Kefaloniá
Κεφαλονιά · Ionian
Mýrtos beach, the Melissáni cave lake and fir-forested Mount Aínos.
On the Ionian Sea, west of the mainland. Greener and lusher than the Aegean, with a Venetian streak and a softer, different feel.
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About Kefaloniá
Kefaloniá is the largest Ionian island — mountainous, green and uncrowded for its size. It has one of Greece’s most photographed beaches, an underground lake lit by a shaft of daylight, and fir-forested slopes…
Highlights
Beaches
Mýrtos
A dazzling white pebble beach between two mountains — Greece’s most photographed, for many.
Don’t miss
Melissáni Cave
An underground lake where a collapsed roof lets a beam of sun turn the water electric blue.
Nature
Mount Aínos
A national park of rare Greek fir, with wild horses and big views.
Town & villages
Assos & Fiskárdo
A pastel village under a Venetian castle, and a harbour town that survived the 1953 quake.
Food & drink
Robóla wine & meat pie
The crisp local Robóla white, and kreatópita, the Kefalonian meat pie.
See it for real
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