The Dimosari waterfalls sit in the Dimosari gorge on the east side of Lefkada, about 3.5 km inland from the resort of Nydri. Local signs also call them the Nydri waterfalls, and the two names describe the same place. The gorge cuts back from the coast into cooler, shaded ground, so the setting feels different … Read more
Lefkada rewards travellers who match their trip to the right month. The island’s main season runs from May to October, when warm weather, open beaches and calm seas draw the majority of visitors. July and August bring the hottest, busiest and most expensive conditions, while June and September deliver the same sunshine with fewer crowds. … Read more
Cape Lefkatas is the southernmost point of Lefkada, a long, narrow rocky promontory of high white cliffs that ends at a lighthouse above the open Ionian Sea. The headland sits about 50 km from Lefkada Town and roughly 8 km beyond the village of Athani on the island’s southwest tip. It is also called Cape … Read more
Meganisi is the largest of the small islands scattered off the east coast of Lefkada, a short crossing from the busy waterfront at Nydri. The ferry takes about twenty minutes and lands at Porto Spilia and the sheltered harbour of Vathy. The island stays low-key and quiet, with little of the mass tourism found on … Read more
Agiofili is a small hidden cove on the south coast of Lefkada, tucked just around the headland east of the port of Vasiliki. The beach is made of smooth white pebbles that slope into deep, clear turquoise water, and pale cliffs rise behind the sand. A small cave sits at one end, while a chapel … Read more
Deciding where to stay in Lefkada shapes the whole holiday, because the island’s coasts differ sharply in character and swimming. The sheltered green east coast holds most of the resorts and the calmest water, while the exposed west keeps the famous cliff-backed beaches. A base near a good bay suits visitors, yet the finest sand … Read more
Lefkada Town, also called Chora, is the capital of the Ionian island of Lefkada, set at its northern tip beside a shallow lagoon. The town faces the narrow channel that separates the island from the mainland, crossed by a causeway and a floating bridge. Guarding that channel stands the Venetian castle of Agia Mavra, an … Read more
Agios Nikitas is a small whitewashed former fishing village on the northwest coast of Lefkada, set in a sheltered cove about 12 km southwest of Lefkada Town. The drive takes around fifteen minutes by road, which keeps the village close to the island capital while still feeling calm and self-contained. A single pedestrian cobbled street … Read more
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