Nikiana is a calm, family-friendly fishing village on the sheltered east coast of Lefkada, the kind of easygoing place you settle into rather than rush through. Where the west coast of the island is all sheer cliffs and dramatic turquoise bays, Nikiana sits on the gentle Ionian shore. With a long pebble beach, clear calm … Read more
Vlycho is a quiet village on the east coast of Lefkada, strung along a steep green hillside above one of the most sheltered bays in the whole Ionian. Lying just south of the busy resort of Nydri, the village, also spelled Vlicho or Vliho, keeps a calm, workaday character despite its closeness to the crowds. … Read more
Lefkada ferries are the sea links that connect the island to its Ionian neighbours, sailing from the ports of Nydri and Vasiliki to Meganisi, Kefalonia and Ithaca. Unusually among Greek islands, Lefkada itself needs no ferry: a causeway and a floating bridge carry the road straight onto the island from the mainland, so cars simply … Read more
Skorpios island is the small, green private islet off the east coast of Lefkada that the world came to know as the retreat of the shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Lying about three kilometres from the resort of Nydri, it is a lush, wooded dot in the sheltered channel where Lefkada meets its scatter of satellite … Read more
Desimi beach is one of the most sheltered and family-friendly bays on the east coast of Lefkada. A curve of white pebbles and calm turquoise water on the Geni peninsula near Nydri. Tucked on the outer side of the Vlycho bay, it faces away from the open sea, so its water stays flat and clear … Read more
Lefkada hiking ranges from waterfall gorges and mountain ridges to short coastal paths that drop to hidden beaches, all on one road-connected Ionian island in western Greece. A green mountain spine runs down the centre of the island and rises to Mount Stavrota at about 1,180 metres, while a broken west coast falls in cliffs … Read more
A Lefkada itinerary rewards the traveller who treats the island as a driving route rather than a single resort. Lefkada joins the mainland by a causeway, so a hire car reaches the north town, the west-coast cliffs, the sheltered east coast and the mountain interior across roughly fifty kilometres. Three days catch the headline sights, … Read more
Poros is a traditional village on the south-east side of Lefkada, an Ionian island in Greece. It stands amphitheatrically on a green hillside above the sea, roughly 3.5 kilometres up from the coast, between Nydri and Vasiliki. Stone houses with yellow-tiled roofs, flower-filled courtyards and narrow paved alleys give it an old rural character. Below … Read more
Lefkada rewards families with a rare combination of calm water, short drives and a slower rhythm than the busier party islands. Connected to the mainland by a causeway, it delivers island scenery without a long ferry crossing, which suits parents travelling with young children and plenty of luggage. The sheltered east coast holds shallow, warm … Read more
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