KEFALONIA

UP AND DOWN FOR THE ENCHANTING KEFALONIA

 

BRINDISI - IGOUMENITSA

26/6/04: DEPARTURE Brindisi - IGOUMENITSA
And finally parteeee, yuppidu not wait to do the bathroom and Magyar moussaka and pita!

Igomenitsa reached at 7 (local time) on the morning we head towards foresight / Lefkada (approximately 120 km) and after a while 'we pause to make breakfast Greek-based "cappuzzino" to pronounce a Greek cafe in the long road, and then again ready to achieve the goal: KEFALONIA!
To reach Lefkada is passing through a tunnel at the end of which you pay 3 euros per casellante.
Once in the village of Lefkada Lefkas is still asleep .. and continue to travel to go to the south of Vassiliki Lefkada, I know that we were wrong road, but we took the longest and begin to climb and descend from the mountains through amazing curves until you reach the village on graziossissimo port of Vassiliki localetti and full of souvenir shops, and while taking the ferry at 12.45 (you can check timetables on www.gtpnet.com) facciamo un po 'di shopping and we enjoy an espresso, open parentheses on coffee in Greece is much the Nescafe ', milkshakes and the fact that expressed in some places they do not do the price goes 1.50 to 2 euros.
Cost of 35 euro ferry (car and 2 people). In one hour we are at the small port of Fiskardo that seems to be the Portofino of fact decide not to eat here to be immediately Mazzola ... .. a mini blow but we have taken a little later in a restaurant along the road. . We were hungry!
With the full panza we get in the car and finally come to AGIA EFIMIA, small and peaceful village focused on the harbor. Let us go immediately in search of the apartment we had booked on-site www.alexatos studios.gr, we expected a girl who made us choose between almost all the study and available for 25 euros a day we have been here 4 days instead of 3 as expected because we were fine, the owner is Dionisios gentilissimo and likeable.
Objective: sea-sun-bath
We go to Sami on the road are many calettine of white pebbles and crystal-clear water because we stop in one of these e.. SPLASHHHH megabagno, water Fraschetta just right for us to return from all endured the heat during the day. The place we like a lot, you breathe an atmosphere of relaxation, tranquility is short, a paradise for us! And basic: there is no nessunoooo, few people in the country, meravigliosooo.

MYRTOS, ASOS peninsula

9:30 am ready to throw in the beautiful waters of MYRTOS beach which is the most impressive we've ever seen, the intensity of the color of the water is indescribable as well as the size of the beach. You can reach easily by car through a road across curves as well as all the roads of the island down to June where the parking lot and some tavern.
We are in the morning to bask in the sun and then swimming at 13.30 after chè HUNGER ... lies, take the car and go back to where there are several restaurants, we go from "ALEXANDROS" where we take two fresh Greek salads and "stifado" the island of Cephalonia, which is a kind of boiled meat with tomato sauce accompanied by fried potatoes, (light meal ...)
The coffee we sat in a café on the beach of the beautiful village of Asos where we spend the whole afternoon. Asos is also full of rooms and studios and houses for rent so that it seems a place inhabited only by tourists this summer, I read on a plate attached to a wall that Asos was rebuilt thanks to the aid of Paris (hence in angoletto of this island, we found many from French snob!). there is also a fortress built by the Venetians, from where it is said that the landscape is beautiful, unfortunately we have tried to reach it on foot but was too difficult because the curve after curve do not ever come, then we took the car although there was a ban on the transit, but since all they did .... however, the road is unpaved, narrow and straight with no guards so we returned back, was SCARED!
Day concluded with dinner in a tavern that is located on the road towards ARGOSTOLI within walking distance (5 minutes) where the dry wine tasted of the "Robola" very good! The bottle is the same that they sell in supermarkets and 50 to 4euro but the restaurant is approximately 9.00 ... va bè, we are on holiday and everything goes well.

ANTISAMOS - MELISSANI grotto and DROGARATI

Day 3: Beach ANTISAMOS - grotta MELISSANI and DROGARATI
10:00 am and we are on the beach to point the umbrella ciottoloni among whites, there is no living soul even the little factory is closed ...
Clear water and almost immediately high, very high indeed. From top the view is magnificent, the beach is located between the mountains green vegetation.
.. is time for lunch ... we'll find Sami Karavomilos near a tavern on the sea, almost as if we lack the tables put them in water, however, is near the lake, with so many nice nice ducks.
Let's go "MELISSANI Lake" (place Karavomilos) ticket costs 5 euro. Can be reached through a short tunnel from where you can see in the distance the blue of those illuminated by the sun. Rather freddino ago, bring a long sleeve shirt! The lake is visited by a boat tour on a scale from one of the paddlers a little 'scoglionati that make this work all day, the lake is charming with stalactites and stalagmites.
And now we DROGARATI which is located nearby, the ticket costs 3 euros and 50, in the cave are made for the wonderful concert acoustics, now the stalactites and stalagmites are all dead, there is no prohibition on making pictures and just see the ruin who have to get the space for concerts, with stalactites cemented .. mah ...
The afternoon we spend in the "our" beach and dinner at the restaurant "Makis" on the road to Sami, the desserts here are offered with pleasant sospresa the enclosure, like this beautiful.

ITHACA

We decide to make the trip with a boat brings tourists (price 25 euro), there is also the ferry from Sami wall (2 euros per person and 10 for the car).
The coast is pretty ITIC scoliosis with alternation of white pebbles in cale.
First stage VATHI which is the capital of the island, the people here are somewhat 'more free-range, stand one hour, is a beastly hot, the captain tells me that we are lucky because there is a po' di vento, usually the temperature is 40 degrees without a blade of air, GULP! The village is also made up of nice new houses rebuilt after the earthquake of 1953.

KIONI second stage, a small harbor with the local prices, but we throw in the first cove in front of the port (there are mass help ..), where he died of a stamo caldoooo!
For those who will visit ITHACA Stravlos even where there is a bust of Ulysses, we do not we have gone, sigh!

Before the return we are a mega yacht in the bathroom a wonderful haul.
Return to 17:30. Shower and pappa from "Makis".

AGIA EFIMIA - Southern of the island.....

FROM AGIA EFIM direction SOUTH
We had to go to Karavados which is located halfway between ARGOSTOLI and POROS but because in this region, countries are composed of 3 / 4 houses with nothing around, change our goal and we head towards SKALA, here we find a great apartment, with new sea view by Mrs. Rita probably married to an English greek we rented the apartment at 50 euro (I think we could have even less).
SKALA pulula of England, young couples and middle-aged couples, not to despise the people but I have never seen so many ugly and fat together!
It seems a former British colony, is the coach and download them here. Apart from that which is not annoying SKALA is lovely, the beach is long and made of pebbles with water.
From a cultural point of view it is interesting to see the remains of a Roman villa and its mosaics (within walking distance, even after being on the beach).

KATOKATELIOS – KAMINIA BEACH

We look at the beach Katelios small fishing village, the beach is pebbly, very beautiful, but because there is wind, there we go.
Kaminia beach is very long is sand here is too MOUNT where the caretta-caretta turtles deposit their eggs.
For dinner we found a small localetto that the Gyros-Pita very good, with coca-cola and fanta and three Piteå pay 9 euros, in addition to the dinner price is that the more I liked.
We had to celebrate the victory of Greece in Europe for the occasion, there were the fires of artifice and some trumpeted.

REST IN SKALA

Let's go to the beach SPITHI which is a continuation of that of SKALA, but not towards the direction of POROS is a blind road where you leave the car and continue walking on the beach, we say that is the oasis of nudists, although there are signs as big as a house with writing in all languages that Nudism is forbidden, and the same fat and fat of which you are mentioned in "without veils," Madonna mia che spettacolo horrible if we go do not stop where we are the rocks and nudist but still go ahead and find a clear stretch of beaches and deserted MAGNIFICA!
From his dinner of Gyros-Pita ;-)

ARGOSTOLI and beaches

Arrived at ARGOSTOLI there understand anything, the signs disappear and then reappear, and by mistake we see the War Memorial ITALIANI during the war and more recently in the the ditch where they were slain by the Germans.

We found the way! Beach of Makris Gialos and Platis Gialos, is more touristy here because there is a lot of people on the beach and the sandy beach and true, and the sea is wonderful, it deserves to stay there all morning.

Nearby is the beach "TOURCOPODARO" very nice but not go down because it is too hot to stay under the umbrella.
On the way back we visit the caves of Gerassimo, even here the signs disappear and in front of so many branches we do not know queel take, find a church that was mah ...? Booo
Back to SKALA (35 km) shower and pappa. After dinner we enjoy a beautiful full moon which is reflected on the sea and we eat one of their cakes made with honey, baklava is good, get in the bakery on the street.

POROS

POROS is also a pretty village with its port from where ferries to and Kilini. The beach here is very long and pebbles.
The POROS spend the morning, eat in one of the many tavernas on the sea where the taste "dolmadakia" the rolls of vine leaves stuffed with rice, mmmmhhh very good.
Another afternoon in the long beach road where there are many Scoglietto to go and visit some 'of pascetti colored.
Dinner at restaurant "MIABELI" where all the waiters are happy to serve us .. because we are Italian!

LIXOURI peninsula trip

PENINSULA tour of LIXOURI
Mega stressantissimo lap, on the road to LIXOURI we stop in a café where we know the owner Ms Marina who speaks good Italian and houses for rent FARSA, but the coffee is finished and tells us that if we want good coffee must go Naples , nice!
We reach the beach of pebbles PETANI, like beauty that contributes to the MYRTOS, the water is warm but with tapping feet in depth, there are currents of cold water, good feeling. Today we eat a sandwich and start towards the beach from the XI

DEPARTURE

LEAVING HOME sigh sigh
The holiday is over, unfortunately. Kefalonia is beautiful, speriamoo to come back some other day and then go to Zante. If you search the sea and tranquility, this is the right island, the food is delicious, the Greeks and Gentiles, or nearly all speak English, some Italian, what can I say? For those who part:

GOOD HOLIDAYS!