GENERAL INFO

WHERE ARE WE?
LEFKAS IS ONE OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS, SITUATED ON THE WEST COAST OF GREECE. ONE OF THE GREENEST OF GREEK ISLANDS, IT IS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF CORFU (KERKYRA, KORFU, CORFOU) AND NORTH OF KEFALONIA (CEFALONIA) AND ZAKINTHOS (ZANTE).

LEFKADA IS AN ISLAND OF IONIAN SEA THAT WILL CHARM YOU AT ONCE. WILD AND MILD BEAUTY GREEN WATER SOURCES, WHITE BEACHES, PICTURESQUE VILLAGES PERCHED TO HILLS, ENDLESS WALKS AND PLEASANT EXCURSIONS WILL GIVE TO YOUR VACATIONS A UNIQUE COLOUR.

ALL THE BEACHES OF THE ISLAND COMBINE THE WILD IMAGE OF THE STEEP ROCKS THAT GO UNTIL THE SEA WITH THE BIG SANDY BEACHES THAT LIE BETWEEN THEM

IT IS A PLACE THAT HAS SHOWED A LOT OF PEOPLE OF SPIRIT AND ARTIST SUCH AS ARISTOTELIS BALAORITIS AND AGGELOS SIKELIANOS BUT ALSO AGNI MPALTSA, KEEPS TILL TODAY THE TRADITION THROUGH THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS. THE ISLAND IS PARTICULAR MOUNTAINOUS AND THE HIGH HILL OF ELATIS DETERMINES THE VIEW TO IT'S INTERNAL.

THE ENTRANCE TO LEFKADA DOESN'T IMPRESS ONLY WITH THE NATURE'S BEAUTY BUT ALSO WITH THE VENETIAN CASTLE OF AGIAS MAURAS THAT WAS BUILT WHEN THE ISLAND CAME TO THE AUTHORITY OF ORSINI WHO WANTED TO FORTIFY IT.

YOU HAVE TO VISIT
YOU WILL VISIT NUDRI THE MOST TOURIST PLACE OF LEFKADA THE WONDERFUL BEACH OF AGIOS NIKITAS, THE MAGIC PORTO KATSIKI AND KATHISMA, AGIOS IOANNIS BEACH, THE GREEN BASILIKI AND THE VILLAGE SUBOTA. YOU WILL BE IMPRESSED BY THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE MOUNTAINOUS VILLAGES. YOU WILL GO AGAIN AND AGAIN TO EPISKOPO, KALAMITSI AND ATHANI WHERE YOU WILL TASTE LOCAL MEALS.

YOU WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO MEET THE ISLAND OF THE GREAT ONASI THE SCORPION, THE MEGANISI WITH THE GREEN WATER SOURCES AND THE MAGIC HILLS LEAVING THE CALM OF THE LANDSCAPE TO CHARM YOU TO THE SUNSHINE LEFKADA.

YOU WILL ENJOY YOUR FOOD TO THE RESTAURANTS AND TAVERNS OF THE ISLAND. YOU CAN TASTE THE SABORI, GARDOUMPES AND BOILED OYSTERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF WONDERFUL NEEDLE WORKS, HONEY FROM ATHANI, OIL, LOCAL WINE, THE FAMOUS SALAMI OF LEFKADA, SAUSAGES AND NUTS FROM SAINT PETER. THE CELEBRATIONS OF SPEECH AND ART HAVE GREAT SUCCESS EVERY YEAR DURING THE SUMMER WITH A LOT OF LECTURES, THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, MOVIES AND SHOW OF NEEDLE WORKS.

LOCAL EVENTS
FOR THOSE WHO ARE ATTRACTED BY THE PURELY GREEK FEASTS, THERE ARE THE TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL AND OTHER LOCAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE LARGE FOLKLORIC FESTIVAL, WHICH IS PART OF THE FESTIVALS OF LITERATURE AND ART EACH AUGUST AND AT WHICH THE FINEST FOLK DANCING GROUPS IN THE WORLD CAN BE SEEN, IN THE TOWN OF LEFKAS.
THE LEFKADIAN WEDDING IN KARUA REVIVES ON AUGUST. A LOT OF CULTURAL FESTIVALS TAKE PLACE IN NUDRI, LAZARATA AND SOME OTHER VILLAGES. FOR YOUR STAY TO THE VILLAGE THERE ARE A LOT OF HOTELS AND ROOMS FOR RENT

LEFKADA TODAY
AN ISLAND THAT HAS DEVELOPED TOURISM RATHER RECENTLY, LEFKADA HAS AVOIDED THE TRAP OF CHAOTIC BUILDING, SO COMMON IN THE PAST. IT TOOK CARE TO MAINTAIN A BALANCE BETWEEN THE AUTHENTIC FLAVOUR OF THE ISLAND AND MODERN TOURIST DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH MEDIUM SIZED AND SMALL HOTEL UNITS, PENSIONS, ROOMS FOR RENT AND CAMPING, LEFKADA TODAY POSSESSES A FULL RANGE OF COMFORTS ALONG WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE, WHICH COVER ALL TOURIST NEEDS. THE FAMILY ENTERPRISES CREATE A HOSPITABLE, INTIMATE CLIMATE FOR THE VISITOR. THE GOOD TIMES BEGIN EARLY IN MORNING IN LEFKADA AND NEVER STOP. THERE ARE TOURS AND IDYLLIC WALKS, A BRIEF EXPLORATION OF THE MOUNTAINS AND SEA EXCURSIONS TO THE BEACHES AND THE SURROUNDING SMALL ISLANDS, WITH MARINE SPORTS AND GOOD FOOD.

AS NIGHT FALLS THE RHYTHM GETS MORE INTENSE
FOR THOSE WHO CAN TAKE IT, SPIRITS SOAR. DISCOS, PUBS AND SMALL BARS TRANSMIT THE FEVER OF "CLUBBING TO ALL POINTS. FROM THE TOWN OF LEFKADA, THAT THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF NIGHT ACTIVITY IS CONCENTRATED, TO NYDRI AGIOS NIKITAS AND VASILIKI.

SPORTS FOR EACH AND EVERY MOMENT
SAILING, SURFING, WATER SKIING! LEFKADA IS SUITED TO ALL SEA SPORTS. EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR SURFBOARD WITH YOU, YOU CAN RENT ONE AT THE LARGE BEACHES AND HEAD OUT FOR DEEP WATER OR BECOME A CHAMPION WATER SKIER.

VASILIKI ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LEFKADA HAS ALREADY ACQUIRED WORLDWIDE FAME. IT IS LISTED AS ONE OF THE TEN FIRST WIND SURFING BEACHES IN THE WORLD.
THE SEA IS ALMOST ALWAYS CALM THERE BUT THE WINDS THAT BLOW AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT REACH 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR MAKING WIND SURFING ENJOYABLE.
IF YOU PREFER TO USE YOUR BOARD FOR REGULAR SURFING ON THE WAVES, HEAD NORTH TO THE LARGE BEACH AT GYRA (WHERE ORLOF WINDMILL IS) THE OTHER SURFING SPOT ON THE ISLAND. THE SEA AROUND THE SMALL ISLANDS IS IDEAL FOR SAILING.

AND IF YOU LIKE TO HIKE OR RIDE MOUNTAIN BIKES, THEN THE RUGGED TERRAIN OF LEFKADA WILL BE OF SPECIAL ALLURE TO YOU. FOR THOSE WHO LIKE MORE TRADITIONAL SPORTS, MANY OF THE HOTEL COMPLEXES HAVE TENNIS COURTS WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY A GAME.

WINDMILL HORLOF
WINDMILL HORLOF IS 2 KM FROM THE TOWN IN AGIOS IOANNIS BEACH, ONE OF THE BEST FOR SERF AND SWIM IN GREECE
WE HOPE YOU WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME IN OUR ISLAND.