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    Holidays to Lefkas bring you footprint-free beaches and towns that look the same as they did 100 years ago.

    The word-of-mouth island

    Lefkas is the sort of place you hear about on the grapevine rather than in the Sunday travel supplements. It’s one of Greece’s below-the-radar islands, and you’ll find it off the coast of the Preveza region, on the west coast of the Greek mainland.

    Nidri and Nikiana

    The island’s main resorts line up along Lefkas’ east coast. Nidri is the biggest. It’s a former fishing village, which is bursting out of its traditional seams to great effect. Sailboats have joined the fishing boats at their anchorages off the sandy shore, and the authentic fish tavernas are now accompanied by a collection of family-friendly cafes, restaurants and bars. Roughly 7 miles north, Nikiana paints a similar picture, on a smaller scale.

    Agios Ioannis

    Lefkas’s west coast is a bit of a clean slate as far as tourism is concerned. Agios Ioannis on the island’s northwest tip is as built up as it gets. There are more olive trees than buildings on the land that lines the resort’s 2-mile beach.

    Hiking and island-hopping

    Walking is one of the main ways visitors occupy their time on Lefkas. Hikers exploring the island’s interior are rewarded with waterfalls, pine forests and 1,000-metre mountain peaks. Island-hopping is another day-filler. Lefkas has 10 satellite islands, which can be visited by boat from the quay in Nidri or Vassiliki.

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    At a glance

    • Sip vertzami wine in view of Nidri harbour
    • Walk along the sand highway in Agios Ioannis
    • Master a windsurf board in Vassiliki

    Destinations in Lefkas

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    • Nidri

      Holidays to Nidri bring you to a lively little town with good-time bars and authentic Greek tavernas. There’s cycling in the nearby Geni peninsula, plus Lefkas Town is only 25 minutes’ drive away.

    • Vasiliki

      Holidays to Vasiliki combine a world-class windsurfing spot with a traditional village and harbour.

    • Nikiana

      Holidays to Nikiana take you to a quiet village with waterside bars and restaurants – and a little sandy beach, too. Then there’s nightlife in Nidri and history in Lefkas Town.

    • Ligia

      Holidays to Lygia shell out a snapshot of old-time Greece – fishing boats bob to the beat of seafront taverna soundtracks, and a web of nature walks snake through the countryside.

    • Lazarata

      Holidays to Lazarata keep you in quiet seclusion – but with bars, restaurants and beaches all conveniently close.

    Top things to See and Do in Lefkas

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    • Highly-regarded beaches

      The names of Lefkas’ beaches are bandied about as some of the best in the Mediterranean. But, although every stretch of sand comes highly rated, the beaches on the east coast of the island are significantly different to those on the west. The former tend to be attached to resorts, so you get a helping of tavernas and cafes on the side of the sand. The latter are pretty much the way nature intended – nothing but sand and sea.

    • The big beach

      Nidri is the most-visited beach on Lefkas. The view from the sunloungers on this smile of golden sand is one of anchored sailboats and the islands of Heloni, Scorpio and Sparti in the distance. The beach is also backed by a collection of tavernas, cafes and family-friendly bars.

    • The secret beach

      Word has travelled fast about Porto Katsiki, and Lefkas’ former secret beach can’t really be called secret anymore. But it’s not the easiest stretch of sand to reach. In fact, its name means ‘port of the goat’ because there was a time when only nimble mountain goats could access the sand. Today, most visitors arrive by boat. And when they do, they’re greeted by a brace of bright white cliffs, golden sand, and waters so blue they’ll make you blink.

    • Bargain Buys

      The best things to buy in Lefkas tend to have sell-by-dates. Delimari salami is the island’s official salami brand and you’ll find their flagship shop on 8th Merarchias Street in Lefkada Town. Wine is another good bet. Vertzami is the most commonly used grape on the island and you can pick up a bottle or two at the wine shops on Main Street in Nidri.

    • Mid-Range Buys

      Lefkas isn’t exactly inundated with shops, and you’ll need to go to the mainland in search of high street stores. The closest you’ll get to a spree will be in Lefkada Town. There are a few boutique jewellery shops and some clothing stores on Ioannou Mela and Goulielmou Dorpfel near the harbour.

    • Designer Buys

      In the windsurfing world, Rip Curl and O’Neil are just as coveted as Gucci or Dior. And you’ll find the proof in Vassilikki, 25 minutes’ drive from Nidri. You don’t need to look further than the waterfront to find surf shops selling the latest clothing and accessories.

    • Laid-back evenings

      It’s chefs rather than DJs that create the evening entertainment in most of Lefkas’ resorts. In Nikiana the restaurants cluster around the harbour front and menus give the limelight to fresh fish and traditional Greek dishes. In Periyiali, meanwhile, the tavernas are split between the main square and the port. Agios Ioannis is on the sunset side of the island, and you can watch night fall in the dinky tavernas at the southern end of the beach.

    • Lively evenings

      In Lefkas, the nightlife buck stops at Nidri and Vassiliki. There are a few bars on Main Street in Nidri. Some show live sport, others put on live music. For after-hours action, head to the north end of the beach, where the nightclub puts on theme parties. In Vassiliki, the bars cling to the waterfront in the centre of town. Dancing on the bar is a rite of passage in certain beach bars.

    • Lentil soup

      Heinz and Campbell’s don’t get a look in, in Lefkas. Out here, lentil is always the soup of the day. The lentils are grown in the mountain village of Englouvi and they’re cooked with garlic and oregano to make the island’s signature soup.

    • Sour fish

      The name of this dish has been lost in translation. Literally, the recipe’s name means sour fish, but it won’t make your eyes water. The sauce is made with vinegar, rosemary, garlic and raisins, and it’s poured over fried red mullet and served cold as part of a mezze platter.

    • Sofigado

      Beef stews come in many guises in the Greek Islands, and sofigado is Lefkas’ take on the dish. The recipe is a hand-me-down from the island’s Venetian rulers, and it’s made by slow-cooking beef with wine vinegar, rosemary, onions, garlic and a grape molasses known as petimezi.

    • Ladopita

      This is Lefkas’ answer to afternoon tea. The recipe has been handed down the generations like hot potatoes. It’s made by mixing olive oil, caster sugar, flour and cinnamon. Then the mixture gets baked to form a spongy mattress of a cake.

    • Vertzami wine

      This full bodied red grape is grown in vineyards less than 10 kilometres from Nidri. Taste-wise, it has hints of bay leaf, cinnamon and red berries, and its food pairings tend to be rich meaty dishes, like beef stews. The best quality bottles of this wine are keepers, too. They’ll come of age in your wine cellar.

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