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
Antisamos beach occupies a wide bay on the east coast of Kefalonia, about 4 km from the port of Sami over a green ridge. White pebbles line the shore, the water deepens within metres of the waterline, and hills covered in trees close the bay on three sides. The open side looks east across the … Read more
Sami sits on the east coast of Kefalonia, about 25 kilometres by road from the capital at Argostoli. The low town spreads around a wide bay below green hills, rebuilt on a flat plan after the earthquake. Sami works as the second port of the island, sending ferries east to Ithaca and south to the … Read more
Melissani cave holds an underground lake near Karavomylos, on the east coast of Kefalonia and close to the port of Sami. Part of its rock roof collapsed long ago, leaving an open shaft above the water. Around midday the sun drops straight through this gap and turns the brackish lake a deep blue. Small rowing … Read more