Captain Corelli’s Mandolin links the novel by Louis de Bernieres, the film directed by John Madden, and the real island of Kefalonia where both are set. The story unfolds during the Second World War, when Italian and then German forces occupied the largest of the Ionian islands. At its heart are Antonio Corelli, an Italian … Read more
Antisamos beach occupies a wide bay on the east coast of Kefalonia, about 4 km from the port of Sami over a green ridge. White pebbles line the shore, the water deepens within metres of the waterline, and hills covered in trees close the bay on three sides. The open side looks east across the … Read more
Sami sits on the east coast of Kefalonia, about 25 kilometres by road from the capital at Argostoli. The low town spreads around a wide bay below green hills, rebuilt on a flat plan after the earthquake. Sami works as the second port of the island, sending ferries east to Ithaca and south to the … Read more