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Beaches

Makrýs Gialos Beach,
Agia Effimia Beach,
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Kefalloniá
Kefalloniá
MAP G6 • Lássi, Kefalloniá MAP H5 • Sámi, Kefalloniá
Sometimes spelled Makrýs Yalos, This fishing village is popular with
this beach has lovely fine sand and sailors who moor in its harbour. The
clear and safe water in which to swim. beach here, which runs along the
It lies a little way south of Argostóli. east coast, is long but pebbly.
Emplysi Beach,
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Kefalloniá
MAP H3 • Fiskárdo, Kefalloniá
One of Fiskárdo’s premier beaches,
Emplysi emerges at the end of a
small track surrounded by olive
groves and cypress trees. It lies in
a sheltered bay a little more than
1 km (half a mile) from the village.
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Sarakiniko beach, Ithaki Platýs Gialos Beach,
Kefalloniá
Sarakiniko Beach, Ithaki
2 MAP G6 • Lássi, Kefalloniá
MAP J4 • Vathý, Ithaki
Further along the coast from Makrýs
Popular with swimmers because of Gialos is Platýs Gialos beach, linked
its safe waters, Sarakiniko lies just to a small island by an isthmus. It
west of Vathý. Sit, relax and watch as has fine, soft sand and is popular
boats are manoeuvred in and out of with watersports enthu siasts.
the lively anchorage. Foki Beach, Kefalloniá
Lepeda Beach,
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MAP H4 • Fiskárdo, Kefalloniá
Kefalloniá
Less a beach and more a rocky
MAP G5 • Pallikí peninsula, Kefalloniá outcrop, Foki, with its shady trees and
Unusual rock formations are a striking clear blue water, remains one of the
sight off Lepeda beach, a quiet stretch most popular spots around Fiskárdo.
of red sand along the coast south of
Gidaki Beach, Ithaki
Lixoúri. The views across the bay to 0
Argostóli are breathtaking. MAP J4 • Near Vathý, Ithaki
Offering the chance to relax away
Xi Beach, Kefalloniá
4 from the crowds, this beach is
accessed only by a hiking track.
MAP G6 • Pallikí peninsula,
Kefalloniá However, boats do arrive from
One of the most popular of the Pallikí Vathý every day during sum mer.
peninsula’s south-coast beaches, Xi
has deep red sands and safe swim-
ming waters. It is located just a short
distance from Lixoúri.
Antísamos Beach,
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Kefalloniá
MAP J5 • Sámi, Kefalloniá
This outstanding beach is one of
Sámi’s best swim ming spots. It
appeared in the 2001 film, Captain
Corelli’s Mandolin (see p29). Turquoise waters lapping an Ithaki beach
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