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Holidays Lefkas.

Municipalities : Apollonion, Ellomenos, Karya, Lefkada City, Meganisi and Sfakiotes.

Communities : Kalamos and Kastos.

Destinations Lefkada : Agios Nikitas, Lefkada town, Ligia, Mikro Yialo, Nidri, Sivota, Vassilike, Porto Katsiki.

Lefkada, 34 km long and 14 km wide, located in the Ionian Sea, connected with a dam with Greece mainland

Named after the white sandy beaches and white cliffs near Cape Lefkatas.


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Car Rental

  Holiday Autos   -    
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

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Holiday Homes / Apartments

James Villas   -   Villas and villas with pools to rent with James Villa Holidays

  Holiday-rentals.uk 
Rentals in Kos: self-catering rentals, holiday cottages, villas & apartments.

  Travelux   -   quality villa specialist for Greece  -  Villa with pool
  Iglu Villas   -   Villa holidays in Greece

Hotels in Lefkas

  Booking  -  Hotels in Lefkas   -   Hotel Guide lefkas
Portofico Hotel, Hotel Lefkas, Nirikos Hotel, Porto Ligia Beach Hotel,  Rouda Bay Hotel, Santa Marina Hotel , Avra Beach Hotel 

Hotels in Greece - ilsb    -   Hotels in Greece
Ebookers is a leading pan-European online travel agency specializing in worldwide travel.

   

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

Olympic Holidays  

Thomas Cook   

James Villas   -   Villas and villas with pools to rent with James Villa Holidays

 
Create your perfect trip to Lefkas   -   Flight, Hotel and Car.



  Sail Ionian   -   Yacht Charter Sailing Holidays in Greece
Sail Ionian is a small and friendly, family owned, yacht charter company operating out Vliho Bay [ just South of Nidri ] on the Greek Island of Levkas. This is a wonderful area to sail "one of the best" with fantastic scenery, set in the safe waters of the Southern Ionian.
They provide yachts, for bareboat charter, and for the less experienced whilst you gain confidence, they are pleased to skipper your yacht for part or all of your holiday.
  SunIsle Holidays  
Planning to take your summer holidays in Greece? - With Sunisle you can create your Greek holiday to meet your exact requirements choosing any of the Ionian Islands of Corfu, Zante, Kefalonia, Lefkada, Paxos or Kea . Choose from their full selection of quality studios, apartments and villas in Greece and your perfect Greek holiday is ready to go!

Travel Guides Lefkas / Related books

 

Jumbogo 
jumboGo.co.uk is one of the leading Internet book shops for travel guides, maps and language phrase books. Did you know that jumboGo.co.uk offers books and maps from all well known publishers like e.g. Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Footprint, Cicerone, AA and many more.

Travel Guides Lefkas   [ amazon.co.uk ]

Transport /  How do I travel to Lefkada

Most important airport is Aktion Airport near Preveza, about 3 hours flying time from England and about 14 km from Lefkada-town.

  Airline Tickets Lefkas / Bargain Flights 
Flight tickets Lefkas

KTEL buses offer daily services (5 hours) from and to Athens (378 km) and from to Thesalonica (420 km), 2 daily bus services (7 hours) weekly.

Via Nidri and Vasiliki there are daily ferries with Keffalonia and Ithaka.

Ferries in Greece

Lefkada can be visited by car without ferry boats fares by using the floating bridge connecting the island with Akarnia.
The underwater tunnel of Preveza- Aktion create an easy access to the island from northwest Greece and the Port of Igoumenitsa (100 km) forming a great entrance gate from West and Central Europe.

Ionian Islands map at Amazon 


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  Travel Insurance   -   travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

  Lefkada Prefecture

  Lefkada City   -   capital city Lefkada and main town of the island
Municipal districts Lekada City : Agios Nikitas, Alexandros [ Kollyvata, Nikiana ], Apolpaina, Kalamitsi, Kariotes, Katouni ([ Episkopi ], Lefkada [ Fryni, Kalligoni, Lygia ], Tsoukalades [ Kalavros ].

  Agios Nikitas
  Agios Petros   -  6 km northwest of Vassiliki
  Apollonioi   -   municipality with its seat Vasiliki
  Ellomenos   -   seat of the municipality is in Nydri
  Karya  -  north-central part of the island
Located on the slopes of Pyrgos at 500 m above sea level
  Lazarata
  Meganisi   -   east-southeast of Lefkada
** Municipal districts : Katomeri, Spartochori and Vathy.
** Islands : Skorpios [ private island ] and Sparti.
  Mikro Yialo
  Nidri   -   in the eastern part of the island
To the east ther is a bay overlooking its nearby islands including Madouri, Skorpio, Sparta and the mainland. Nydri is famous for its hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, taverns and more.
  Porto Katsiki
  Sfakiotes   -   seat of the municipality is in Lazarata
The municipality features the Melissa Gorge, one of the most interesting places on the island.
Municipal districts : Asprogerakata, Drymonas, Exantheia, Kavallos, Lazarata, Pinakochori, Spanochori
  Vassiliki   -   a mecca for windsurfers

  Castle of Santa Maura   -   north of Preveza
The castle was founded in 1300 by John Orsini, a Frankish knight who held Lefkada as a fief. See Rome Art Lover
  Faneromeni Monastery
  Islets of Scorpios, Madouri and Meganissi
  Kalamos Island   -   mountainous island in the Ionian Sea
  Kastos Island   -   Kastos
  Santa Maura   -   Venetian Fortress
  Scorpio  -   Island of the late Onassis   -   just to the east of the island of Lefkada
 
Cuisine -  Greek Recipes

Prospero's Kitchen: Mediterranean Cooking of the Ionian Islands from Corfu to Kythera 
By Diana Farr Louis, June Marinos, Judith Ann Lawrence (Illustrator)
Paperback 252 pages (August 1995); Publisher: M Evans & Co Inc; ISBN: 0871317826

Greek Cookery: 300 Traditional Recipes  -   Chrissa Paradissis
Hardcover 208 pages (December 1, 1997);  Publisher: Efstathiadis Group,Greece;  Language: English;  ISBN: 9607436105.
  Eat Greek tonight
If you love greek food and wish to enjoy it in the comfort of your own home, the recipe pages will fill your kitchen with the aromas of this delightful cuisine. Whether it's an exotic entree or your favourite appetizers. You can add your own greek recipes if you like.
  A Guide to Greek Food   -   by Matt Barrett
All you need to know about Greek eating and cooking and maybe more...
Retsina and Greek Wine, Ouzo, Sardeles Pastes, Souvlakia: The Source of Life, Patsa: Miracle Food of the Working Class, Cook Books, a few Recipes, Food Links, and more

History of Lefkada

  Ancient Greece  -  history, mythology, art, culture and architecture

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

  Archaeological Museum Lefkada  -  Lefkas town
  Folklore Museum
  Phonograph Museum

  Hellenic Culture   -   Odysseus, webserver of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture
  Culture Guide Greece
The e-magazine cultureguide.gr is a project operated by the scheme "Domain of Culture" of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Cultureguide.gr covers many cultural and artistic events and activities in Greece
Cultural Olympiad | Theatre | Music | Visual Arts | Dance | Cinema | Photography | Folk Art | Literature | Architecture | Cultural Heritage | Greece Abroad | Various Events | Olympic Cities

Web Portals / Greek Search Engine / Lefkada Directories

  Greeka.com - Lefkada 
  Lefkas.net
  e-lefkas   -   discover Lefkada Island (Lefkas)
  Lefkasgreece.com
  Travel-to-lefkada.com

  Yahoo - Lefkada directories

  Ionian Islands
Island group off the west coast of Greece, stretching south from the Albanian coast to the southern tip of the Peloponnese, and often called Heptanesos ("Seven Islands"). 

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