Marbella Corfu Hotel

We stayed at the Marbella on a half-board basis which included a full buffet breakfast and dinner. For us, this was enough as we were often out during the day and both buffets had a lot of variety of good quality food. The property was beautiful and right on the sea. Although there is little natural beach, they have a large, sandy area with lots of beach loungers and a dock with stairs to enter the sea. The sea was calm and warm and perfect for swimming. The hotel is located about halfway between the Old Town and Lefkimmi, which is nice as it is quiet and less crowded but having a car is helpful if you want to explore Corfu at all. Although it is not cheap, it is less expensive than other similarly appointed hotels, so we felt it was good value and had a great time!

I had every high hopes for this hotel upon reading reviews prior to my stay, and I have to say I was so happy with the service I received. Room was incredibly clean and spacious and amenities were restocked daily. We even were given extra towels and pillows everyday. I would like to see more English channels available if possible though. Every restaurant served delicious food with a wide selection of food to choose from. My particular favourite restaurant was the Italian restaurant which we visited for lunch three times and dinner once (which was all we were allowed complimentary in the all-inclusive package). La Tezzara is also an amazing buffet with wide selections everyday with a rotating theme- Seafood night was my favourite. My favourite bar is the Belvedere Bar in which we spent every night playing cards and the servers could not have been more attentive and friendly. A special shoutout to Maria from the Belvedere Bar who works the evening shifts, and she is absolutely amazing in which she memorises your usuals and just emits positivity and friendliness whenever she spoke to you. Ok now the only reason the place didn’t get 5 stars: The Place is Wasp Central. Especially on the beach and around the pool at midday around lunchtime. If you are able to ignore them then you have no problem here but unfortunately they are incredibly persistent and will not leave you alone. The worst incident was on the first day when we had to abandon our meal at the Dolphin beach restaurant because 6 wasps swarmed us in order to get our food and would not go away. One of them burrowed itself into my chicken burger and attempted to fly off with a piece of it. This is when we left and never ate at the place again. The place provides smokers to put on your table but these proved ineffective. This led me to read reviews whilst I was there to see if other visitors had posted about this issue. This particularly became interesting when I overheard a member of staff say that they had a 2 week monsoon season where they couldn’t collect food. I then overheard another member of staff make the excuse that they are baby wasps that have just set up nest and blaming their age for the way they are. I read the reviews and realised that people had been mentioning the wasps for over 2 years. I know it’s not the hotels fault and there is nothing they can do about it but it was the lying that caused me to be more disappointed. They are paying to stay at the hotel so at least be honest with the guests. It’s also because my mother is allergic to wasp stings so we found it hard to relax on the beach knowing that if she got stung she would have to be taken to hospital. I found it alarming that no member of staff seemed to care about this fact. This isn’t a complaint, but simply telling potential guests about this issue as we wish we had knew about the wasp issue prior to going, but there didn’t seem to be any recent reviews regarding this. Apart from the wasp issue, absolutely spotless hotel! Of course we would not stay here again until the wasp nests are completely gone and it is not dangerous for my mother- But the food and service was second to none. If you are able to ignore wasps, you will love the hotel to pieces. (Last photo is the cricket that had found its way into the chair) 😊

Hotel, especially rooms exceptionally clean and well furnished. Food varied and very high quality. Excellent range of facilities. Air con in room quiet and efficient. Two large pools and childrens splash pool. to cover all ages and abilities and direct pedestrian access to sea.