Lefkada is the only Greek island you can drive to. Joined to the mainland of Western Greece by a floating bridge, it sits in the Ionian Sea between Corfu and Kefalonia — close enough to reach in a few hours from Athens or Thessaloniki, and yet unmistakably an island.
The Municipality of Lefkada covers the whole island together with the smaller islands of Kalamos and Kastos: about 336 km², some 22,000 residents, 7 municipal units and 42 local communities. Its seat is the town of Lefkada, with its pastel-coloured timber houses, Venetian fortress and lively waterfront.
The island is famous for the white cliffs and turquoise water of its west coast — Porto Katsiki, Egremni, Kathisma — for the sheltered bays of Nydri and Vasiliki in the east, for its mountain villages of lace-makers and lentil growers, and for a cultural life out of all proportion to its size.