We have just returned from a week at the Century Resort, Archavi, Corfu. The hotel is an average 3 star, good location as can access both north east and north west beaches, good service but the apartments are not ideal for a family of 3.

We had telephoned the hotel in advance to check sleeping arrangements for our child and were told that the apartments did have a seprate sofa bed with proper mattress in the living area, which we thought would be ideal as my husband and me would have some privacy. The bedroom had 1 double and 1 single bed and the living area had a sofa bed, a small window by the kitchnette. We found the living area very dark when the French windows dividing the bedroom and living room area were closed.

However,after the first night we found that cold air form the air-conditioning unit blew directly on the sofa bed in the living room. The choice was to either turn the a/c unit off and open the windows and let mosquitoes in; let our son sleep under the cold air blowing or all of us sleep in the same room. As the hotel was full we opted to all sleep in the same room, we found the mattress quite hard and had to use the blankets to line the mattress.

The breakfast is what one would expect of a 3 star hotel, the staff were very friendly and always smiling.

If you are driving, then the hotel is not easy to find as it is located off the road by the Pumphouse restaurent on the main beach road. The beach is narrow and is a pebble beach. We ate out and often drove to other fabulous beaches of Corfua and rented a boat for the day which was great fun.

If you are visiting the deserted mountain village of Old Perithia then I would highly recommend the 'Chicken Sovlaki' at 'Gavrili's Step' a traditional grill restaurent, it was the best we had during our stay. Also Valentine's on Archavi beach has fun Greek live music.

Overall the hotel was average, for next time we would rather rent a villa or apartment with 2 bedrooms around Avlaki Beach area...