‘Why is the climate so dangerous?’ was one of many top-searched queries on Google the day earlier than I left for Ikos Odisia, so you’ll be able to think about how I, and a big portion of the British public, had been feeling in regards to the impending but ever underwhelming prospect of a British ‘summer time’.
Fortunately, three brief days later I might be revelling in Corfu sunshine aboard a catamaran, laughing amongst new buddies with a rosé in hand. Smug doesn’t even start to cowl it.
It was the ultimate night of a brief however candy keep at Ikos Odisia, a luxurious resort lodge nestled in a secluded bay alongside Corfu’s Ioanian coast.
Although the resort solely launched final 12 months, you’d by no means comprehend it from the effectively manicured grounds, high-quality service and in depth vary of eating places and actions that Ikos Odisia gives its visitors. An extremely luxurious providing, Ikos has got down to reinvent the all-inclusive seashore vacation, with each high-quality element accounted for.
Set amid an ideal mix of forest and seaside, Ikos Odisia boasts 60 acres of land stuffed with towering Cypress bushes, a 420m-long sandy seashore and 10 swimming pools. It can inevitably take you a couple of days to familiarise your self with the whole lot of the expansive resort, however within the meantime you’ll be able to seize a passing buggy at any time to hitch a experience – we regularly did!
Divided up into 4 totally different villages (Backyard, Central, Sea and Deluxe), every space of the resort has its personal really feel and devoted pool space. The rooms themselves are spacious and designed in stylish impartial tones, whereas floor-to-ceiling doorways and home windows create an enormous sense of area.
My rain bathe and splendidly plush mattress had been two of my favorite options in my house away from house, whereas the terrace space outdoors supplied idyllic views of the water and olive bushes. Thoughtfully designed, understated decor permits nature to take centre stage right here, effortlessly harmonising with its environment.