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CORFU WORTH SEEING PONDIKONISI

PONDIKONISI
Pontikonisi (or Pondikonisi) is the trademark of Corfu. The little island owes its name to its size. The main characteristic of Pontikonisi is the dense vegetation. On the island was built in the 13th century, the small Byzantine church of Pantokrator?.
The approach in the island becomes with the boats that begins from the small fishing port that is found in front of the church of Panagia of Vlahernon.
According the mythology, Pontikonissi is the rock that threw the storm the ship of Odysseus. The ship destroyed and Odysseus was founded as a castaway to the island of Feakes. An other legend said that Pontikonissi is the ship of Odysseus that Posidonas transformed in island.
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