Lefkada from Corfu: Ferry to Igoumenitsa, Private Transfers and the Road South

Aerial view of Lefkada Town with red-roofed houses, a marina full of sailboats along the waterfront and green hills behind under a clear blue sky

Lefkada from Corfu is an island-to-island journey with a short sea crossing to the mainland and a long coastal drive south. Find more trips and transfers around the country at Greece Tours. Below are the transfers on sale, the ferry from Corfu, the question of a direct boat, the road past Preveza, the full journey … Read more

Atokos Pig Island: Echinades Facts and Four Ways to Reach It

Black pigs swimming and standing on the pebble shore of Atokos beside a paddleboarder, with the Welcome to Atokos sign among the bushes behind

The Atokos pig island is a small private island in the Ionian Sea. Black pigs walk its pebbles and swim in the shallows. Find more trip ideas on Greece Tours. This guide covers the island’s size, owner, protection and wildlife. It then compares the four ways to reach it. Where is the Atokos pig island, … Read more

Athens to Lefkada Transfer: Route, Drive Time and Options

The Rio–Antirrio cable-stayed bridge over the Gulf of Corinth under a clear blue sky.

An Athens to Lefkada transfer drives you from Athens Airport, the city or Piraeus to Lefkada by private car, van or minibus, crossing to the island by road. Ionian trips and transfers fill the rest of our Greece Tours list. Below are the route, the drive time, the booking options, how a transfer compares with … Read more

Lefkada Olive Oil Tour

Hands holding freshly picked green olives on their leafy branches.

A Lefkada olive oil tour takes guests into the olive groves and old presses of the Ionian island and ends with a tasting of its oil. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tours you can book, the Micro Farm, the Fabbrica museum, how to … Read more

Ithaca Day Trip from Lefkada

Aerial view of Vathy on Ithaca, with red-roofed houses, sailing boats and the small wooded Lazareto islet in the deep blue bay.

An Ithaca day trip from Lefkada leaves Nydri by boat, sails the Ionian Sea to Kefalonia and the island of Odysseus, and returns to Lefkada the same evening. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the cruises you can book, the route, the ferry, timing, the … Read more

Lefkada Cooking Class

A golden spanakopita, a Greek spinach pie wrapped in phyllo pastry, the kind of pie baked in a Lefkada cooking class.

A Lefkada cooking class is a hands-on lesson at a working farm near Nydri, on the Greek island of Lefkada. Guests cook Greek dishes, roll phyllo pastry and taste olive oil. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the hosts, the dishes, the phyllo pie class … Read more

Swimming Pigs Lefkada

A sailing boat crossing the calm Ionian Sea toward the island of Atokos, the route of the swimming pigs Lefkada cruises from Nydri.

The swimming pigs Lefkada visitors hear about live on Atokos, a small uninhabited island south of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea, where pigs wade out to meet the day cruises that sail from Nydri past Skorpios and Meganisi. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover where … Read more

Meganisi Kayak Tour

Turquoise water at the mouth of the Papanikolis sea cave on Meganisi, the highlight of a Meganisi kayak tour

Meganisi Kayak Tour A Meganisi kayak tour is a guided sea-kayak trip along the coast of Meganisi, the small island east-southeast of Lefkada, with stops at quiet coves, pebble beaches and the Papanikolis sea cave. Greece Tours tracks four bookable options, from a short cave paddle on the west coast to a day trip out … Read more

Lefkada Tours

Porto Katsiki beach below the white cliffs of Lefkada, Lefkada tours

Lefkada tours cover the Ionian island joined to the mainland by a bridge: the beaches of Porto Katsiki, Egremni and Kathisma below white cliffs, the lighthouse of Cape Lefkatas, Lefkada town and the fortress of Agia Mavra, the boats from Nydri to Skorpios and Meganisi, the Dimosari waterfalls, the windsurfing bay of Vasiliki and the … Read more

Lefkada Wine Tasting

Ripening red and white wine grapes on the vine in Greece

Lefkada wine tasting runs in the hill villages inland from the coast, where small wineries pour the island varieties beside local cheese. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. A Lefkada wine tasting takes you to family wineries in the mountain villages, from the organic Siflogo winery at Platystoma and the Karsanikos winery … Read more

Lefkada Snorkeling

White cliff and clear turquoise water at Porto Katsiki, Lefkada

Lefkada snorkeling runs from Agiofili Beach near Vasiliki, the island’s top snorkeling cove, to the calm east coast bays of Sivota and Poros, the Blue Cave reached only by boat or kayak, and the white-cliff beaches of Porto Katsiki and Egremni on calm days, from late May to October. Plan the rest of the trip … Read more