Helsinki, Tallinn and now it's time for Cephalonia...my beloved island! This place has everything: mysteries, magic, beautiful beaches, mountain with national park, great food and wine and last but not least crazy locals! Once you visit this place, you cannot forget it...
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| The map of the island! |
If you have watched the 10-year-old Hollywood film ''Captain Corelli's Mandolin'' with Nicholas Cage and Penelope Cruz you have wondered for sure where is this paradise... Well, this paradise is located at the west of Greece, in Ionion Pelagos (Ionian Sea). Despite the fact that it is the 6th biggest island of the country, its population is only 40.000 people.
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| Antisamos Beach - East side of Cephalonia |
The capital of the island is Argostoli and has more than 10.000 habitants, it's just a small but beautiful town. Especially during the summer is vibrant because of the many tourists that visit the place. The majority of the tourists come from England, Germany, Sweden, Italy and of course Greece. Once you visit Argostoli you have to visit its museums, to walk along the popular pedestrian street of Lithostroto which has many shops and cafeterias and last but not least you may go to the Central Square of the town where the most bars and clubs are.
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| Lithostroto in Argostoli full of people during summer |
Of course, you need a car to explore this magic and big island. The most famous village to be visited is Fiskardo and is located at the north of the island. It's a scenic landscape which is visited by many celebrities with their yachts every year. It's a good place not only to stay but also to eat.
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| Fiskardo |
The next best thing in the island is the tiny but so remarkable village of Assos! You can see there the medieval castle of Assos and more places where you can eat or drink coffee, wonderful nature to walk around and a small and blue bay to swim!
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| the small bay of Assos |
The most famous beach in Cephalonia across the world is Myrtos. People from all over the world come to this place to see themselves these beautiful colours that do change every now and then. The only con of the beach is that the water is a little bit dangerous because of the streams but if you swim close to the seaside nothing will happen!
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| View of Myrtos |
But there more beaches in Cephalonia to swim except from Myrtos. Antisamos is at the east side of the island and the water colour ranges from light blue close to the seaside to dark blue deep inside. Furthermore, Platia Ammos at the west side of the island is a beach that is known only by the locals, maybe because they want to keep this secret for themselves!
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| Platia Ammos Beach |
That was the first part of our reference to Cephalonia... We have many tips and infos next time!
