After your visit in Skorpios private island, visit the picturesque island of Meganisi. Panoramic -view Porto KatsikiĬhanel your inner shipping tycoon: and take a boat trip from Nydri to visit Skorpios, the private island where Jacqueline Kennedy married Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis in 1968. Don’t miss the long white stretch of beautiful Kathisma. Milos beach is also accessible by boat from Agios Nikitas. There is the family-friendly Agios Nikitas. Seek out the stunning Porto Katsiki, which is dramatic and requires around 100 steps but rewards you with a turquoise sea against sheer white cliffs. The beaches: are the islands best assets. If you want to make the most of your visit, hiring a car is your best bet. Other villages are served by one or two buses daily. There are regular buses to Agios Nikitas. Public transport on the island consists of a few buses from Lefkada town to Nydri and Vlyho, Poros and Vassiliki. After a day spent exploring the islands spectacular beaches, by night you can meander along the vibrant laneways of the old town which are filled with cafés, tavernas, and restaurants. The island is very easy to get around by car and the historic center of Lefkada makes a wonderful base. Vassiliki, on the south coast of Lefkada, can also be reached by ferry from Kefalonia and Ithaca: Lefkada Beach Lefkada Town There are roughly six buses on weekdays and two on a Sunday: Ferry: There is a new ferry line that connects Lefkada with all the Ionian islands but there are also some ferries in daily basis between Kefalonia (Fiskardo) and Lefkada (Nydri).

Within Greece, small airline Sky Express offers a limited number of flights between neighboring islands Kefalonia and Zakynthos, as well as from Crete.įrom Preveza airport, you can either take a taxi from outside the terminal building or hop on one of the buses that pass by on the main road. You can now reserve tickets online and the cost per ticket is around 30-40 euros: Plane: a number of low-cost airlines fly from the UK and other European destinations, particularly Italy, to Preveza airport, on the Greek mainland. Lefkada town is a great base and a wonderful place to explore, there are many pretty churches to uncover and then there is the ‘shabby chic’ appeal of the unusual but colourful corrugated-iron building style (a legacy of the earthquakes that have plagued the region for centuries).īus : there are usually four buses per day from Athens to Lefkada, each taking around 5&1/2 -6 hours.

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