Kefalonia turns a different face to the sea than it does to the road. The island’s western and northern shores drop as limestone walls straight into deep water, and the coast road above them touches the shoreline at only a handful of points. Boats reach what cars cannot: pocket beaches under 200-metre cliffs, inlets floored … Read more
Kefalonia gives a honeymoon a green backdrop rather than a party one. The largest of the Ionian Islands covers about 773 square kilometres, and Mount Ainos rises to 1,628 metres above fir forest at its centre. Roads climb through olive terraces and cypress, then drop to bays where the water turns turquoise over white pebbles. … Read more
Ithaca sits across a narrow strait from Kefalonia’s east coast. Close enough that the ferry crossing runs about 30 to 45 minutes from the port of Sami to the landing at Pisaetos. That short hop turns Homer’s island into a straightforward day out rather than a separate stay. A single day covers the capital Vathy … Read more