Kommeno, Corfu

Friday, 2pm

Check in at the palatial Corfu Imperial with a chilled glass of freshly squeezed juice while smiling staff whisk you through the formalities. The hotel stands on the Kommeno peninsula, and doubles cost from £270 (www.corfuimperial.com, reservations.ci@grecotel.com).

3pm

If you can bear to leave your room with its views of blue sea and green hills take your pick of the hotel’s three private beaches. Watersports include water skiing, parascending, windsurfing and canoeing.

9pm

Dine at Aristo, the Corfu Imperial’s gourmet restaurant, where chef Matteo Temperini presents a memorable €90 tasting menu (€125 with wine) of dishes like smoked grouper with fennel bulb, and trilogy of lamb with mizythra cheese croquette and artichoke cream.

Saturday, 10am

Hop on the hotel’s free shuttle for a morning shopping and sightseeing in Corfu Town (return at 1:35pm).

2pm

Lunch at the Corfu Imperial’s Yali Waterfront Restaurant. The menu features classic Greek seafood.

4pm

Enjoy a 30-minute “relax massage” (€50) or a full hour’s deep tissue massage (€120). Emerge feeling fabulous.

9pm

Dine at Steak and Sushi, the hotel’s new surf and turf restaurant.

11pm

Stroll to the Corfu Imperial’s sister hotel, the Grecotel Daphnila Bay Thalasso, for late-night cocktails and dancing at the classy Mandolato Beach Club.

Sunday, 11am

Visit Danilia, a faithful restoration of a 1930s Corfiot village, complete with church, cafe and taverna, rescued from demolition by Grecotel. If you experience a spot of déja vu, it’s because you’ve seen Danilia on telly – it was used as a set for STV’S The Durrells (€10).

2pm

Explore olive groves and country roads on horseback from riding stables around 4km from Kommeno; book through the hotel (€55).

8pm

Spoil yourselves with a private sunset dinner on the beach, with a personalised menu and your own waiter.

Monday, 9am

Check out for private transfer to the airport. ■ Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) and Thomson Airways (www.thomson. co.uk) fly to Corfu from Edinburgh.