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Sun, sea and space; how Greece is rising to the Covid challenge

Operators
Mary Ann Haslam
28 July 2020

With Spain currently all but off limits to British holidaymakers owing to new government advice, is Greece now the UK’s most viable holiday option this summer? Mary Ann Pickford reports.

The view from Sunvil's Kalami Bay apartments in Kalami, Corfu

I could walk here, there and anywhere I want. There’s plenty of space for me to inspect the 14th century monastery from any angle, without worrying about keeping my distance from other people – because no one else was around.

Aside from the chorus of cicadas and occasional birdcalls in the distance, I could hear nothing else from where I stood at the Monastery of Pantokrator.

This landmark perched on top of Corfu’s highest peak, at 917 metres, is usually teeming with visitors at this time of year. Yet luckily for my fiancé and I, we had it all to ourselves.