Trapezaki beach in Kefalonia sits on the island’s south coast, below the small village that shares its name. About 13 to 15 km southeast of Argostoli and a short way west of the longer Lourdas beach. It is a strip of soft sand and fine pebble with clear, gently shelving water, backed by green hills … 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
Lourdas spreads for about 2 kilometres along the south coast of Kefalonia, a wide band of sand and fine pebble roughly 16 kilometres southeast of Argostoli. The village of Lourdata sits on the slope above it, among olive terraces and cypress that climb toward Mount Ainos. That green backdrop separates this bay from the bare … Read more
Agios Gerasimos Monastery stands in the Omala plain, a flat upland basin in the centre of Kefalonia. The enclosure lies about 12 km southeast of the capital. It gathers an old low church that holds the saint’s relics in a silver reliquary, a large modern church raised beside it. A narrow underground cell reached by … Read more
Kefalonia rewards travellers who match the month to the plan. The largest of the Ionian Islands runs a long main season. It opens in late spring and closes in early autumn, and each stretch of it delivers a different island. Spring paints Mount Ainos and the Omala valley green, and leaves Myrtos almost empty. July … Read more