Agia Mavra Castle guards the entrance to Lefkada. A large medieval fortress on a low spit of land beside the causeway and floating bridge that link the island to the Greek mainland. Also known as Santa Maura, the castle sits at the narrow strait between the island and the coast. A position that controlled the … Read more
Lefkada hiking ranges from waterfall gorges and mountain ridges to short coastal paths that drop to hidden beaches, all on one road-connected Ionian island in western Greece. A green mountain spine runs down the centre of the island and rises to Mount Stavrota at about 1,180 metres, while a broken west coast falls in cliffs … Read more
A Lefkada itinerary rewards the traveller who treats the island as a driving route rather than a single resort. Lefkada joins the mainland by a causeway, so a hire car reaches the north town, the west-coast cliffs, the sheltered east coast and the mountain interior across roughly fifty kilometres. Three days catch the headline sights, … Read more
Lefkada weddings suit couples who want a destination celebration on a green Ionian island reached by a road bridge rather than a ferry. The landscape pairs harbour villages, cliff-top viewpoints and quiet beaches, giving ceremonies a natural setting without long transfers. Seaside restaurants, hillside villas, olive-grove spaces and village churches all host events here. Elopements … Read more
Poros is a traditional village on the south-east side of Lefkada, an Ionian island in Greece. It stands amphitheatrically on a green hillside above the sea, roughly 3.5 kilometres up from the coast, between Nydri and Vasiliki. Stone houses with yellow-tiled roofs, flower-filled courtyards and narrow paved alleys give it an old rural character. Below … Read more
Kalamitsi is one of the oldest villages on Lefkada, set high on the steep west coast about 20 km west of Lefkada Town among hills and olive groves. Whitewashed churches stand along the lanes and old windmills sit on the ridges, with wide views over the Ionian. The village stays a quiet, rural place with … Read more
Englouvi is the highest village on Lefkada, set at around 730 metres in the mountains of the island’s interior. It is also one of the oldest settlements on the island, and its name reflects its position, hemmed in by the surrounding peaks. The village is best known across Greece for its lentils, the small faki … Read more
Mikros Gialos is a sheltered pebble bay on the south-east coast of Lefkada, below the village of Poros and about 15 km south of Nydri. Its name means the small bay, and the shore is a curve of white pebbles washed by clear, calm water that shades from turquoise to emerald. The beach sits between … Read more
Lefkada rewards visitors with a table as green and varied as its landscape. The island sits in the Ionian Sea, joined to the mainland by a short causeway, and its cooking follows the Ionian line rather than the Aegean one. Mountain villages send down lentils, wild greens and honey, while the harbours land fish, octopus … Read more
Pefkoulia beach Lefkada sits on the northwest coast of the island, about 10 km southwest of Lefkada Town and roughly 1.5 km north of the village of Agios Nikitas. It ranks among the biggest beaches on the whole island, a wide and long open bay that faces west toward the sea. The shore mixes soft … Read more