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
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
Karya is the best-known mountain village of Lefkada, set in the green centre of the island at some altitude, about 14 km from Lefkada Town. It is the traditional heart of the interior, a place of stone-paved lanes, old houses and shaded squares. Where the coast turns hot and busy in summer, Karya stays cool … Read more