The Rough Guide to Ionian Islands, 2nd Edition

by Edwards, Nick; Gill, John

• ISBN13: 9781858285306
• ISBN10: 1858285305
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

Better known individually than by the name of the whole archipelago, the islands of Corfu, Paxos, Lefkas, Ithaca, Cephallonia and Zakinthos include some of the best-known Greek holiday islands. Italianate architecture, cypress trees and olive groves, bathed in a nurturing climate, characterize the islands. Corfu and Zakinthos are the most commercialized, with Cephallonia rapidly catching up, but Lefkas and Ithaca still offer pockets of a rural way of life little touched by tourism. Whatever your plans, the Rough Guide will help you fulfil them.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Part One Basics	1	(60)
Getting there from Britain	3	(4)
Getting there from Ireland	7	(2)
Getting there from North America	9	(4)
Getting there from Australia and New Zealand	13	(2)
Getting there from mainland Greece and Italy	15	(3)
Travellers with disabilities	18	(2)
Visas and red tape	20	(1)
Costs, money and banks	21	(3)
Health matters	24	(2)
Insurance	26	(2)
Information and maps	28	(3)
Getting around	31	(5)
Accommodation	36	(3)
Eating and drinking	39	(7)
Communications: mail, phones and the media	46	(3)
Opening hours and public holidays	49	(2)
Festivals	51	(3)
Watersports	54	(1)
Police and trouble	55	(1)
Work	56	(2)
Directory	58	(3)
Part Two The Guide	61	(196)
Corfu (Kerkyra)	63	(55)
Igoumenitsa	66	(2)
Corfu Town	68	(17)
The northeast and the north coast	85	(12)
Paleokastritsa and the west coast	97	(10)
Benitses and the south	107	(8)
Mathraki	115	(1)
Othoni	116	(1)
Erikoussa	116	(2)
Paxi	118	(18)
Parga	120	(3)
Gaios and around	123	(5)
Longos and around	128	(2)
Lakka and around	130	(3)
Andipaxi	133	(3)
Lefkadha	136	(34)
Preveza	140	(2)
Lefkadha Town and around	142	(7)
The east coast to Vassiliki	149	(10)
The west coast	159	(4)
Karya and the interior	163	(3)
Meganissi	166	(2)
Kalamos	168	(2)
Ithaki	170	(17)
Astakos	174	(1)
Vathy	174	(5)
Odysseus sites	179	(3)
Northern Ithaki	182	(5)
Kefallonia	187	(35)
Patra	190	(3)
Argostoli and around	193	(12)
Southeast Kefallonia	205	(4)
Sami and around	209	(4)
Northern Kefallonia	213	(9)
Zakynthos	222	(35)
Zakynthos Town and around	228	(13)
The Vassilikos peninsula	241	(2)
Laganas Bay	243	(7)
The west coast	250	(3)
The northeast	253	(4)
Part Three Contexts	257	(33)
The historical framework	259	(16)
Wildlife	275	(3)
Books	278	(3)
Language	281	(6)
Glossary of words and terms	287	(3)
Index	290