Beaches in Ionian Islands
3 beaches · 2 beach worlds
The Greek islands off the western coast — Corfu, Kefalonia, Zakynthos, Lefkada — which are greener, wetter and softer than the Cyclades and have the sand the Aegean does not. Their western coasts are limestone cliff falling into deep clear water, and the best-known beaches sit at the foot of them, reached by stair, by hairpin road or by boat. The islands are seismically active: the 1953 earthquake levelled most of Kefalonia's buildings, and rockfall along these cliffs remains a live hazard. Practically, most of the famous beaches here demand something: a stair of several hundred steps, a hairpin road cut into a cliff, or a boat, and several are closed by westerly wind at short notice. Shade is rare and the shingle gets hot. The water shelves steeply at Myrtos and elsewhere, which catches out parents of small children. The season runs May to October and the islands are green in spring, which is when the walking is best.
Two of the three are cliff and calanque beaches; the rest are castaway beaches. The sand is pebble throughout. Together they account for 1.2 km of shore. · computed from the 3 records below
