-THE KONSTANTINOUPOLIS HOTEL WAS BUILT DURING THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE -1814 - 1864. IT FIRST OPERATED AS A HOTEL OFFERING ROOM AND BOARD BY A FAMILY FROM KONSTANTINOUPOLIS WHO MOVED TO CORFU TO ESCAPE THE TURKS. CONSIDERING ITS ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION BY THE MAIN PORT THE HOTEL WAS IN A GREAT DEMAND AMONG THE BUSINESS WORLD OF THE TIME AS WELL AS THE HIGH SOCIETY OF EUROPE WHO CHOSE CORFU FOR THEIR HOLIDAYS. FROM 1878 UP UNTIL 1993 -WHEN IT CLOSED DOWN- THE HOTEL ATTRACTED VARIOUS CELEBRITIES AND ARTISTS WHO CAME TO THE ISLAND TO PERFORM. THE KONSTANTINOUPOLIS IS A FULLY RENOVATED HOTEL WITH GREAT RESPECT TO THE HISTORY AND THE ARCHITECTURAL TRADITION OF CORFU. IT DISPOSES 31 ROOMS ALL WITH BATHROOM AND FULLY EQUIPPED WITH A/C/ TV/ TELEPHONE. THE HOTEL IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE OLD PORT WITH EASY ACCESS TO THE TOWNS EXITS AND ENTRIES ELIMINATING THE NEED TO CROSS THE BUSY COMMERCIAL SECTION.