Ionian Islands


Jun11

Corfu

Categories // Ionian Islands

Corfu is the more northern island Ionian Seas, is found in the Ipirotikes coasts. Her north-eastern coasts approach enough the coasts of Albania her beach have total length of 217 km and shape enough bights and capes of fantastic beauty .Her territory are full of green, mainly mountainous, particular in the northern department.The foreigners call him Corfoy, from the two tops that appear as approaches the visitor in the island in order to he discovers her legendary past the cinquecento monuments and the cosmopolitan air under the sound of musical brass.Higher mountain tops: Pantokratoras ancient Istoni (914 m.), Straboskiadi (849 m.). It is from the the most over-populated islands of Mediterranean with density of population 193 residents km2.
Jun11

Lefkada

Categories // Ionian Islands

The prefecture Lefkada is onefrom the 51 prefectures of Greece and belongs in the region of Ionian islands. The prefecture includes Lefkada, that is the fourth in extent island of Eptanisα and certain other smaller islands Ionian seas.
Capital of prefecture is the city of Lefkada. Landscapes of incomparable beauty in the immense diversity of natural environment composing a infrequent ecological paradise.
Jun11

Kefallinia

Categories // Ionian Islands

The prefecture includes Cepfallinia, that are biggest in extent island of Eptanisa,
thaca and certain other smaller islands of Ionian seas. Capital of prefecture is Argostoli. The bigger advantage of Cephalonia is the sea. The island allocates certain from the better beaches in Greece. Platis Gialos and Makris Gialos they are good and clean beaches. Cefallinia is offered for tours.The landscape is impressive and multiform. Ainos (1627 m.), from the higher tops in Greece islands, at winter they are often snowy . Under the soil, there's lots of caverns and underground lakes, certain from which it can visit at summertime. Particular interest they present the caverns of island, as Melissani, Agkalaki, Saint Theodoros, Zerbati, the Cave Drogkarati and the cavern Sakkoy.
Jun11

Zakynthos

Categories // Ionian Islands

Zakynthos sometimes called Zante in English; in Italian Zacinto or Zante, the third largest of the Ionian Islands.Zakynthos has a thriving tourism industry and is one of the top tourist destinations in Greece.The capital, which has the same name as the prefecture, is the town of Zakynthos; apart from the official name, it is also called Chora. At southwest is the National Marine Park of Zakynthos where loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) are found in the bay of Kalamaki. Caretta caretta is an endangered species - especially by the deck chairs laid out on their breeding grounds and the inevitable pollution. Every year at the beginning of June, the female turtles come to the southern beaches in order to bury their eggs in the sand.