Special treat: Among the first luxury hotels on the island, the Corfu Palace Hotel has a prime location a few steps south of the Esplanade overlooking Garítsa Bay. Doubles from £113.
Good value: The Kontokali Bay Spa & Resort is a very well managed, self-contained resort that has upped its game in recent years. Doubles from £124.
On a budget: Levant Hotel is a classy, secluded hotel with wood or marble trim everywhere, attractive common areas and central Corfu’s best views. Doubles from £58.
Roula’s in Kondókali (0030 26610 91832) is great for an early seafood dinner (€25 to €30/ £20 to £24 per person). Try and get a place on its terrace, with views over the Gouviá marina basin.
Supplement your hotel breakfast with a quiet coffee in the shade at the evergreen Café Bristol, a hip art nouveau outpost on Evgeníou Voulgáreos at Platía Vrahlióti.
Start your day with a trip to the Paleó Froúrio (Old Fort), which in the morning affords excellent views west over the town skyline, in flattering light.
The world-class Asian Art Museum (Tues-Sun, 8am-7.30pm €3/£2.34) has a wonderfully eclectic collection covering everything from Gandhara relief art to blue-and-white Chinese porcelain.
Lunch at the Alonaki Bay taverna (0030 26610 75872; €20/£16 per head) has great seafood such as bianco, a Corfiot fish stew made here with lagoon-raised mullet and garnished with marsh samphire.
A natural rock podium above Pélekas where you can view the sunset, honouring a precedent set by Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was a seasonal resident from 1908 until the First World War.
Drop into Corfu town to dine at local institution the Rex (Kapodistríou 66; 0030 26610 39649). Signature dishes include orange-fleshed squash turnover, fruit-stuffed pork, and portobello mushrooms.
On Weds, Fri and Saturday they stage live concerts (jazz, rock or Greek), while the Thursday cinema club is new this year. 12km/ 7.5 miles out on the Paleokastrítsa road at Sgómbou.
