Car, Scooter & ATV Rental in Corfu

Picking up in town suits you if you arrived some other way and only want a car for part of your stay. Don't plan on driving into the Old Town. Most of its lanes are pedestrian or too narrow for cars, and the municipality asks visitors to leave their cars outside the historic centre in summer. The supplier brings the car to your hotel or sends you directions to their office, and confirms which after booking. If you're staying in the Old Town, the handover is at the nearest street a car can reach.

Parking in Corfu Town

• The Old Town: don't try to park inside. The few spaces are all taken on August afternoons and evenings.
• Spianada car park: the municipal car park on the lower Spianada, next to the Old Palace (Museum of Asian Art), has barriers and a flat fee. Being closest, it fills first, and the evening queue at the barrier can take 20-30 minutes.
• Old Port and New Fortress: these car parks charge a daily rate.
• Free, 10-15 minutes' walk out: the large municipal car park at Lyriko, on Donatou Dimoulitsa street at the southern entrance to town, and the Ionian University car park at Pallada at the northern entrance.
• Street parking: blue lines are paid, white lines are free, and yellow lines mean no parking.
• Evening closures: the town has tried closing the historic centre to private cars on summer evenings and plans a lasting restriction. Follow the signs.

On the road

• No motorways: the main road north from town towards Sidari is two lanes and well surfaced. Most other roads are one lane each way, winding, with blind bends.
• Village and hill roads at Paleokastritsa, Pelekas, Lakones and on Pantokrator can be barely one car wide, between stone walls. Use a low gear downhill and sound the horn before blind corners. Where two cars can't pass, the one going downhill usually backs up to a wider spot.
• North-east coast: the road from Ipsos to Kassiopi runs along the cliffs with many blind bends. Don't overtake on it.
• Coaches and summer queues: tour coaches use the same roads. In summer the road to Paleokastritsa is slow, and the Lefkimmi road jams through Perama, partly from cars parked on bends. Allow extra time to the airport from the south.
• Scooters and quads: give them room on narrow roads. If you ride one yourself, a helmet is compulsory for rider and passenger. Riding without one costs €350 each, and the rider loses the licence for 30 days.
• Fuel: stations are frequent along the main roads, and most close at about 21:00-22:00, with only a few open 24 hours. There are none on the Pantokrator road or on the hill road from Lakones to Pagi.