Traditional Events
Latest News
- Hi from Pentati to the Lake Jennings Boy Scout Troop 325!
- Second Term As Village President
- First public water corner for our village. We look forward to more...
- Because Pentati is different!
- Pentati youth invited by the under 15’s Greek national team.
- Shouting Out to the Girl Scouts of Western Washington!
- The first recorded wedding certificate in Pentati dated 1882
Bus Times
CORFU ⇨ PENTATI
Monday to Friday: 6:00, 14:00
Saturdays: 6:30*, 14:00*
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Monday to Friday: 7:00, 15:00
Saturdays: 7:45*, 14:40*
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Privacy Policy
Find out more about the General Data Protection Regulation here.
To learn more about Privacy Shield, which is an agreement on protection of personal data between the EU and the US, please read here.
This privacy policy sets out how Pentati uses and protects any information that you give Pentati when you use this website.
Pentati is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified, when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Pentati may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 21st May 2018.
What is personal data?
Personal data is all kinds of information that can identifying a physical person. e.g. name, address, phone number but the more obscure data including log, encrypted, electronic I.D’s, IP address just to mention a few.
What is processing of personal data?
Processing of personal data is every action that is taken in relation to personal data, regardless of whether it is done in an automated way or not. Common processing actions are collection, registration, structuring, storing, adaptation, transfer and deletion.
Website visitors and individuals telephoning or e-mailing
Website:
We have limited our website tracking but as some still exists e.g. location data, IP-number, cookie identifiers, unique identifier of devices you use to access and use the services and our websites, this data makes us the Data Controller - though we don’t actually ‘control’ this - our partners who design, host and maintain our website, do have access in order to provide the service.
Pentati are also data controller for personal data processed when someone telephones or emails requesting our services.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- name
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We may periodically send promotional email about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
How will we not use the information about you?
We will never use any personal data for any purposes than those listed in this Privacy Policy, unless we have your written consent or inform you prior to fulfilling your request in our course of providing the service you have asked for or a purpose that is compatible with and in accordance UK laws and regulations. We will not share your personal date unless we are ordered to do so by Law.
How long do we store your personal data?
We only retain your personal data to comply with legal and regulatory requirements. Your personal data will be anonymised or deleted once it is no longer relevant for the purposes for which it was collected.
See below for examples of the retention periods:
- Preventing, detecting and investigating money laundering, terrorist financing and fraud: minimum five (5) years after termination of the business connection
- Bookkeeping regulations: seven (7) years
You have the right to ask about your data and what we hold on you at any time. You have the right to request that data is removed and no longer held, other than for lawful and legal requirements in compliance with UK law.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Do we use 'cookies'?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We use cookies to:
Understand and save user's preferences for future visits.
- You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser's Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If users disable cookies in their browser:
- If you turn cookies off, Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly.Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient and may not function properly.
Third-party disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information.
Third-party websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
- if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at pirates@pentati.com
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee may be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to:
pirates@pentati.com
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Virtual Tour
What's On (in 1537)!
Our Pirate Trail stories are set in the year 1537, here on Corfu.
Now that’s a long time ago so you are probably asking: What else was going on that year elsewhere in the world?
Quite a lot, as it happens!
January – June
- January – Bigod's Rebellion, an uprising by Roman Catholics against Henry VIII of England
- January 6 – Alessandro de Mediciis assassinated.
- March – Diego de Almagro successfully charges Manco Inca's, siege of Cuzco, thereby saving his antagonists, the Pizarro brothers.
- March 12 – Recife is founded by the Portuguese in Brazil (see also 100 Best Things to do in Brazil on Jen Reviews).
- June 2 – Pope Paul III publishes the encyclical Sublimis Deus, which declares the natives of the New World to be rational beings with souls who must not be enslaved or robbed.
July – December
- August 15– Asunción is founded by Juan de Salazar y Espinoza. It's the oldest city in South America.
- August 25 – The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
- August-September – The Ottomans fail to capture Corfu.
Date unknown
- Manco II establishes neo-Inca independent state at Vilacampa, Peru.
- The Spaniards bring the potato to Europe.
- The island of Paros is conquered by the Ottoman Empire
- Religious buildings are dissolved by Henry VIII, including
- Bisham Abbey is founded by Henry VIII in place of Bisham Priory.
- Bangalore is first mentioned.
The above information is taken from Wikipedia so you can follow up any of the highlighted links by simply clicking on them.
Meet the Pentati Village Project Team
The Pentati Village Project Team currently consists of the people listed below, all of whom are local to the area and have a common interest to revitalise the village both in the short and long term. By using the unique skill set and personal experience of each team member to its full potential we will be able to achieve our goals. That is not to say that we do not need other team members! We do! If you think you would be interested and have something to contribute please let us know. There will be various projects that we will need help with from the local community to be able complete, more details of which will be posted on each project page.
Spiros Merianos - Mayor of Pentati
Representing Pentati village and its residents
Claire Haas - Project Manager
Project planning & co-ordinating, administration, website development & management
Company Owner of www.webmadness.co.uk
Thomas Haas - Film & Live Stream Specialist
Technical, vision mixed live streams, film & documentary productions
Company owner of www.studiokerkyra.com
Join The Pentati Village Project Team
We are always happy to welcome new team members. If you have something to offer to the project (even if it is only your time!) please send us an email: pirates@pentati.com
Pentati History
Pentati is situated in the northern part of the municipality of Meliteieon. For centuries, this part of Corfu was known for its wonderful vineyards and the production of quality wines. The stone terraces where the vines grew can be seen stretching up the mountain side but have now been overtaken by olive trees.
Today, the village largely retains its traditional character. From the courtyard of the church of the Blessed Virgin Odigitria (built in 1845) you can admire the sea and experience unforgettable sunsets.
Approximately 1.5 km from the village is the district of Paramona where the family of the composer Nicholas Mantzaros - who famously wrote the music for the Greek National Anthem - had a farm with farmhouse, the ruins of which have survived.
But what determined the location selected to create a settlement here all those years ago? There were two - water and security.
Natural springs supplied the village with fresh water but dangerous exposure to pirates for hundreds of years could only be solved by moving the village higher up the mountain, away from its small harbour. That's why all the villages in western and southern Corfu are located away from the sea and built either on hills (Vouniatades - Vragkaniotika - Hlomotiana - Episkopiana) or at altitude (Pavliana - Agios Dimitris - Chlomos).
Pentati is the youngest village in the area and was established in the second half of the 16th century, during the years of Venetian rule .
For many centuries, Pentati was celebrated for the oak trees that grew in abundance on the hills above the village. Acorns were of particular economic importance, not least to feed to pigs. In some parts of Greece the people made bread and pies from the kernels. During the First World War - especially in 1917 when the crops failed - many housewives mixed ground acorns with a little corn to make a kind of bread. The cup of the acorn was used to make dye for colouring cloth and also in tanning. The wood itself was essential for woodworking and shipbuilding and a valuable source of income for the village.
Sadly, there are few oak trees left in this part of the island now.
The name ‘Pentati’ itself derives from the tax the Venetians imposed on the acorn-gatherers whose acorns were exported to Venice and Marseilles and used to produce dyes for sale in Algeria and Tunisia. During 18th-19th century the ports of the Peloponnese – including Pentati - exported more than 1,500,000 acorns each year to Marseilles
Today Pentati is a bustling little fishing village that supplies fresh fish daily to the restaurants and tavernas in the nearby holiday resort of Agios Gordios and also to the famous Corfu Town market.
Pentati Geocaches
Pentati Pirate Travelbugs
The first of our pirate geocache trackables Pirate Muggin' Oggin Molley is fast making new friends! Where will they take him? Which treasures will he discover on his travels? Use this link https://coord.info/TB4TXZK to follow his adventures around the world.