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Lefkada (Greece)

Description: Lefkada, or Leucas (Greek: Modern: Λευκάδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -as) is a Greek ... more

Lefkada (Greece) ... island in the Ionian Sea, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge, as well as the island's capital city. The city of Lefkada, is at the north of the island, approximately 20 minutes by automobile away from Preveza Airport. Lefkada Town (population: ca. 10,000), has a pedestrianised main street, a marina, and bus access to Athens. The east coast section of the island has small resorts of Lefkada, Nikiana and Perigiali, all north of the largest resort on the island - Nidri. It is set in a sheltered location with views across to Skorpios - owned by Aristotle Onassis, Meganissi and other small islands, as well as the Greek mainland. The main coastal road from Lefkada to Vasiliki runs through the town, although a bypass is being built. There are regular car ferries to Kefalonia, Ithaca and Meganissi.

Newest Review: ... into Lefkas, so they weren't allowed to come. Anyway, tourists can now fly into the military airport at Preveza and go out ... more

... on boats to see his island. We went on a boat around the island. According to Greek law, if you own an island you have to make at least 25mtrs of the beach area available to everyone, so we went swimming on this little bit of Scorpios Island.(Dipping with the rich and famous!) I stayed in Nidri but we passed through Lefkas town on the way. The town is reached by coach, along the causeway. Lefkas Town is busy, and hectic. Parts of it are charming and pleasant but it is very much a port and dock area with the accompany...more

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Lefkada (Greece): Least well -known of the Greek Islands (1021 words)
by - written on 07/08/06 (Very useful, 1604 readings)
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Lefkas, or Lefkada, as the Greeks call it, is perhaps the least well-known of the Greek Islands. This small island is the closest on to the Greek coast, and really isn't naturally an island at all. The Corinthians are said to have dug out a channel around the year 390BC, that made Lefkas an island and made it easier to defend. Today a causeway links the island to the Greek mainland and it is fitted with a swing bridge which lets the shipping traffic through several times a day. Lefkas was inaccesible to tourist until after 1968, when Preveza Airport was opened to tourists for the first time. There had been a lot of opposition to it before that ... Read the complete review