Corfufor families with babies
Corfu is the Greek island that feels closest to Italy, and that does favours to families with very young children: the food is less reliant on grilled fish (more pasta, more bread, more things a fussy toddler will actually eat), the landscape is green rather than scorched, and the northeast coast has a string of small sandy coves rather than one big resort strip. Direct from London Gatwick it is 3hr 10min to Corfu airport, which is the shortest Greek-mainland flight in this set. MarBella Corfu on the east coast runs the Grasshoppers Creche from 4 months under the Worldwide Kids programme with qualified nursery staff and published staff ratios. Grecotel Corfu Imperial sits on its own private peninsula with calm shallow bays on three sides, which is unusually good geography for a baby who is just starting to walk. Ikos Dassia delivers the all inclusive option further north with a 4-month creche start. The island is small enough that you can do one cultural morning (Corfu Town's Venetian old town is UNESCO-listed and partly pedestrianised) without a long drive. Summer rainfall is genuinely rare, only around 11mm in July, and July highs sit around 31C with lows of 19C. The east coast hotels are sheltered from the prevailing wind, which matters when a 2-year old refuses a hat.
