hihi! I'm going to be spending a week in the Ionian island hopping with my boyfriend's family -- they're seasoned sailors, I'm not. They're planning to take things as they come and choose the next island the night before, which is very cool. I'd just like to know if there are any must-see things on the islands in terms of historical interest.
I studied Ancient Greek at university and would love to see any ancient sites that are on the islands (Antique to Byzantine would be my favourite, but anything is cool), and to know which ones are the must-sees so I can pitch an island the night before!
I'm also really into older churches, monasteries and archaeological museums. I think we're only spending one day on each island, though.
Thank you!
The ionian islands have a slightly different vibe and history than the rest of Greece, they were occupied by venicians/italians and then french/british for many centuries so less byzantine history around and the churches are more catholic looking than you'd expect.
Corfu has the most archaelogocial and byzantine and overall historical sites to see by far.
Ithaka is obviously a very famous island from ancient Greek history but they havent discovered much on the island itself but still might be cool for you to just visit anyways.