Achilleion Palace

Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sissi)

welcoming the visitors

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Friday morning spent by the pool,

skipped the lunch

and drove to Achilleion Palace

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Neo-Classical Palace

- built in the late 1890s

for the Empress Elisabeth of Austria
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The entrance hall to the palace is
dominated by a massive

marble staircase and

stunning ceiling decorations
.

Pale mint green room
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Detail of a wall decoration
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Gorgeous fireplace
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Interesting detail:
dark red ceiling and pale blue walls
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View of Corfu Town from the palace garden
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Huge statue of Achilles

before he got shot by an arrow to his heel
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Beautiful pilars in the inner courtyard
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The palace was ok,

but unfortunately only the ground floor

was open for public,

and there was not so many personal belongings

of Sissi

- it could have been made better & nicer

even by using replicas

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On the way back to Corfu Town

it started to rain

and the weather changed much cooler
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Rainy & windy evening!

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