Vasiliki is a village and wide bay on the southern coast of Lefkada, about 40 km from Lefkada Town, and one of the best known windsurfing places in Europe. Its reputation rests on a thermal wind that sailors call Eric, produced by heating over the land combined with the funnel shape of the bay between … Read more
Kathisma Beach ranks among the longest and best known stretches of sand on the west coast of Lefkada, an Ionian island in western Greece. It lies about 15 km southwest of Lefkada Town and roughly 3.5 km south of the village of Agios Nikitas. At the foot of tall green cliffs that drop towards the … Read more
Egremni is the long white-pebble beach on the south-west coast of Lefkada. The second shore south along that coast after Porto Katsiki, lying below the village of Athani and about 40 km from Lefkada Town. It runs for roughly two kilometres at the foot of a high. Near-vertical cliff of pale rock. The water in … Read more
Lefkada sits on the western edge of Greece, joined to the mainland by a causeway and a floating bridge, and its coastline behaves like two separate islands. The western shore runs beneath tall white limestone cliffs that drop into open Ionian water, while the eastern shore curls into green, sheltered inlets that barely register a … Read more
Porto Katsiki is the trademark beach of Lefkada. Set on the southwest coast of the Ionian island about 40 kilometres from Lefkada Town and roughly 15 kilometres from the village of Vasiliki. A tall white limestone cliff drops almost sheer to a crescent of pale pebbles and fine sand, with turquoise shallows giving way to … Read more
Kounopetra is one of the quieter curiosities of Kefalonia, a flat rock lying in the shallow sea off the southwest tip of the Paliki peninsula. It sits near the village of Manzavinata, a short drive south of Lixouri, on a stretch of low cliffs and clear water that most visitors pass without pausing. The name … Read more
Atheras is a small traditional village and near-circular bay on the north of the Paliki peninsula in western Kefalonia. It sits about 15 km north of Lixouri, reached by a quiet inland road that winds through vineyards and olive groves before dropping to the sea. A sheltered horseshoe bay holds a modest beach of sand … Read more
Kefalonia covers about 773 square kilometres, which makes it the largest of the Ionian Islands and the hardest one to see in a hurry. Roads climb over ridges and curve around bays, so map distance rarely matches clock time. Argostoli sits in the southwest. Sami lies about 25 km east and Fiskardo about 50 km … Read more
Kefalonia gives walkers a range that few Greek islands match. A fir-covered mountain rises to about 1,628 metres, coastal headlands carry Venetian ruins, a castle crowns a pine peninsula, and old mule tracks link the inland villages. The island is the largest of the Ionian group and stays green through spring, fed by winter rain. … Read more
Avithos beach lies on the southwest coast of Kefalonia, below the villages of Svoronata and Kaligata, about 10 km south of Argostoli. The sand runs reddish-gold and coarse, the bay opens between south and west, and a low rocky islet stands offshore within swimming distance of the shore. Sunbeds and umbrellas cover part of the … Read more