Things to Do in Lefkada: Beaches, Boat Trips, Villages and Wind

The lighthouse on the cliffs of Cape Lefkatas at the south tip of Lefkada

Lefkada sits in the Ionian Sea. Joined to the Greek mainland by a short causeway and a floating bridge. It is one of the few Greek islands reached entirely by car. This road link keeps the island compact and easy to tour, yet it packs a wide range of attractions into a small area. Bright … Read more

Agios Nikitas in Lefkada: The Whitewashed Village Above Mylos Beach

The whitewashed pedestrian lane of Agios Nikitas village, Lefkada

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

Kathisma Beach in Lefkada: The Long Sandy Shore Below Green Cliffs

The long sandy sweep of Kathisma beach below green cliffs, Lefkada

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 Beach in Lefkada: The Long White Shore Below the Cliffs

The pale shore and white cliff headland of Egremni beach, Lefkada

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

The Beaches of Lefkada: West-Coast Cliffs, Sheltered Bays and Windsurf Sands

Egremni beach and its white cliffs on the west coast of Lefkada

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 in Lefkada: The Island’s Iconic White-Cliff Beach

The white cliffs and pale pebble shore of Porto Katsiki beach, Lefkada

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