A Bit Of
History
The Island Of Poets and Adventure
The myth about Sappho's suicide at Cape Lefkada is related to other myths linking the island to the ancient Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite, and to Odysseus, the hero of Homer's Odyssey. The German archaeologist Wilhelm Dörpfeld, having performed excavations at various locations of Lefkada, was able to obtain funding to do work on the island by suggesting that Lefkada was Homer's Ithaca, and the palace of Odysseus was located west of Nydri on the south coast of Lefkada. There have been suggestions by local tourism officials that several passages in the Odyssey point to Lefkada as a possible model for Homeric Ithaca.
Lefkada's
Geography
An Island of Green, White, and Blue
Lefkada measures 35 kilometres (22 miles) from north to south, and 15 kilometres (9 miles) from east to west. The area of the island is about 302 square kilometres (117 sq mi), the area of the municipality (including the islands Kalamos, Kastos and several smaller islets) is 333.58 km2 (128.80 sq mi). Its highest point is the mountain Stavrota, 1,158 metres (3,799 feet) above sea level, situated in the middle of the island.
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The wonderful terrain allows for many hiking, and biking adventures with hundreds of trails and small roads to follow to all sorts of hidden gems.
Island Access
Find your way to paradise
Lefkada island has multiple access points.
The main island access is by road, crossing the floating bridge to arrive in Lefkada.
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Getting to the island is possible through many ways. Ferries regularly arrive from Corfu and Kephalonia, and you can fly in internationally and domestic to Aktion Airport, just 25km from the city center.