Ikos Odisia
Ikos Odisia sits on the green north-east coast of Corfu, in the Greek Ionian islands, across the bay from its Ikos Dassia sister and about 9 miles (14 km) from Corfu Old Town. It's a flat resort of low bungalows spread through 60 acres of pine, citrus and olive, with the restaurants, the branded drinks and the children's clubs all folded into one premium all-inclusive price. Families come for its à la carte restaurants, ten heated pools with separate splash parks, large entry rooms and a crèche from six months.
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Is it worth it?
The quick read before the detail: who this resort suits, what is folded into the price and the facts to skim first.
Ikos Odisia is one of the more expensive family all-inclusives on Corfu, with à la carte restaurants, premium wine and spirits and a day's car hire all in the price, no per-restaurant supplements and little upselling. It opened in 2023 as the newer of the two Ikos resorts on Corfu, purpose-built across 60 acres, which sets it apart from the wooded slopes of its Dassia sister next door.
Best for
You want à la carte restaurants, flat ground throughout, separate children's splash parks, and you'd otherwise pay out for meals, a babysitter and a car.
Maybe not for
You want a soft-sand swimming beach you can count on, or you're on a tight budget; the food and the crèche are paid-for premium, not cheap.
Best ages
Babies upwards. Paid crèche from six months, a free club from four, plus babysitting for an adult dinner.
What stands out
Flat ground, roomy entry rooms, and a free round of golf no other Greek Ikos lays on.
What to check
The crèche age floor if you have a young baby, and that the room is big enough or has the layout you want.
Where is it?
On the north-east coast of Corfu at Dassia Bay, across from Ikos Dassia, about 9 miles (14 km) from Corfu Town.
Quick facts for families
The resort and its setting
Where Odisia sits, how the flat four-village site is laid out and what that means for getting around.
Odisia opened in 2023, the second Ikos resort on Corfu and a purpose-built one, laid out across 60 flat acres of pine, citrus and olive on the sheltered north-east coast. It runs as four villages, Sea, Garden, Central and Deluxe, each with its own large pool, and reception sits in the Central village with the beach down at the Deluxe end. The ground is level throughout, so with a pram you can walk the whole resort without inclines or steps, and golf buggies, the electric carts the resort runs on call, cover the longer stretches. For how the Ikos brand and its all-inclusive works across the group, see our guide to Ikos and the group behind it, and for the wider island our Corfu guide.
Every restaurant and bar
All eight dining rooms, the seven bars and how the à la carte booking actually works.
Every restaurant is included with no per-restaurant supplement, and so is the wine, a list of more than 100 bottles chosen by the Ikos sommelier. There are eight restaurants and seven bars. The Flavors buffet runs all day and takes walk-ins; the seven à la carte rooms need a dinner reservation, which is the one piece of admin families have to stay on top of (how it works is in the box below).
Flavors is the Mediterranean buffet, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and it doesn't need a reservation. It's the most practical room for a young child, with broad choice, no fixed sitting, high chairs and children's cups, bowls and cutlery, and you walk in whenever a toddler is hungry. It's the meal families most often say they'd like sharpened up, the breakfast in particular, but it reliably has something a young child will eat.
Ouzo is the Greek restaurant, à la carte and relaxed, the kind of plates children tend to eat. Elia is the other Greek room, set on the hill with a view over the resort to the sea, and one of the venues reviewers rate most highly. Both need a dinner reservation.
Fresco is the Italian, à la carte for dinner with a reservation, and its pasta and pizza usually land well with little ones. Its menus are by Ettore Botrini, who holds one Michelin star at his own restaurant, Botrini's, in Athens, rather than here. Oliva is the Spanish restaurant; its menus are by Andoni Luis Aduriz, whose own restaurant, Mugaritz near San Sebastián in Spain, holds two Michelin stars. Reviews of Oliva itself are mixed. The resort's own kitchens aren't themselves starred.
Anaya is the Asian restaurant, à la carte for dinner with a reservation, its menus by the chef Apsara Thiou. Azul serves Peruvian cooking and is another of the rooms guests single out, a treat for adventurous older children more than a fussy toddler. Sea Grill is the beachfront barbecue and grill, the easiest place for a relaxed lunch by the sand, and one reviewer found it more fast food than fresh seafood. It's better at lunch than dinner.
Dress code
At dinner, shorts and flip-flops aren't allowed in any of the restaurants, the buffet included. Days are casual, including lunch by the pool and beach.
The seven bars
The Lobby Bar is the main one and keeps the longest hours, from early morning to the small hours, for coffees by day and cocktails late. A Pool Bar serves each of the village pools through the day, the Central and Sea villages each have their own, and Deluxe guests have a Deluxe Pool Bar. The Beach Bar runs down on the sand into the evening, and the Teatro opens by the theatre for the evening shows. All the drinks, the wine list included, are in the price.
How restaurant booking works
You arrange your à la carte dinners through the Ikos app. A standard room can pre-book a limited number of dinners before you arrive and the rest on the app once you're there, where tables also free up through the week. Deluxe Collection guests can pre-book every dinner. In July and August the only sittings are an early one around 6pm or a late one around 9:30pm, and walk-ins to the à la carte rooms are rarely possible, so book the early sittings the moment the app opens. The Flavors buffet and the beachfront Sea Grill are the no-booking fallbacks for an unpredictable toddler mealtime.
Rooms and suites
Every room category with its official size, the ten heated pools and children's splash parks, and the Dassia Bay beach.
Where you'll sleep
There are seventeen room categories across two tiers, eleven standard rooms and suites and six in the Deluxe Collection. The entry rooms here start at 35 m², larger than the base rooms at the older Ikos resorts, so even the smallest gives you a bit more floor than you might expect. The table below is the full line-up with the official sizes; the guidance after it is which suit a family with a baby or toddler.
| Room | Size | Sleeps |
|---|---|---|
| Double Room | 35 m² | 2 |
| Superior Double Room Garden View | 35 m² | 2 |
| Superior Double Room Pool View | 35 m² | 3 |
| Superior Double Room Private Garden | 35 m² | 3 |
| Family Room Pool View | 70 m² | 5 |
| Junior Suite Private Garden Pool View | 45 m² | 4 |
| Junior Bungalow Suite Private Garden | 45 m² | 4 |
| One Bedroom Suite Balcony Garden View | 70 m² | 5 |
| One Bedroom Suite Private Garden | 70 m² | 5 |
| One Bedroom Bungalow Suite Balcony | 70 m² | 5 |
| One Bedroom Bungalow Suite Side Sea View | 80 m² | 5 |
| Deluxe Junior Bungalow Suite Private Garden | 45 m² | 4 |
| Deluxe One Bedroom Bungalow Suite Balcony | 80 m² | 5 |
| Deluxe Two Bedroom Bungalow Suite Private Garden | 100 m² | 6 |
| Deluxe Two Bedroom Bungalow Suite Private Pool | 100 m² | 6 |
| Deluxe Three Bedroom Villa Private Pool | 300 m² | 7 |
| Deluxe Four Bedroom Villa Private Pool Sea View | 360 m² | 8 |
Tap a room name to see its photos and floor plan in the gallery.
For families, the choice comes down to whether you need a door to close on a napping baby. The 35 m² Doubles sleep two or three and are open-plan, workable with one small child and a cot but with no separate room to darken for a nap. The cheapest room with a bedroom you can shut off is a One Bedroom Suite at 70 m², and the standout standard family room is the Family Room Pool View at 70 m², which sleeps five and gives a cot and an active toddler room to spread out. For two children in their own rooms, or to bring grandparents, a Deluxe Two Bedroom Suite at 100 m² sleeps six, and the two new villas run far larger again.
Several categories come with their own outdoor space, and the names tell you which. A Private Garden version gives you a ground-floor garden you step straight out into, the easier choice with a pushchair and a child you'd rather let out without stairs, and because the whole resort is flat these give level access from the room. A Private Pool version, in the top Deluxe suites and the villas, adds a small enclosed pool off the room, the closest you'll get to a fully fenced splash area for a very mobile toddler. The Junior Suites at 45 m² sit between the two, with a private garden and more space than a Double without the separate bedroom of the larger suites.
What the Deluxe Collection adds
For families, the most useful thing Deluxe adds is the dinner booking. Deluxe guests can pre-book every à la carte dinner rather than a capped few, so you don't compete for the early sittings each day. On top of that, Deluxe brings its own village pool and Deluxe Pool Bar, a private beach section, in-suite check-in and concierge, two complimentary massages per suite, and a second day with the car. Standard guests get the same clubs, beach and restaurants, so Deluxe gets you space, a quieter pool, private-pool layouts and booking certainty rather than a different holiday.
The pools
The resort has ten heated pools and separate splash parks for children, in the official wording, spread across the four villages rather than gathered in one spot. Each village has its own large pool, so wherever your room is there's a family pool a short flat walk away. The splash parks are the part the youngest tend to head for, set apart from the swimming pools and shallow, with one young-children's pool laid out so small ones don't graze their knees on the way in. Deluxe guests have their own pool with the Deluxe Pool Bar alongside, and inside the spa there's an indoor pool that's for adults, so children can't use it. Loungers, umbrellas and waiter service come with all of them.
The beach
The beach is a serviced stretch of around 420 metres on Dassia Bay, with sunbeds, umbrellas and drinks brought to your spot. The bay is sheltered and shelves in gently, so the water stays shallow and calm a good way out, easy for a toddler to paddle in. Ikos calls it a Blue Flag beach, and the resort keeps it for guests, though Greek beaches are public by law, so you may see others setting up nearby in peak season. Accounts of the waterline vary, some describing a soft entry and others a pebbly one, so pack water shoes for little feet at the water's edge whichever you get. Non-motorised watersports such as canoeing, paddleboarding and pedalos are included; motorised sports cost extra.
Babies and toddlers
The crèche and clubs from six months up, everything that fills a family day, and the days out beyond the gate.
The crèche, clubs and the baby kit
The Heroes Crèche takes children from six months to four years for an extra charge, run by the in-house Ikos team to UK Ofsted standards in small groups: one carer to three for babies from six to twenty-three months, one to four for two-year-olds and one to six from three years. Sessions run a longer morning and two shorter afternoons, charged per session, with the morning the dearest. Families single out the crèche staff for settled, attentive care, and spaces go fast in the holidays, so book before you travel. If your baby is younger than six months, email the Heroes team first; there's also a separate short complimentary beach childcare slot for children aged four and up, which is a different thing from the crèche.
The free Heroes Kids Club covers four to twelve year olds through the day, with team sports, arts and crafts and themed play. There's a Just4Teens club for over-twelves, and a Heroes Supper Club for four to twelves in the evening for an extra charge, which gives parents a night to dine alone; it's listed as included for Deluxe guests, though guests at sister resorts have been charged, so confirm that at check-in. For an adult dinner without the children, the resort offers babysitting for an extra charge, subject to availability and best booked ahead.
The room is set up for a baby or toddler before you arrive if you ask in advance: a cot, a baby bath, a monitor, toilet-seat adapters, nappy-changing facilities through the public areas, and ramps and lifts for pushchairs, with pram hire for a charge if you'd rather not bring your own. Every restaurant has high chairs, children's tableware and a children's menu.
Things to do
Plenty is included with no extra charge. On dry land there are three floodlit tennis courts, five-a-side football, beach volleyball, mini basketball, boccia and table tennis, with bike hire for the whole family and guided mountain-biking, and giant chess and board games for downtime. There's also a complimentary round of golf, nine or eighteen holes, once per stay at the Corfu Golf Club, which Odisia is the only Greek Ikos placed near. In the water, paddleboarding, canoeing, kayaking and pedalos are included, with an introductory diving lesson in the pool; ringos and inflatables, water-skiing, parasailing and scuba cost extra. Fitness covers a cardio room and studio plus classes from aqua aerobics and Zumba to yoga, Pilates and power beach walks.
Several academies and excursions cost extra. There are professional Tennis, Football and Windsurfing academies, and Football Escapes runs daily two-hour sessions for five to fifteen year olds with ex-professional and UEFA-licensed coaches. The Ikos Spa, by the Paris house Anne Semonin, has an indoor pool with a sea view from its raised position, a thermal suite with steam bath and sauna, a hammam, a relaxation area and hair and nail salons; the thermal area and indoor pool are for adults, so they aren't for children, and treatments are charged on top.
The daily programme runs to all ages, from giant chess and board games to kids' karaoke, children's shows and theatre evenings at the Teatro, plus sunset cruises. Your booking also includes a Culture Pass to Corfu's cultural sites, among them the Museum of Asian Art and the Old Fortress in Corfu's UNESCO Old Town, a day with a car to explore the island, and a Dine Out scheme with dinner at three Corfiot restaurants in and around the Old Town, the Dora Fish Tavern at the New Port, the Agora at the Old Port and the Aubergine near the Liston. A Dine Out evening means a drive and a late dinner away from the resort, so it suits older children or a parents-only night more than a baby on a bedtime routine.
The area and days out
Dassia village is the local strip a short way along the bay, with tavernas, cafés, mini-markets and a pharmacy, handy for nappies, formula, sunscreen and snacks at non-resort prices, though it isn't a shopping town. Ipsos, the next bay north, has a longer beach and a busier line of tavernas, a few minutes by car. For a proper town you head to Corfu Old Town, around 9 miles (14 km) away, reachable on the complimentary day with a car or by taxi: a UNESCO-listed old town with two Venetian fortresses, the arcaded Liston, the Spianada square, the Museum of Asian Art and the bigger supermarkets.
For a day out with the included car or a hire car, the Achilleion Palace south of Corfu Town has grounds and gardens an unsteady walker can manage, and the coves at Barbati, Nissaki and Kalami up the north-east coast make quieter beach days, all short drives. Further afield, Paleokastritsa on the north-west coast, with its scenic coves and clifftop monastery, is around a forty-minute drive across the island for a longer outing. Drive times stretch with the single coast road in summer traffic, so keep one big day out at a time with little ones. For the wider island, its beaches and when to go, see our Corfu guide.
Loves and gripes
What guests rate and what frustrated them, how it stacks up against its sister, the journey in and the weather by month.
What families love, and the gripes
What families love
- The level ground throughout the resort.
- The à la carte food, with Elia, Azul and the variety the names that come up most.
- The warmth of the staff, a frequent high point across reviews.
- The crèche and kids-club teams, the most specific family praise.
- The separate splash parks and the village pools close to the rooms.
- The space in even the entry rooms.
Common gripes
- The Flavors buffet and breakfast, the weak link in several reviews.
- A waterline that some found pebbly rather than the soft sand of the photos.
- Restaurant and crèche slots that book up fast in peak season.
- The top-end price, with the crèche and supper club paid extras on top.
How it compares
On Corfu the natural comparison is its neighbour across the bay, Ikos Dassia, which opened in 2018 from a pair of converted older hotels. Dassia is built up a wooded slope with mature trees and the shade they bring, while Odisia is purpose-built, flat and has larger standard rooms, so the decision between them is Dassia's established setting and natural shade against Odisia's level ground and roomier accommodation. If you're pushing a pram all week, Odisia is usually the easier choice. Across the wider group the food and service feel much the same. For how the whole group works, our Ikos guide goes into the brand in more depth.
From the airportGetting there
Corfu airport is the arrival point, about twenty minutes away by road, a short transfer. With a pushchair, luggage and car seats a private transfer beats a coach, and you request it yourself rather than it being laid on automatically: arrange it through Ikos or your operator at least a couple of weeks before you travel, with child seats on request. Transfers are included when you book direct with Ikos for five nights or more, and on any Deluxe Collection booking. Your stay also includes a day with a car, two days for Deluxe guests, enough for a run into Corfu Town or a trip across the island, again with child seats on request.
When to goWeather through the season
Ikos Odisia is a summer resort, open from roughly late spring to the end of October, and the figures below, long-term averages for Corfu, cover that season. The warm, low-rain window for a family is roughly June to September, when days sit in the high twenties to low thirties, the sea reaches 22 to 25°C and rain is occasional. The easiest weeks with young children are late June and September, warm enough to swim but short of the July and August peak for heat, crowds and price. May is a cooler shoulder with a sea still too cool for small children, and October turns wetter as the season ends. Confirm the exact opening and closing dates for your year before you book.
| Month | Daytime high | Overnight low | Rain | Wet days | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 24.5° | 14.5° | 31 mm | 4 | 20° |
| June | 29° | 18.5° | 19 mm | 2 | 23° |
| July | 32° | 20.5° | 9 mm | 1 | 26° |
| August | 32° | 21° | 27 mm | 1 | 27° |
| September | 27° | 18° | 91 mm | 5 | 25° |
| October | 23.5° | 14.5° | 136 mm | 7 | 23° |
Typical monthly averages from weather-station records. Sea temperature is the open-water figure, so a sheltered bay can feel a degree or two warmer.
Questions
The things families ask most, the official pages worth a bookmark and when this guide was last refreshed.
How young will the crèche take a baby?
From six months. If your baby is younger, email the Heroes team before you fix dates to talk through the options. Within the crèche, reserve the longer morning session first, as it goes before the shorter afternoon ones.
Will a fussy toddler eat here?
Default to the Flavors buffet for any meal a toddler might refuse, and keep the à la carte rooms for the nights everyone is in the mood. The buffet means no fixed menu and no fixed sitting, so a refused dinner costs you nothing and you can try Elia or Azul another evening.
Is the splash park any good for little ones?
For a confident toddler, yes, but bring swim nappies, a sun hat and a UV top, since there's little cover over the play areas. On a cooler or windier afternoon, or with a baby not yet walking, the heated children's pool is the better call.
Should a baby swim in the sea or the pool?
The heated pools, until roughly June. Before then the bay is too cool for a baby to enjoy, so book a stay from June onwards if sea swimming matters, and use the pools whatever the month for a baby who chills quickly.
Do you need to hire a car?
No, not for the basics. Your stay includes a complimentary day with a car for a run into Corfu Town or across the island, and there's a free round of golf laid on too. Paying for your own hire car is only worth it if you want several separate days out rather than one.
Is there much for older children and teens?
Yes. The free Heroes Kids Club runs all day to age twelve, there's a Just4Teens club for over-twelves, three floodlit tennis courts, coached football through Football Escapes for fives to fifteens, included watersports and a round of golf, plus karaoke and shows in the evenings.
Which room should a family with a baby book?
Skip the entry Double if you need to darken a room for naps. The Family Room Pool View or a One Bedroom Suite gives a separate bedroom; for a toddler to step straight outside without stairs, choose any Private Garden category, and for a fenced splash area off the room, a Deluxe suite with a private pool.
When is the best time to go with little ones?
Late June or September. The resort runs roughly from late spring to the end of October, so check your year's opening dates if you're tempted by the cheaper shoulder weeks at either end.
See more resort photos
Open the photo gallery →Useful links
- Ikos Odisia: the resort's own site for rooms, what's included and the children's clubs.
- GOV.UK Greece travel advice: entry rules and safety updates before you travel.
- Corfu with little ones: our guide to the wider island, its beaches and when to go.
Last updated 21 June 2026.
