KEFALONIA

Kefallonia is the Greek ionischen islands the largest, which are convenient away of the west coast of the Peloponnese. November cunning Louis De Bernieres this idyllic island sets on D world stage if it forms it for D focus of its well sells saga from love and war, captain Corelli's Mandolin. The world fell head over heels in the love with Kefallonia and with little assistance of Hollywood the island into one from the most desirable all Greek Feiertagbestimmungsoerter was suddenly converted. De Bernieres became over the place passionately, after one is an and of the package holiday here it simply, to understand announced, why Kefallonia an irresistible combination of the excellent mountain landscape, to which frequenting underground caves and the lakes and the great beaches offers. The structure of a new airport connection into the Mid-1990s and in the release of the scoop film in saw 2001 a very large increase of the number of the British bereisen the groups, which descend on the island. But the Paketfeiertaghordes did not know Kefallonias immeasurable charm and natural beauty indent. Wild horses roam across Enos, forested a national park with a singular sort fir tree, on the upward gradients of the very high verge and loggerheadseeschildkroeten put their eggs on the south coast beaches of the island. If you travel with a group of routes, fly you probably directly to the airport of the island, which is seven kilometers the south of the HauptArgostoli. Regular ferries judge the east coast gate of the island from Sami with Patras the Greek mainland on (travel time 2.5 hours). Many independent pieces of run form the journey by bus of Athens - there is daily services and the ferry passage in the map price is covered. Sami was the main position for the film Corelli however, if you read the book, or the film seen you to know that the city is not razed to soil in the earthquake 1953 thus, was disappointed, around it to find it is not rather as attractive now as, when frameworks Nicholas and Penelope Cruz roamed across its roads (they were really the roads of a synthetic adjusted film). For a taste of, which the island cities used to look how you must visit the wonderful village of Fiskardo in the north. The limestone bases of the village protected its venetianischen buildings attractive 18. Century before in the quake to be fallen. Kefallonias upper attraction include the cave Drogarati also, 3.5 kilometers of south west of Sami. Somewhat and stalagmites it decorate great stalactites the cave in which the acoustics are so good that the concerts occasionally produced inside - which large Operendiva Maria Callas once here are accomplished. Do not miss the probability of a boat journey into the extraordinarily beautiful cave Melissani, five kilometers west of Sami, in which cause a waving of the daily light a kaleidoscope of the color in the water of two awe spurring underground caves. The 250-kilometrekuestenlinie of the island peppered with many excellent sand and flint beaches including excellent Myrtos, on the northwest coast, which far as being one of the most attractive beaches is regarded in Europe. You are safe to try the koestlichen white wine Robola for the Kefallonia in Greece and over are famous - the slopes of the island are suffocated with the vineyards, which can furnish the grape/cluster Robola and enjoy you a free Tasting to bodega, in which the wine are produced

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