Winter in Corfu island has a completely different face but is particularly attractive. Most tourist businesses have closed. A few small hotels remain open and good tavernas for eating out. But most of all you will enjoy walking, going round the villages, smelling the wood burning in the fireplaces, talking to the locals and drinking their wine. Life is unique here, without stress, no mass tourism, morning walks, streams and rivers, waterfalls, and the lovely little lakes in the Ropa Valley that gather so much wild life. You can play golf, go horseriding, even swim in the quiet sea, there are many winter bathers particularly during the Halcyon days of January. Unlike the heavy winters of central Europe and the winters of the mainland, Epirus, Corfu's winters are mild.