Hotels in Corfu, coast by coast, and the one to skip

Very good · 1,915 reviews

A seventeenth-century mansion at the edge of the Spianada, and the rooftop bar is the reason people book it. The roof usually opens from May to early October.

• Rooftop bar and restaurant
• Historic building
• No pool

Nine rooms in a nineteenth-century mansion on a quiet side street, under five hundred metres from the Liston. The garden is the luxury.

• Nine rooms
• Garden
• Quiet street

Superb · 901 reviews

A neoclassical mansion that has been a bank and a school, three minutes on foot from the Spianada, and one of the few old-town hotels with a lift.

• Thirty rooms
• Lift
• Walk to everything

Fabulous · 1,649 reviews

It looks straight over the Spianada and the Liston, which no hotel further in can offer. No pool and no parking, and that is the trade for the address.

• Rooftop restaurant
• Spianada views
• No parking

Exceptional · 719 reviews

Nine suites in an early twentieth-century hotel at the old port, renovated in 2022, with sea views across to Vidos.

• Nine suites
• Sea views
• Renovated 2022

Very good · 1,355 reviews

The cheapest heritage bed in town, in a nineteenth-century building on the old port three minutes from the New Fortress.

• Historic building
• Sea views to Vidos
• Budget

Very good · 2,040 reviews

Adults-only, a kilometre from the old town, with a pool and a small rocky beach a few metres away. The compromise for couples who want both the town and a swim.

• Adults only
• Pool
• Spa
• Walk to town

Good · 1,292 reviews

The only hotel looking straight down on Mouse Island and Vlacherna, with bungalows carrying private pools and a lift down to its own beach.

• Private beach by lift
• Private-pool bungalows
• Seawater pool

Review score · 1,323 reviews

Across the road from the ferry quay and fifteen minutes on foot from the centre. Not charming, and the right bed before an early boat to Igoumenitsa or Italy.

• Opposite the port
• Budget

Superb · 519 reviews

A Grecotel resort with a peninsula to itself, three private beaches and villas with their own pools. Sold half board rather than all-inclusive.

• Three private beaches
• Private-pool villas
• Spa
• Kids club

Very good · 517 reviews

The quieter sister of the Imperial next door, on a Blue Flag beach, sharing its watersports.

• Blue Flag beach
• Large pool
• Villas

Superb · 1,198 reviews

Contemporary design on a large estate over Kommeno Bay, with heated private pools in the villas. Adults friendly, meaning children from twelve, not strictly adults only.

• Children 12+
• Private heated pools
• Spa

Superb · 34 reviews

The all-inclusive most people mean when they ask for the best one, on six hundred metres of its own beach with six pools.

• All-inclusive
• Private beach
• Six pools
• Spa

Exceptional · 30 reviews

Opened in 2023 across the bay from Ikos Dassia, laid out as low-rise villages over a large beachfront estate. Often listed as north-east Corfu, which it is not.

• All-inclusive
• Beachfront
• Low-rise

Superb · 692 reviews

Two private sandy beaches five kilometres from town and the airport, which is as close to the old town as a proper beach resort gets.

• Two private beaches
• Several pools
• Spa

Very good · 240 reviews

The former Dreams Corfu, now the first Hyatt all-inclusive in Greece.

• All-inclusive
• Families

Superb · 524 reviews

The all-inclusive beach hotel closest to Corfu Town, on sand, with three restaurants.

• All-inclusive
• On the beach
• Spa

Very good · 226 reviews

Adults-only and designed for a younger crowd than the resorts around it, above Kommeno Bay with a small beach under five hundred metres away.

• Adults only
• Pool
• Near a beach

Very good · 1,327 reviews

A solid beachfront four-star on the blue bus line, with its own beach area and a seawater pool.

• Beachfront
• Seawater pool
• Bus to town

Fabulous · 360 reviews

The cheapest of the Grecotel group around Kommeno, all-inclusive, on a slope above the water.

• All-inclusive
• Sea views
• Hillside

Fabulous · 173 reviews

Adults-only and all-inclusive on a pebble beach, the one place on this coast that runs like a resort.

• Adults only
• All-inclusive
• On the beach
• Spa

Superb · 879 reviews

Adults-only in the olive groves above Kalami Bay, twenty metres from the beach, with two pools and fifty rooms.

• Adults only
• Two pools
• Steps from the beach

A recent build under Pantokrator, two minutes from Barbati beach, with a small wellness area.

• Near the beach
• Sauna and jacuzzi
• Recent build

Superb · 355 reviews

Twenty rooms on the water at Kassiopi, below the castle, with a pool. The best address on the harbour.

• On the harbour
• Pool
• Twenty rooms

Seven family-run rooms with kitchens and a pool, five minutes on foot from Nissaki bay.

• Seven rooms
• Kitchens
• Pool

Exceptional · 389 reviews

Self-catering apartments beside the main beach, with an adult pool and a separate one for children.

• Kitchens
• Two pools
• By the beach

Very good · 194 reviews

Twenty five self-catering units and a pool near the beach, which is how most people end up doing this coast on a budget.

• Self-catering
• Pool

Very good · 604 reviews

The best-placed family luxury on the west coast, directly on Glyfada's Blue Flag sand, with separate adult and family pools and beach zones.

• On the beach
• Adult and family pools
• Kids and teen clubs
• Spa

Good · 659 reviews

The former Pelekas Monastery, now adults-only and all-inclusive, on a Blue Flag beach. Open from June to October.

• Adults only
• All-inclusive
• On the beach
• Two pools

Fabulous · 1,407 reviews

The former La Grotta Verde, relaunched in 2025 as adults-only from sixteen, sold half board or all-inclusive. Check the room's walk to the sand when you book.

• Adults 16+
• All-inclusive option
• Spa

Fabulous · 372 reviews

Spread over a large hillside above Ermones cove, with a funicular down to the water and an indoor pool for the shoulder season.

• Adults only
• Funicular to the beach
• Indoor pool
• Spa

Superb · 1,660 reviews

On the headland over the bay, with an infinity pool, a rocky private swimming area and Agia Triada beach below.

• Adult friendly
• Infinity pool
• Private rocks

Very good · 356 reviews

Still found under its old name, Paleokastritsa Palace. Adults-only near the monastery, ten minutes on foot down to the beach.

• Adults only
• Two pools
• Hillside

Fabulous · 792 reviews

Family-run, thirty metres from the sand, and the cheapest way to sleep on Glyfada beach.

• By the beach
• Family run
• Restaurant

Fabulous · 397 reviews

Twenty five rooms on the hilltop at Pelekas, with a pool and a terrace facing the sunset over the whole west coast.

• Pool
• Sunset terrace
• Hilltop

Good · 1,385 reviews

Hotel and hostel, run by the same family since 1965, five minutes from the beach. A backpacker institution, and it sounds like one at night.

• Hostel and rooms
• Near the beach
• Social

The adults-only answer in the north, on the beach, with private pools in the suites.

• Adults only
• Beachfront
• Private pools
• Spa

Fabulous · 504 reviews

A large all-inclusive on its own stretch of sand, six pools, renovated for 2025.

• All-inclusive
• Private beach
• Six pools

The water park resort: entry to Hydropolis is included, which is the whole argument if there are children.

• Free water park
• Four pools
• Families

Quiet villas a walk from Almyros beach, the calmest end of the north coast.

• Villas
• Walk to the beach

Its own water park with free entry and two pools, about a quarter of an hour on foot from the beach.

• Free water park
• Two pools
• Families

Very good · 530 reviews

Two hundred metres from the Canal d'Amour, with a children's section in the pool and evening entertainment.

• Walk to Canal d'Amour
• Kids pool
• Entertainment

Fabulous · 203 reviews

Seventeen rooms, a pool and four hundred metres to the sand. Small and family-run.

• Pool
• Family run
• 400 m to the beach

Exceptional · 29 reviews

Nine rooms and a spa in the far north-west, seven minutes on foot from the beach. It is usually filed under the north-east. It is on the opposite corner.

• Nine rooms
• Spa
• Near the beach

Very good · 125 reviews

Apartments with kitchens above Agios Georgios bay, seven minutes' walk from the sand.

• Kitchens
• Tennis court
• Near the beach

Superb · 883 reviews

A thousand square metre infinity pool, thirty seven pool villas and a private beach, and it takes children. Only the sky bar is adults-only.

• Infinity pool
• Pool villas
• Private beach
• Families

Superb · 292 reviews

Adults-only from sixteen, on the beach in an olive grove that was once an Onassis estate. Half board, not all-inclusive.

• Adults 16+
• Beachfront
• Spa

Superb · 384 reviews

The smallest and most private of the three Mar-Bella hotels, adults-only villa suites. The honeymoon answer on this coast.

• Adults only
• Villa suites
• Small

The big premium all-inclusive of the group, on the beach, built for couples and families alike.

• All-inclusive
• Beachfront
• Families

Exceptional · 452 reviews

A hundred suites by the water, many of them with private pools, and it welcomes families.

• Private pools
• By the beach
• Families

Exceptional · 89 reviews

The newest of the group, rebuilt, adult friendly, three hundred metres from a pebble and sand beach.

• Adult friendly
• 76 rooms
• Near the beach

Fabulous · 1,166 reviews

A hillside family resort eight kilometres from the airport and a hundred metres from the beach, with a family pool.

• Three pools
• Spa
• Families

Very good · 689 reviews

The former Messonghi Beach: a huge beachfront all-inclusive with kids clubs and children's pools, priced for large families.

• All-inclusive
• Beachfront
• Kids club

Good · 903 reviews

A budget seafront hotel with a pool in Benitses, twenty minutes from town.

• Seafront
• Pool
• Budget

Good · 59 reviews

Listed so you know what a Kavos hotel is: pool parties several times a week, a resident DJ and a bar open round the clock, two minutes from the strip. If that is the plan, this is the place. If not, nothing in Kavos is.

• Pool parties
• 24 h bar
• Two minutes to the strip