Corfu tickets open the doors of the island’s museums and sights, and they also cover sightseeing buses and sea crossings. Find more island days out on Greece Tours.
This page sets out the Corfu tickets you can book ahead, the sights that charge entry, where state-site tickets are sold and the questions visitors raise.
What are Corfu tickets, and which ones can you book?
Corfu tickets are entry tickets for museums, palaces and fortresses on the island. They also include bus and ferry tickets that you book online before your trip. The six tickets below fall into three groups: museum, bus and ferry.
Each type does a different job. A museum ticket gets you into one site. A bus ticket covers a sightseeing ride, and a ferry ticket covers a sea crossing. These Corfu tickets cover two museum visits, two sightseeing bus rides and two ferry routes. Each line below describes one ticket by its title.
- Museum: an entry ticket to the V Museum.
- Museum: an e-ticket to the V Museum, paired with a city audio guide.
- Bus: a hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus ticket, with extras you can add.
- Bus: an open-top bus tour of the Old Town and Kanoni.
- Ferry: ferry tickets between Corfu and the island of Paxi.
- Ferry: ferry tickets between Igoumenitsa and Corfu.
The two V Museum cards show what booking Corfu tickets online gives you. Each card opens a calendar of open dates, so you fix your visit day in advance. The entry ticket lists skip-the-line access. The second card sells an e-ticket. With it, museum entry and the city audio guide come in one booking.
How does the V Museum ticket in Corfu work?
The V Museum ticket gives entry to a museum on Corfu’s history, told through colour, sound, light and soul. The visit uses holograms, 3D imagery and echoes of ancient cannons. Corfu tickets for it come as an entry ticket or an e-ticket with a city audio guide.
The e-ticket card calls the V Museum the island’s first digital and interactive museum. The entry ticket card places the museum in Corfu Town. That card also marks the visit as wheelchair accessible.
The plain entry ticket is the simpler of the two Corfu tickets for the museum. It lists an optional audio guide and stays valid for 30 days.
The entry ticket card lists 13 languages. They are English, German, Italian, Czech, Dutch, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Spanish.
The e-ticket adds a self-guided audio tour of Corfu city on your phone. That makes it the only one of these Corfu tickets that pairs the museum with a city tour. The card files it as an entry ticket. It stays valid for 1 day and is marked as a small-group activity.
The e-ticket card lists no tour languages. Neither card gives a set visit length for these Corfu tickets. You move through the rooms at your own pace.
Which Corfu sights need an entry ticket?
Corfu tickets cover five visitor sites that charge admission. They are the Old Fortress, the Museum of Asian Art, the Archaeological Museum, Mon Repos and Angelokastro. Each of the five requires its own admission ticket, and the open squares of Corfu Town require none.
The Greek Ministry of Culture lists four of these sites on Odysseus, its official website for museums and monuments. The fifth, Angelokastro, also charges an entry fee. Plan your Corfu tickets around these five sites before you reach the island.
- The Old Fortress is a Venetian fortress in Corfu Town with the public library and art and culture exhibits.
- The Museum of Asian Art fills a British-built palace in Corfu Town, named after St Michael and St George.
- The Archaeological Museum of Corfu is a state museum on the island with its own separate admission ticket.
- Mon Repos is a former royal summer residence whose villa now houses the Museum of Palaiopolis.
- Angelokastro is a Byzantine castle on Corfu that stays closed to visitors on Tuesdays.
Not every sight in Corfu Town sits behind a ticket desk. The Spianada is a large central square in the city. Its Upper Square has a bandstand for concerts by the local philharmonic societies. Its Lower Square is an open, grass-covered space that holds the city’s cricket field.
The Liston is a pedestrian street on the western edge of the Spianada. The Lower Square runs parallel to the Liston complex. You need no Corfu tickets to walk along the Liston or across the square.
Where do you buy Corfu tickets for museums and state sites?
Corfu tickets for state museums and sites are sold separately, one ticket per site. The Greek Ministry of Culture also runs an official e-ticket website, hhticket.gr. Entry is free for all on set days, and disabled visitors and their escorts pay nothing.
A combined ticket once covered five state sites in Corfu. They were the Old Fortress, the Museum of Asian Art, the Archaeological Museum, the Antivouniotissa Museum and Mon Repos. The Ministry states that this combined ticket is no longer available. At Mon Repos, the ticket office sits to the right of the main hall.
The Ministry of Culture sells online tickets for Greek state archaeological sites through hhticket.gr. Look up your Corfu tickets in the website’s list of sites before you travel.
The Ministry lists free entry for all visitors to state sites in Corfu on set days. These are 6 March, 18 April for International Monuments Day, and the last weekend of September for European Heritage Days. Entry is also free on 28 October and on national holidays, so plan your Corfu tickets around these dates.
Disabled visitors and their escorts enter state sites in Corfu without paying. They claim free Corfu tickets by showing proof of identity.
Which Corfu bus tickets can you book?
Two Corfu tickets cover bus sightseeing. The first is a hop-on hop-off bus ticket with bookable extras, valid for one day. The second is an open-top bus tour of Corfu Old Town and Kanoni, with 7 stops.
The hop-on hop-off ticket is the first of the two Corfu tickets for bus sightseeing. It stays valid for 1 day, and its title adds bookable extras. The card calls Corfu a city with thousands of years of history. It says the city is full of ancient and modern treasures alike.
The open-top bus tour covers Corfu Old Town and Kanoni. The full route takes 70 minutes. You can stop at any of the 7 stops along the way. The stops sit at important historical and cultural monuments of Corfu.
Both Corfu tickets for the bus list an optional audio guide. Both cards also list the same 8 languages. These are English, Greek, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Arabic.
- Corfu tickets for the hop-on hop-off bus: valid 1 day, book at least 15 minutes ahead.
- Hop-on hop-off ticket types: adult (15 to 99), child (5 to 14), infant (4 and younger), student with ID.
- Open-top bus: 70-minute route, 7 stops, book at least 2 hours ahead.
- Open-top ticket types: adult (18 to 99), child (17 and younger).
For the day ticket, see our Corfu hop-on hop-off page. For the Old Town and Kanoni ride, see our Corfu bus tour page.
Which Corfu ferry tickets can you book?
Two Corfu tickets cover ferry crossings. One is a one-way high-speed ferry between Corfu and Paxos, with a 105-minute crossing. The other is a one-way ferry between Igoumenitsa on the mainland and Corfu Town, taking 1.5 hours.
The Paxos ferry is one of two Corfu tickets for sea crossings. It covers a one-way trip in either direction between Corfu and Paxos. The boat is a high-speed ferry, and the crossing takes 105 minutes. The route runs across the Ionian Sea. Once ashore, the card suggests you explore the villages and beaches of Paxos.
The Igoumenitsa ferry is a one-way transfer in either direction. The card describes the trip from Igoumenitsa to Corfu Town. The crossing takes 1.5 hours. On board, you can relax in a seat or step out on deck. The deck gives fresh air and views of the Ionian Sea.
Both Corfu tickets for the ferry carry a “Skip the line” tag on their cards. Each one must be booked at least 10 hours in advance. The Igoumenitsa ferry is also listed as wheelchair accessible.
- Corfu tickets for the Paxos ferry: high-speed, one-way, 105 minutes, travellers aged 11 to 99.
- Paxos age rule: ages 10 and younger are not permitted on this ticket.
- Igoumenitsa and Corfu Town ferry: one-way, 1.5 hours, wheelchair accessible, travellers aged 5 to 99.
- Igoumenitsa age rule: children 4 and younger must still be added to the booking.
Planning a Paxos day trip from Corfu rather than a one-way crossing? See our page on that trip. For other ways to reach the island, see how to get to Corfu before you buy Corfu tickets.
How do you book Corfu tickets online?
You book Corfu tickets online in six steps on the booking card. Pick the ticket and the date, then add travellers by age. Read the cut-off and the cancellation terms, pay, and show the saved ticket when you arrive.
- Pick one of the Corfu tickets and choose a date on its booking card.
- Choose the number of travellers in each age group the card lists.
- Check the booking cut-off and the cancellation terms. Four cards set a cut-off, from 15 minutes to 10 hours ahead.
- Note the validity period: 1 day on the hop-on hop-off bus, 30 days on the V Museum entry.
- Pay online, then save the ticket on your phone.
- Show the ticket at the museum entrance, the bus stop or the ferry pier.
Four of the six Corfu tickets list free cancellation: the two V Museum tickets and the two bus tickets. The Paxos and Igoumenitsa ferry cards list no free cancellation. Read the terms on those two cards before you pay. None of the six cards states whether a mobile or printed ticket is accepted.
Book your Corfu tickets first, then fill the hours between them with our list of things to do in Corfu.
What do travellers ask about Corfu tickets?
Do you need to print Corfu tickets?
None of the six booking cards tells you to print Corfu tickets. Only the V Museum ticket with the city audio guide is sold as an e-ticket. The other five cards say nothing on mobile or printed formats. Ask the operator through the booking page if you want a paper copy as well.
Do children need Corfu tickets?
Yes, each card that admits children counts them by age. The V Museum entry and both bus cards list a child category. On the Igoumenitsa ferry card, children aged 4 and younger must still be added to the booking. The V Museum e-ticket bars ages 17 and younger, and the Paxos ferry bars ages 10 and younger.
Which Corfu tickets cover more than one stop or sight?
Three Corfu tickets cover more than one stop or sight. The hop-on hop-off bus lets you get off and back on along its route for 1 day. The open-top bus lets you stop at any of its 7 stops. The V Museum e-ticket adds a self-guided city audio tour to museum entry.
What do you bring when you use Corfu tickets?
Bring your saved Corfu tickets to the entrance, bus stop or pier. The V Museum e-ticket card says its self-guided audio tour runs on your phone. The hop-on hop-off bus card lists a student category marked “with ID”, so students bring that ID. Ask the operator through the booking page about anything else.