About Kefallonia
Kefalonia,
together with Lefkada and Ithaki form the center group of
the Eptanese.
Kefalonia has the most sunny days in Greece, after Mitilini.
Besides from mountains, Kefalonia has small lakes with beautiful
scenery.
Access and facilities
Cephallonia is formed of jagged hilly limestone.
It is 50km 31 miles long and the largest (735km - 284sq miles) of the
lonian Islands.
The landscape is varied; smiling terraces by the sea contrast with
the more arid mountain slopes which nonetheless support clumps of cypresses
among the olives.
Mount Ainos (Enos), the highest point (alt 1 628m - 5 941ft),
is covered by a particular kind of spruce peculiar to the island.
Local specialities include the delicious Robola wine, dishes
composed of meat and rice and thyme-flavoured honey.
The Cephallonians are reputed to be a spirited people whose
patriotism was praised by Byron.
The island has not only produced soldiers, sailors and enterprising
emigrants, but has also fostered an aristocratic and cultivated society
which produced scholars and politicians such as Metaxas (1871-1941)
who rejected the Italian ultimatum on 28 October 1940.
History Of Kefalonia
Some say that a traveller who left Attika, in the ancient years,
and came in Kefalonia where he became King.
The name of the traveller was Kefalos.
But Kefalonia was named after Kefallanes, a tribe from western
Greece.
Beaches
Some of the wonderful beaches on the island can be found in Vinares, Agio Theodoro, Paliostafida, Plati Gialo, Argostoli, Avitho, Ammes, Agia Pelagia, Mirtos, Pessada. and Agios Thomas. Katelios and Scala are the right places to enjoy sitting by the sea and having fresh fish with ouzo at the local taverns..
Night Life
Restaurants can be found all over the island.
Night clubs and discos in Viniares, Agio Theodoro
and Fanari.
Transportation
By plane from Athens to Kefalonia there are scheduled
flights all year long(duration:45 min.).
The airport is 9 km away from Argostoli.
For more information contact Olympic Airways in Athens
tel. (01) 961.6161.
From Patras to Sami (distance:53 nautical miles, duration:3,30)
there are ferries during all year.
From Killini there are ferries to Poros. This is faster than Patras
- Sami , about 1h15 min., but you will have to drive from Patras to Killini
anyway, which is about 1h 30 min. For more information contact the Coastguard
of Patras tel. (061) 277.706.
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Last Update was August 22 , 1996
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