Lefkada (island) - Leucade (isola)

Lefkada (island)
Lefkada seen from the sea
StateGreece
RegionIonian Islands
Surface 356 km²
Inhabitants22.879 (2005)
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Lefkada (Lefkada, Λευκάδα) is one of the Ionian Islands.

To know

Lefkada, is located between Kefalonia is Corfu and it is so close to the mainland that a drawbridge has been built there. While waiting for the bridge to be lowered, long lines of cars often form with unnerving waits, especially in the summer.

Geographical notes

Lefkada is nothing but the top of a mountain that emerges from the sea depths and is part of a submerged chain that detaches itself from the Pindus and re-emerges on the island of Crete. The island is rich in vegetation with the presence of pines, cypresses, oaks, plane trees and olive trees. Throughout its circumnavigation it is characterized by the presence of numerous and different beaches all easily reachable through a circular road that goes around the island itself.

The bridge over the Santa Maura canal between Lefkada and the mainland


Territories and tourist destinations

Urban centers

  • Lefkada (Λευκάδα, Lefkada) - The noisy capital at the northern end. It is also the first center you meet after crossing the bridge that connects the island to the mainland.
  • Karya (Καρυά) - Village in the hinterland.
  • Lazarata (Λαζαράτα) - Village in the hinterland.

The eastern side has the largest number of seaside resorts. Below is a list from north to south.

  • Kariotes
  • Ligia
  • Nikiana
  • Perigiali
  • Nidri
  • Vlicho
  • Genes
  • Poros
  • Mikros Gyalos
  • Syvota
  • Vasiliki - Located in a large bay at the southern end of Lefkada, Vassilikì beach is popular with surfers.
Lefkada - Kastri

The west coast, on the other hand, is steep, steep but it is here that the most beautiful beaches are found, even if not all of them are easy to access:

  • Aghios Ioannis
  • Aghios Nikitas
  • Egremni
  • Kathisma - The best equipped beach on the western side.
  • Porto Katsiki


How to get

On boat

Some of the ships that sail from Italian ports call at Igoumenitsa. From here you have to continue by car or bus to Lefkada. An alternative could be to embark in Brindisi or Bari and get off at Sami in the island of Kefalonia. From Fiscardo you can take the ferry to Nydri which makes an intermediate stop at Ithaca


How to get around

Given the modest size of the island, it is really useful to have a means of locomotion that allows you to turn it, experiencing it at its best both day and night. The localities of Nidri where most of our facilities are concentrated are well known. Kite surfers find their paradise in Lefkada, famous for the perfect weather conditions that occur at Vassiliki beach.


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