Tsibirin na Corfu An riga an ambata ta hanyar Homer, kuma shine zangon ƙarshe na Ulysses (Tsibirin Faiacs) inda ya kasa yayin da jirgin sa ya nitse. A karni na VIII a. C., Korintiyawa sun mallake tsibirin. Sannan aka mulke ta 'Yan Venice, 1386-1797 sannan kuma ya fada hannun Faransawa, sannan daga baya sojojin Rasha suka mamaye shi tsawon shekaru da turkish.
A 1815, da Burtaniya Sun mallaki tsibirin tsawon shekaru hamsin, sannan kuma turawan mulkin mallaka sun mamaye shi daga 1923 zuwa 1941.
Corfu Jamus da kawayenta ne suka jefa bama-bamai a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, amma ba ta taɓa shiga hannun Turkawa ba. Tsibirin shine Girkanci tun 1864, amma dogon mulkin mamayar waje, musamman ma na Venice, Faransanci, Rashanci da Ingilishi, sun rinjayi al'adunsu, gine-ginensu, yare da al'adun tsibirin.
La kagara waɗanda ke kallon tashar jiragen ruwa waɗanda Fenisawa suka gina, fadar Regency a tsakiyar, Turawan Ingila ne suka gina shi, kuma Faransawa suka gina, a gefen gabar teku, irin kwatankwacin Parisian Rue de Rivoli.
Don jin daɗin kyawawan tsibirin sosai, yi hayan mota kuma ku tafi garuruwan da ba kowa da bakin teku. Misali: Sidari, Aharawi, Dasia, Ypsos, da kauyukan kamun kifi na Karin da Moraitika. Idan sararin sama ya bayyana, zaka ga gabar tekun Albania daga Kasashe.
A cikin Corfu zaku iya gano yankin sararin samaniya na tsibirin, kuma ku more abin sha ko kofi a cikin dandalin spainada, a cikin gari, ko ziyarci gidan sarauta mai girma sissi Achilleon.
Cocin na San Spyridon wanda ke da babbar hasumiyar kararrawa a tsibirin. A ƙarshe, kar a rasa Fadar San Miguel da na San Jorge, da kuma cocin na Vlahernas.