Lefkas Greek Island Holiday Guide

Guide for Sightseeing on Lefkas.

Some of the main places and interesting locations for sightseeing and touring around Lefkas including small fishing ports and villages up in the Lefkada mountains.

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Vassiliki is located close to the bottom of the island - the town is very orientated towards yachts etc.- lots of tavernas and some shops and the area has stoney beaches scattered around.

There did seem to be a lot of "villa" building going on so presumably the location will just expand - assuming buyers can be found for all these so called villas of course.

Nidri is around half way down the island and sort of sprawls along the coast for a while - however it is not a maze of streets etc and actually a really pleasant town.

Most people use the original road for going through the town - this is located one street up from the front. The outside rim of the town has it's own by-pass - sadly this never quite got finished and does not actually do anything useful apart from make it easier for the herders to move their sheep and goats around. During the evening a fair part of the road on the front is closed to traffic - well as per usual this depends on who you are of course. There are lots of tavernas along the front of which we tried 7 different ones and found in each great menu choice, lots of well cooked food served and the usual Greek Taverna friendliness of the taverna staff was fit and well still. House red was in plentiful supply although there was quite a variation in the price - and we found that the quality varied quite a bit and not particularly dependant on the price if you follow.

Lefkas Town. Have to mention it for obvious reasons i.e. it's the Island's Capital but of the three attempts we made to visit the place the heavens opened and we had thunder and electric storms - whether a hint to stay away or not I do not know but we did not get much opportunity to look around - but no reason to think the Town was not just as good as anywhere else on the Island for good food etc. etc. A lot of the town is pedestrianised and you have to walk in from one of two municipal car parks located either side on the way in. (pedestrianised of course means that nobody should be driving etc. - this of course does not apparently include local Greeks..)

Aghios Nikitas. This is actually a small fishing port with a stoney beach - absolutely packed with fish tavernas and incredibly busy on weekends - you have to park off the main road (there are various bits of car parking around but in typical Greek fashion cars are often parked where they roll to a stop).
A narrow road goes all the way down to the front - this road is meant to be a pedestrianised zone so full of cars of course. There are more beaches either side of Aghios Nikitas and also along the main road the rocks are being blown out for some substantial villa/apartment building. Actually as you go along the main road the rocky side was well netted to keep rocks off the road however the builders seemed happy to have their apartments/villas being built into these rocky sides - perhaps these villas have very strong roofs.

Saltpans near Lefkas Town. Alexanders Saltworks are located to the southwest of Lefkada Town - much of the workings no longer exist and even the internal banking from the saltpans has now eroded away.

The area is nevertheless worth a visit - not least to enjoy the variety of birds that are around.

Alexandhros - this Lefkada mountain village is quite deserted with lots of fairly ruined houses etc. although some are starting to be renovated now. Really worth while place to visit whilst out and about sightseeing the island.

Sivota Bay.

Egklouvi - way up in the mountains this is the highest village on Lefkas - the whole area is dominated by several high points including the little church of Profitis Ilias and several huge concrete military reflectors.