Founded five decades ago, MarBella offers family-friendly, affordable luxury. It’s now the eldest sibling in the Mar-Bella Collection, a small group of chic resorts, with three on Corfu itself and one in mainland Greece. The 362 rooms and suites are arranged over a hill in the village of Agios Ioannis Peristeron, in the south-east of the island, rambling down from olive groves to the sea through lush, beautiful gardens. It takes a while to get your bearings, but each path is lined with fragrant rosemary, lavender and verbena and there’s a spectacular view around almost every corner, so getting lost is hardly a chore.
