Corfu Holiday Palace

"This hotel needs some SERIOUS refurbishment!! It is old, dusty, and smelly. There was mold on our bedroom ceiling wall! Absolutely disgusting and very very unhealthy!! Bathroom was old, filthy and uninviting; there was no toilet paper rail (it had to sit on old, dusty bin), a cheap soap that was dissolving itself all over the place and sticking to hands. Our room was dated, smelled of swamp same as the bathroom. It was my very first experience being in a 5* hotel where there were no dressing gowns provided!! What I like best about holidays in a nice hotel is the lovely bathroom break, followed by a nice lay down in a dressing gown and a visit in the local spa. Well, to begin with I was dreading using this bathroom even for quick visits especially due to the smell. The spa facilities were beyond disappointing (2* hotel standard). Room had filthy, dusty, old curtains that were probably unwashed in 20 years! Full of bugs and other insects. So was the room and as long as I don’t recall being bitten by a bug my legs were full of red itchy bite marks! One day during our visit there was a thunder and lightning and it seemed like the only entertainment available (since staying in the room wasn’t very appealing due to the smell etc), was an indoor pool so we decided to go there only to find out that it looks like… an abandoned warehouse, there were no towels, no sunbeds, nothing at all as if it’s been closed and not cleaned for years!! It was my first experience at the 5* hotel where you have to: 1. pay for a sparkling water at breakfast 2. You have to make your own coffee while queuing up to some old fashioned machines 3. There were no freshly squeezed juices available which at other PROPER 5* hotels you simply order to your table Also, there’s no security on a site so strangers can come to the hotel beach and consequently to the hotel area which doesn’t seem safe. I’ve seen a few people who were not hotel guests wondering around and using the very few sunbeds provided which made me stay alert all the time so I couldn’t really relax! Speaking of the beach, it is teeny tiny ugly and needs a lot of work doing. Same as the hotel! The restaurant is more like a high school cafeteria and not a restaurant at the 5* hotel standard. Food was okayish but I wouldn’t rave about it. Overall, I wouldn’t like to go back even if I was offered a free stay. Frankly speaking I should get a refund for the primitive conditions received after the price I paid. Terrible value for money. Like I said before it’s a 2/3 star hotel at its best!"

"This was our tenth year at this amazing hotel. We met people there the first year and became good friends, we all meet up for two week same time in May every year. We absoloutley love it, so much to do and see. We love the beautiful pool area and the private beach which you get to via a lift. There is always a great choice of food at breakfast and dinner, with themed dinner nights. The number two bus stops at the bottom of the hotel which takes you into Corfu Town. Corfu town is a must to visit lots of nice shops, bars and restaurtants. There's a lovely castle to look around too. Its become like a home from home to us now the staff always remember us and go out of their way to make our holiday special. Nacar on the door is so helpful, friedly and always smiling, Antonia who greets you at breakfast and dinner so lovely, and Rania who works in reservations is fantastic and has become a good friend. What else can i say........ amazing hotel with views to die for and dedicated staff. I cannot recommend this hotel highly enough."

"My first trip to the wonderful island of Corfu was as a young man in 1970, on that holiday my pals and I did not have the luxury of staying in a hotel, due to limited funds it was camping for us. 49 years later when on a cruise I introduced my wife to Corfu town, which we both loved and rekindled memories for me, so the decision was made to return for a holiday there. We returned in September 2022. We booked a hotel near to Corfu town which had good reviews on this very web-site, sadly, the reality was far from most of the Trip Advisers reviews. The pool was tiny and next to a main road, the hotel run down and the food terrible, it even gave me a gippy tummy during our stay - it was a disappointment to what we were led to expect. Even sadder still was that our stay was during the week when Queen Elizabeth II passed away. At least a good factor of being in that not very good hotel was that it was only a short walk away from Mon Repose Palace where Prince Phillip was born, it seemed fitting for us to visit there the day after our Monarch’s passing. It is now a museum and sadly there was not much there about Prince Phillip. At least two good things was a really good bar opposite and the 2a bus service which took us into Corfu town and also Kanoni, which we fell in love with. It was there I noticed the wooded driveway the the Corfu Palace Hotel and made a note that when we return it would be to that particular hotel, which we did on the 21st September 2026 for a week’s stay. As the airport transfer drove up the drive through the hotel’s wooded driveway and we pulled up outside I could see this was a much superior hotel to that of our last visit. To say I was impressed when we walked into the spacious foyer and reception area to be speedily registered in by the efficient staff would be an understatement. Our room, 333. Overlooked the front of the hotel and its gardens, it was a nice, clean and reasonably spacious room with a good bathroom with a walk-in shower. Little niggles with the room were a lack of storage space as there is only a wardrobe and just two drawers each side of the bed. To use the safe a key has to be requested from reception which for security has to be kept with you, whereas with coded safes you do not. The biggest gripe for my wife, which she experiences in many hotels, was the lack of a dressing table with a mirror, here there was just a long shelf which was quickly cluttered, although there was a large mirror. Despite the room having a two seater sofa there was no chair for her to sit on when doing her hair and make up, I had to bring in a chair from the balcony when she was getting ready. However, the very many good things about this wonderful hotel outweigh those minor niggles. The hotel has a fantastic large saltwater pool as well as a funicular style lift which takes you to the hotel’s private beach. Both the pool and the the beach have cafe/bars and a lot of sun beds, although even though there are many of them they get taken very quickly. Pool towels are supplied by the hotel from 10am, which is the same time the two cafe’s open. When you check in you are given pool towel vouchers which, once you have managed to find the small office near the pool, you hand in to get your pool towels. We kept ours for the rest of the week and returned them on our last day. Unlike our last stay at that previous not very good hotel, the food here in the buffet restaurant was really good, we enjoyed our breakfasts and evening meals and this time no gippy stomach! The hotel also has in its gardens a child’s play area and bungalows with their own pool where some people stay. However, we had a couple of days of heavy rain during our holiday and as we raced into the hotel after returning from town we met a couple about to go out who, due to staying in one of the bungalows, had to get wet when going from the hotel foyer to their bungalow, we were glad we were in the hotel. Kanoni is a nice place to be with wonderful iconic views, it also overlooks the airport runway so there is some noise from the planes, which did not bother us. There are three good bars there to visit too and we enjoyed sitting in the one especially which overlooked Mouse Island, not to forget the good old 2a bus service which runs every 20 minutes and gets you into Corfu town for 2 euros each and has a bus stop on the road right next to the entrance to the hotel driveway. We had a very relaxing and enjoyable week during our stay in this lovely hotel, it was a delight to be there and we hope to return. We can easily recommend it to others."