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Ionian Islands

Ionian Islands

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Ionian Islands

Includes  Why Go? ...... 472 With their cooler climate, abundant olive and cypress trees ...... 484 and forested mountains, the (Τα Ιόνια Νησιά) are a Antipaxi ...... 487 lighter, greener version of . The Venetians, French and ...... 487 British have all in their own way shaped the , cul- ture, (excellent) cuisine – and the unique feel of Ionian life. ...... 492 Though the islands appear linked in a chain down the Kefallonia...... 493 west of mainland Greece, each has a distinct landscape Ithaki ...... 500 and cultural history. Corfu Town has Parisian-style arcades, . . . . . 503 Venetian alleyways and Italian-inspired delicacies. Kefallon- ...... 507 ia boasts soaring mountains and vineyards; Paxi’s Italianate harbour villages are impossibly pretty; and soulful Ithaki Antikythira...... 512 preserves wild terrain and a sense of history. Zakynthos has sea caves and waters teeming with turtles. Lastly, Lefkada has some of the best turquoise-lapped beaches in Greece, while Kythira feels off-the-beaten-path and mysterious. The Best Places Ionians offer something for adventure seekers, food lovers, to Eat culture vultures and beach bums alike. ¨¨Arriva Fish Restaurant (p487) When to Go ¨¨Arhontiko (p496) Corfu Town ¨¨Klimataria (p482) °C/°F Temp Rainfall inches/mm ¨¨Irida (p500) 40/104 0.79/20

¨¨Il Vesuvio (p478) 30/86 0.39/15

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0.2/5 Best Places 10/50 to Stay 0/32 0 ¨¨Hotel Perantzada (p502) J FDM A M J J A S O N ¨¨Petani Bay Hotel (p498) May Life is still Jul Escape the Sep Leaves ¨¨Siorra Vittoria (p478) quiet and the heat in the rest change colour, wildflowers are of Greece and and the Robola ¨¨ Hotel (p484) abloom head to its coolest grapes are being ¨¨Torri E Merli (p487) everywhere. islands. harvested in Kefallonia. 471

Ionian Islands Islands Highlights .(

). ) (p491 ; Lefkada) or ; Lefkada) ). ). ). reating yourself yourself reating Exploring world- Exploring Learning to to Learning the paths Walking Hopping from one one Hopping from Discovering T your Ranking (p475 Town Corfu gorgeous harbour to harbour to gorgeous in pastoral another (p484). Paxi villages, the tiny remote and waterfalls coves of Kythira (p507 to top restaurants in restaurants top to charming Kefallonia’s (p499 Assos and striking beaches, favourite on the busiest from Corfu or Zakynthos joys the quieter to or Lefkada’s Paxi of west coast (p499 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ionian Islands Highlights 1 class museums, museums, class fortresses, and restaurants and French Venetian, British architecture in windsurf at Vasiliki (p490 and kayaking diving, in Kefallonia caving (p493 in Ithaki of (p500). ) ) Patra Patra (5km (70km (75km) E92 (70km) E55 STEREA ELLADA A EPIROS Meganisi n Mytikas E55 Kyllini GREECE Tow Lefkada i ALBANI Seasonal Saranda Vathy Ithak n a Tow Zakynthos Lefkada Sami Strait Frikes Zakynthos Vasiliki South Straits Bay of Kefalloni Kerkyra Pesada Agios Nikolaos s Agia (80km) Italy Piso Aetos Gaïos Town Antipaxi Corfu Paxi Evfymia Corfu Lakka Asso Sidhari Fiskardo 0 km Zakynthos Beach ) 0 miles Islands ) ) Diapondia Shipwreck Erikousa (50km 4 km Paleokastritsa 2 miles i Mathrak Agios Stefanos Antikythira Kalamos ) Strait 4 km Diakofti Othoni Kythira Alexandrades 2 miles Livadi Gythio (55km); Neapoli (25km Avlemonas (50km Diakofti Potamos Galaniana Potamos s A 0 0 Kapsali SE 0 0 IONIAN Antikythira 04 02 Kythira Kythira (see inset) (260km); Agia Pelagia Kominianika Antikythira (see inset) (290km Platia Ammo Harhaliana Kythira Antikythira Cape Spathi

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