Kefalonia turns a different face to the sea than it does to the road. The island’s western and northern shores drop as limestone walls straight into deep water, and the coast road above them touches the shoreline at only a handful of points. Boats reach what cars cannot: pocket beaches under 200-metre cliffs, inlets floored … Read more
Kefalonia keeps a low-key evening scene rather than the club culture of the party islands. Dinner runs late, bars fill toward midnight, and the loudest night of the summer is usually a village saint’s-day feast rather than a beach club. Argostoli holds the densest choice of cafes and cocktail bars, Lassi carries the concentrated resort … Read more
Lourdas spreads for about 2 kilometres along the south coast of Kefalonia, a wide band of sand and fine pebble roughly 16 kilometres southeast of Argostoli. The village of Lourdata sits on the slope above it, among olive terraces and cypress that climb toward Mount Ainos. That green backdrop separates this bay from the bare … Read more
Kefalonia gives a honeymoon a green backdrop rather than a party one. The largest of the Ionian Islands covers about 773 square kilometres, and Mount Ainos rises to 1,628 metres above fir forest at its centre. Roads climb through olive terraces and cypress, then drop to bays where the water turns turquoise over white pebbles. … Read more
Lassi is the resort strip immediately southwest of Argostoli, and it works as the closest holiday base to the island capital. The centre of Argostoli sits about 3 km away, and Kefalonia Airport lies roughly 7 km from the same strip. Hotels, apartments, tavernas, bars and shops line one main road along a wooded ridge, … Read more
Kefalonia with kids works because the island pairs shallow sandy bays with short drives and a calm evening pace. Argostoli, the capital, sits about 9 kilometres north of the airport and keeps children occupied with loggerhead turtles that feed beside the fishing quay. Sandy beaches at Lassi, Skala and Lourdas slope gently into warm water, … Read more
Poros occupies a narrow coastal shelf on the southeast side of Kefalonia, the largest of the Ionian Islands. The town lies about 40 km by road from Argostoli, the island capital, and about 12 km north of Skala. Ferries cross from Poros to Kyllini in the northwest Peloponnese, which makes the town a working entry … Read more
Agia Efimia sits on the east coast of Kefalonia, on a wide bay about 9 km north of Sami and around 30 km from Argostoli. The village grew around a working quay, and that quay still sets the daily rhythm. Yachts running the Ionian circuit tie up stern-to along the front, and masts line the … Read more
Kefalonia sits in the Ionian Sea off the west coast of Greece. Its cooking belongs to that western world rather than to the Aegean. The island covers about 773 square kilometres of mountain, pasture, olive grove and vineyard, and the kitchen follows that ground closely. Cooks here bake more than they grill, and pies in … Read more
Xi beach lies on the south coast of the Paliki peninsula, about 8 km southwest of Lixouri. Argostoli stands roughly 40 km away by the road around the gulf. The sand is fine and red-orange, the water shallow and warm, and white clay cliffs line the back of the shore. The beach faces south, which … Read more