Hi Merlin40 and welcome to the forum.
We can only tell you our preferences which is for San Stefanos.
Arillas is also a nice village with a thin strip of beach, but nice accommodation & Pools, more on the flat generally than S S!
Arillas has some good Tavernas. You can walk between the two places quite easily, but it's a hilly route!
San Stef, is great, but has some apartments up the hills, which give fantastic views, but you do have the uphill walk each day!
Plenty to choose from on the flat as well, depends how fit you are!!! San Stefanos is VERY friendly as a resort.
The Beach in San Stefanos (S S) is great, big and golden sand, lots of room for everyone, can't be beaten!
Tavernas' in S S are all pretty good - no bad ones anywhere! In fact they range from Really excellent to very good!!
Enough to do at night with some live acts or music, or a quiet night in one of the Bars!
If you surf the postings here you will find lots of different contact details.
If you see anything you fancy - just ask for more info from the Forum!
We stayed this year with Noula at San Stefanos Travel, she has a range of Apartments,
www.san-stefano.grTel: +30 26630 51910 Fax: +30 26630 51771 Email: info@san-stefano.gr
Wherever you stay, Noula can arrange your transfer from the Airport for you (Mini-Bus, Taxi, Car hire etc).
Here are some other contact addresses for local bookings:
http://www.fedramare.gr/ Tel: +30 26630 51037 Mobile: +30 6936 831661 Email: info@fedramare.gr ask for Dimitris or Christina
http://www.christina-apartments.eu/ * Mouzakiti Christina * Address: Auliotes, San Stefano , Corfu, Greece P.S. 49081
Telephone: +30 26630 51054 * Mobile: +30 69420 22499
http://www.nondas.co.uk/Thompson Holidays are the main big operator, Thomas Cook do some as well!
I am sure some of my friends here on the Forum will chip in with other private booking suggestions as well.
Regards
Tony