Lefkas Island - Lefkas holidays Greece

Lefkas island is opposite the west shores of Aetoloakarnania and differs from all the other island because it’s connected with the continental Greece by a floating bridge (50 m.). Lefkas has many alternating sceneries and impresses! It is a mostly mountainous island, but with a lot of vegetation and many beaches: Calm beauty in the cosmopolitan and tourist east side and wild beauty with rocks at the west side, an attraction for extreme sports lovers.
Lefkas Greece is a place who has given birth to many men of culture and art, like the poets Aristotelis Valaoritis and Aggelos Sikelianos, but also the world famous mezzo soprano Agne Baltsa.

Of the most greek famous and tourist parts are Nidri, Porto Katsiki, a world famous beach, and St Nikita and Vasiliki beaches.

In Lefkas town there is a marine operating as a supply station. Lefkas is surrounded by a group of smaller paradise islands: The biggest is Meganisi with almost 1.200 permanent inhabitants. Other small islands are Kalamos and Kastos, while some are private like Skorpios, the Aristotelis Onassis’ island, and Madouri, the island that belongs to Valaoritis family.

Historically it followed the fate of all the other Ionian islands: It was conquered by the Venetians, the Turks, the French and the English and was annexed to Greece in 1864.

The easy access, the green and blue water, the vegetated scenery and the steep and impressive beaches make Lefkas holidays an ideal destination for vacations.