Kefalonia Island - The Best Beaches In Greece
In our opinion, Kefalonia island has the best beaches in Greece! From Myrtos to Assos to Platias, this island is truly blessed with beaches. But that's not all that there is to offer here! In this week's episode, we rent another car on Kefalonia and explore for a few days. We drive all the way around the island (except for the Southeast) and see many beautiful places including the Paliki Peninsula, Assos Town, Myrtos Beach, Fiskardo, Argostoli, Sklavos Winery and much more! We eat delicious greek food, swim in some of the most beautiful water we've ever seen, meet new friends and try new wines!
This island is famous for having some of the best beaches in Greece, and while we agree that there are some spectacular stretches of sand, it's really the raw nature and laid back vibe of Kefalonia that we loved.
This is definitely one of the best islands in Greece and we will return one day to explore some more! For now, check out what we've seen so far!
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We're at our second island here in Greece this is Kefalonia. We just picked up this little ride from ETAM KCG Travel here on the island, we're going to be ripping around, checking out this place. It's famous for it's rocky coastline, pristine beaches and tasty wine. It's one of the largest islands in the Ionian Island chain and also one of the largest islands in Greece, so we definitely need a car.
So in this episode we're exploring Kefalonia. Let's do it guys!
We just checked into our hotel, this is White Rocks on Kefalonia Island. Which we're so happy about because check out our view from our amazing room. This hotel is set on two breathtaking blue flag beaches and we have a view of them right from our room here. It's incredible so we're so happy to be here for four nights and wake up to this view every morning. So we're just going to drop off our bags and go explore Kefalonia.
We spent the afternoon hanging out at the beaches near our hotel, and then we came out to this place, this is Sto Psito Restaurant. We've been told that they serve up traditional food using local ingredients and we're excited to try Kefalonian wine and the specialties as well. Plus there are supposed to be amazing views from the sunset terrace. I can tell already that it's going to be gorgeous so let's get in there.
We're now in Argostoli which is the capital of Kefalonia. This city like many places in the south end of the island was rocked by an earth quake in the 1950s so it's been rebuilt, but there are still nice buildings like this church here behind us and there's a beautiful seafront promenade that runs for probably a couple of kilometers so we're going to go hit that up right now.
So it wasn't until 1864 that these Ionian Islands became a part of Greece, before that they were occupied by the French, The Russians, The Italians, The Turks, so they've basically had a really different history from the rest of Greece. So they have their own traditions which we're getting to witness here today because their wearing traditional clothing and they're dancing and having a parade to celebrate 1864 when they officially reunited with Greece.
We just drove about an hour from the capital to come all the way over here on the other side of the peninsula to this little place, this is called Petani Beach and it's gorgeous but it's super windy and super wavy right now so we won't be swimming, but we're going to chill out in this little tavern for now and have some lunch.
So we just finished up a tasty lunch on the beach and then we drove for another twennty minutes and now we're in the little town of Lixoury. We're on the Paliki Peninsula and there is hardly anybody here. The drive took us through a lot of undeveloped areas and now we're in this town and I don't see anyone around there's just a bunch of fishing boats and it's pretty cool. So now we're just going to walk around, explore the plaza, have a coffee and explore this little town a little bit.
another short little drive from Lixoury town brought us here, this is Xi Beach. The sand here is unique in that it's really rust color and kind of reddish and there's mud here that you're supposed to rub all over your body and it's like a spa treatment for your skin.
So we're going to walk along this sand for a little bit and then this afternoon we're supposed to go for a wine tasting, so we don't have very much time to hangout on Xi Beach here but we'll do a little stroll on the sand here and then hop back in the car.
Last night when we ate at that Tavern we had that Sklavos wine that I said we just loved and today we're going to meet Mr.Sklavos, we're at the Sklavos Vineyard and I think we're going to walk around the vineyard and maybe try some more of this delicious wine!
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Top Kefalonia beaches. Greece
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0:45 Myrtos Beach
1:11 Atheras Beach
1:30 Petani beach
1:48 Platia Ammos beach
2:08 Koroni Beach
2:26 Skala Beach
2:44 Koutsoupia Beach
3:02 Antisamos Beach
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Sami beach 00:31
Antisamos beach 02:06
Agia Kyriaki beach 02:28
Assos Village 02:43
Melissani cave 03:56
Petani beach 05:00
Xi beach 05:56
Licadi Xi beach 06:06
Sea turtles of Argostoli 06:37
Argostoli 06:52
Ag Theodori Lighthouse 07:27
White rocks 07:37
Makris Gialos beach 07:50
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Assos - Kefalonia
Assos op Kefalonia is één van de mooiste en fotogenieke dorpen van het eiland. Dit lieflijke dorpje is tegen een heuvel gebouwd op het gelijknamige schiereilandje, in een groene omgeving.
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Timeline:
00:01 Crete - Samaria
00:07 Kefalonia - Sami
00:11 Crete - Geropotamos
00:14 Crete - Agia Galini
00:18 Crete - Plakias - Oasis hotel
00:21 Crete - Potamida - Komolithi
00:28 Karpathos - Pigadia
00:32 Crete - Chania
00:39 Crete - Koutalas cave
00:43 Patmos - Windmils at Chora
00:46 Ithaka - Vathy - Marina
00:50 Symi - Town
00:53 Lesbos - Molyvos - Marina
00:57 Ithaka - Vathy
01:00 Kefalonia - Fanari
01:04 Crete - Kedrodasos beach
01:11 Patmos - Monastery of Saint John the Theologian
01:14 Symi - Town
01:17 Kos - Tigaki - Alikes lake
01:25 Lesbos - Skala Sykamineas
01:32 Samos - Gagou beach
01:35 Karpathos - Pigadia - Alimounda Mare hotel
01:39 Saria - Alimounda beach
01:43 Kefalonia - Klimatsias beach
01:46 Karpathos - Pine Tree taverna
01:50 Karpathos - Pigadia
01:53 Karpathos - Pigadia
01:55 Kefalonia - Liakas
01:57 Kefalonia - Lagadakia beach
02:00 Epirus - Vikos gorge
02:07 Lesbos - Ypsilou monastery
02:11 Karpathos - Mesochori
02:14 Epirus - Katarraktis waterfalls
02:18 Epirus - Zagoria - Kokkori Bridge
02:21 Kefalonia - Lepeda beach
02:25 Samos - Vathy
02:28 Kefalonia - Agia Sofia
02:31 Karpathos - Amoopi
02:35 Crete - Loutro
02:38 Crete - Katholiko monastery
02:42 Symi - Town
02:46 Samos - Kokkari
02:51 Samos - Kokkari
02:54 Samos - Nightingale valley
02:56 Samos - Nightingale valley
02:59 Kefalonia - Paliolinos beach
03:03 Kalymnos - Agios Savvas monastery
03:07 Kalymnos - Pothia port
03:10 Kefalonia - Xi beach
03:13 Kefalonia - Mania beach
03:14 Karpathos - Kato Lefkos
03:18 Karpathos - Olymbos
03:21 Kos - Marmari - Sandy beach
03:27 Kos - Agios Fokas - Villa Paradiso
03:29 Epirus - Acheron river
03:32 Samos - Kakoperato cave
03:36 Crete - Balos beach
03:39 Samos - Zoodochos Pigi monastery
03.41 Kefalonia - Vatsa beach
03:44 Kefalonia - Assos
03:47 Kefalonia - Fiskardo
03:49 Kefalonia - Fiskardo - Venetian lighthouse
03:53 Kefalonia - Chorgota beach
03:54 Lesbos - Melinta beach
04:00 Lesbos - Molyvos harbour
04:04 Ithaka
04:07 Samos
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Villa Kamini, Assos, Kefalonia, Greece
Villa Kamini | Kefalonia
Sleeps 2-6
Villa Kamini is almost as beautiful as the spectacular landscape that surrounds it. The modern villa features elegantly decorated rooms with exposed beams and stone walls, blending in with its stunning hilltop location.
Best of all, this stunning property comes with unrivalled views. Take a dip in the infinity pool on the terrace, then swim up to its edge for breathtaking vistas of the Ionian Sea and the green Kefalonian coastline. You may never want to leave this terrace,especially as it comes with a comfortable al fresco dining area and barbecue.
Villa Kamini’s location in the northwest of the island also places it near some of Kefalonia’s best attractions. From your hillside vantage you can spot the town of Assos and its neighbouring fortress,which are only 10 minutes away. Famous Myrtos beach is just a 20-minute drive away too.
The setup
Ground floor:
•Lounge
•Kitchen
•Double bedroom
•Bathroom
First floor:
•Double bedroom with en suite wet room
•Twin bedroom
•Bathroom
•Swimming pool (8m x 4m and depth 1.10m-1.70m)
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Exploring Kefalonia, Greece - Ep13
We finally leave Nidri and sail to Sivota on Lefkas and then on to Kefalonia where we party with some Russian guys from the boat next to us.
We explore some amazing caves and check out a beautiful bay and stunning long white sandy beach..
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