Varypatades village is built on the slopes of a hill, which gives it points with privileged panoramic views.
With a distance of about 12 kilometers from the center of the old town of Corfu and having been classified as a protected settlement, it is characterised as one of the most impressive and beloved traditional villages by its visitors. Its tall, traditional, stately houses are the village’s trinkets and a representative sample of feudal architecture.
Everything that distinguishes the island of Corfu, the architecture with the mansion houses, the characteristic squares and the verdant environment that surrounds all the beautiful villages of the island, are elements that you will also find in the village of Varypatades village.
Discover them, explore all its points and capture in countless photos, memories of an authentic traditional village of Corfu.
In its small square, the meeting point of locals and visitors, the church of Agios Stefanos also dominates with a big celebration taking place every year on August 2.
Also, it is worth mentioning a special custom that revives in the village of Varypatades, on the evening of Holy Friday.
The “bomboli”, which in the Corfu dialect express the eyes, traditionally give their name to the shells of snails which the locals fill with oil and cotton and light them like candles for the Epitaphios to pass.
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