend the day sailing past the Old Town and its fortresses, swimming in the turquoise Blue Lagoon near Sivota, exploring a sea cave, and walking through the hillside village of Parga with lunch included. A multilingual guide narrates the route in English, German, French, Italian or Russian, and you return to Corfu in the late afternoon with no separate tickets or transport to arrange.

10h

Step-by-step itinerary

Corfu sightseeing and island cruise

Boat sightseeing of Old Town Corfu
View Old Fortress from boat
See Mon Repos Palace by boat
Pass Kanoni by boat
Sail narrow channels of Sivota islands
Swim and snorkel in Blue Lagoon
Enter cave of Sivota islands
Visit Parga village and Venetian castle
Lunch at sea view restaurant in Parga

The Experience

The boat leaves early and spends the first couple of hours circling Corfu's Old Town by water—you see the Old Fortress and Mon Repos Palace from the deck, which is a different angle than walking the streets. The guide talks through the history in English, German, French, Italian or Russian, so you're not just looking at stone; you're getting the shape of why it matters. Kanoni, the viewpoint everyone photographs, slides past at water level, and it lands differently when you're floating beneath it instead of standing on the cliff.

Then the boat heads toward the Sivota islands, and this is where the day shifts. You sail through narrow channels between small islands—the water gets shallower, the light changes—and the guide points out where a naval battle happened in 432 B.C. between the Corfiots and the Corinthians. It's not a dramatic moment, but it's the kind of detail that sticks with you: you're floating over history. The boat drops anchor in the Blue Lagoon bay, and the water is the color photographs promise. You swim, snorkel, float. There's time to actually be in the water, not just glimpse it from a boat seat.

The Sivota cave comes next—you motor close enough to enter it, which feels like a small adventure even though you're still in the boat. After that, Parga. It's a village built in tiers up a hillside, with a Venetian castle at the top and narrow streets that twist between old stone houses. Lunch is at a restaurant with a sea view, and it's included. You walk around for an hour or so, climb up to the castle if you want, or sit by the water. The boat picks you up in the late afternoon and heads back to Corfu.

The whole day is about eight hours on the water and in the villages. You don't arrange transport, buy tickets separately, or figure out timing—the boat handles all of it, and the guide is with you the whole way. All fees are included in the price.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel or port pickup (confirm with the operator), a full-day boat cruise with multilingual guiding in English, German, French, Italian or Russian, city sightseeing by boat past Corfu's Old Fortress and Mon Repos Palace, swimming and snorkeling time in the Blue Lagoon, entry to the Sivota cave, a visit to Parga village with time to explore the Venetian castle and narrow streets, lunch at a sea-view restaurant in Parga, and return transport to your starting point. All fees and taxes are included.

Good to know

Easy physical levelNot for heart conditions

Operated by Ionian Cruises

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see Corfu's coastline and the nearby islands without renting a car or arranging separate boat tickets and restaurant reservations—the cruise handles the route, timing, and lunch, leaving you to swim and walk at your own pace.