Kefalonia is the largest but also the highest Ionian island and is very irregular in shape with the Paliki peninsula with a small tip is attached to the rest of the island. The peninsula is mostly flat with rolling hills. That is why agriculture mainly occurs here. Despite the mountainous nature of the island is also very fruitful. The valleys and slopes are mainly used for grapes and olives. On the slopes of the mountain Ainos growing a local conifer species, this make the mountain a national park.
The capital of Kefalonia is Argostoli. In 1953 Argostoli was devastated by a massive earthquake for nearly 90 % and was subsequently rebuilt in a modern way. The rest of the island was remade after the earthquake for about 70%.
The most famous sights of Kefalonia are:
The island was in 2001 a film set for the beautiful war movie "Captain Corelli 's Mandolin " starring Nicolas Gage and Penelope Cruz .
The capital of Kefalonia is Argostoli. In 1953 Argostoli was devastated by a massive earthquake for nearly 90 % and was subsequently rebuilt in a modern way. The rest of the island was remade after the earthquake for about 70%.
The most famous sights of Kefalonia are:
- Sami: nice harbor town with several restaurants along the promenade / Melissani underground lake with beautiful blue water / Drogarati stalactite caves.
- Myrtos: one of the most beautiful beaches in Greece or some even Europe.
- Assos: seaside village with a 16th century Venetian fortress.
- Fiskardo: nice car free fishing village with very colorful houses along a boulevard. This place is one of the few villages on the island passed the test of the massive earthquake of 1953.
- Skala: remains of an ancient Roman villa with mosaic floors.
- Argostoli: the Drapanobridge/dam, with an obelisk in the middle, connecting Argostoli with the opposite side of the bay. Here you can (if you are lucky) see the sea turtles Caretta Caretta.
- Fragata and Valsamata: the plain of Omala is best known for the Robola wines. The winery is open to visitors.
- Valsamata: Monastery of Agios Gerasimos. The holy Gerasimos has many wonders to his name with often curing mentally ill people. The monastery St. Gerasimos has the mummified Gerasimos lie in a silver sarcophagus, the nuns opened the sarcophagus of time to time so that visitors can see and worship Gerasimos.
- Xi: beach with red sand formed by wind and weather like sandstone formations.
- Katavothres: a unique natural phenomenon. The seawater flows north of Argostoli via a 15 km long underground journey from west to east through limestone formations to Melissani lake, through the cave and the springs of Karavomilos and back into the sea.
The island was in 2001 a film set for the beautiful war movie "Captain Corelli 's Mandolin " starring Nicolas Gage and Penelope Cruz .