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Sailing around the Ionian islands

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Crete, Mykonos, Santorini,… : the islands around Greece are plentiful and there’s never a lack of sunshine and good food, no matter where you go! I chose to sail around the Ionian islands because most of them are still relatively unknown! The most famous ones are Zante and Corfu, but who wants to go where everybody else is going, right? I concentrated on the five lesser known islands:  Ithaca, Kefalonia, Lefkada, Paxos and Meganisi. Two weeks of pure Greek bliss and slow Continue Reading

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The clear blue waters and pine-covered slopes of Kefalonia

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Kefalonia, with its green, pine-covered slopes and Mount Ainos majestically towering over the surrounding azure blue waters, is the biggest island of the Ionian Sea. Does its name ring a bell? Very possible! The island of Kefalonia was the setting for the 2001 movie “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin”, in which Nicolas Cage played an Italian captain during WWII. The choice for Cage to play an Italian captain might be debatable, but the movie certainly did a lot for the tourism industry of Continue Reading

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Authentic Greek flavours in the heart of Athens

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Moussaka, slouvaki, Greek salad, … is this what comes to mind when you think of Greek food? Think again! Even if there’s a lot of chance that you will come across these on your trip to Greece, the Greek cuisine is so much more varied than this! It’s 9am on a sunny Wednesday morning and I am ready to embark on a food tour of Athens! Despina, tour guide and co-founder of Athens Walking Tours, starts with a historical lesson about the world of food and how the different Mediterranean Continue Reading

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Lefkas, the gateway to the Ionian Sea

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It’s exactly two o’clock, when the floating bridge opens and lets the yachts pass from mainland Greece into the Ionian Sea. Every hour on the dot, a floating procession sails into the canal, on its way to Lefkas, the first island on the west coast of Greece. I am on a sailing trip around the Ionian Sea and for the next few weeks these waters will be my home. But first I’m ready to explore all the things to do in Lefkas. At the entrance of the canal, next to the floating bridge Continue Reading

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Travel into the footsteps of Odysseus

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Who hasn’t heard of Odysseus? Or Ulysses, as he is also known by his Roman name. He’s the hero of Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey”. According to that poem, Odysseus was the king of the island of Ithaca, a small Greek island in the Ionian Sea. Having fought in the Trojan war, Odysseus tried to return home to Ithaca after a 10 year-long journey… While sailing around the Ionian islands, Ithaca is one of my stopovers. The whole island is drenched in Odysseus’ spirit with cafés, Continue Reading

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Meganisi: the Greek island tourism forgot

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Never heard of Meganisi? Don’t worry; before I set off on a sailing trip across the Ionian islands, neither had I! Its name means “big island”, although it only has 3 villages, is about 20km² and has no more than 1000 inhabitants! Up to the 20th century the island was a pirate hunt and until recently it was known for cigarette smuggling to Italy! Pretty adventurous for such a small place, hey? My first port of call is the small harbour of Vathi, an enchanting little town where children Continue Reading