This is the right place to get correct information for Cephalonia island and Greece Islands, Greece Tours Turkey Tours. The largest of the seven Ionian islands (700 sq km2 about). It's highest peak is Ancient Mount Aenos, 1628 m (5341feet) In Greece's west coast, Cephalonia has only 32,000 resident islanders. With Lefkas to the north and Zakynthos to the south the island is firmly on a tourist trail and grows each year as more accommodation becomes available and big tour operators move in. Despite the annual influx of visitors, mainly Italians, the island is so big it is still possible to get away to places where you are unlikely to meet a soul for days. Vast tracts of forest cloak the rugged limestone landscape, with ten peaks topping 5,000 feet.
According to the Greek mythology, the King of Cephalonia , Amphitryon, king of Thebes, was helped by the Athenian Kefalos, to oust the Native Taphians. In graditute, attacked Pterelaos. Amphitryon made a gift of the Island to Kefalos .
The history of Kefalonia is very interesting. The island was under the Turkish empire at the decade of 1460's and after under the Venetians and French. Finally England protected the island, until 1864 when all the Ionian islands joint the rest Greece.
The capital and the main port of Cephalonia since 1757 is Argostoli, which is built on the inner coast of its peninsula. After the 1953 earthquake they were left very little remains; one or two houses, the arched bridge stretching across the lagoon and the obelisk at its center, which commemorates the date of its construction.
Argostoli is also the seat of the Greek Orthodox Church. The visitor to Cephalonia will be fascinated by the infinite variety of the natural surrounding, where sea, mountain, and small, green plains are harmonously combined together.Kefalonia is an island as attractive to walkers as it is to sunbathers. For the walker there are acres of inland forest covered mountains to explore. For sun bathers there are plenty on beaches (many of them among the most beautiful in the Mediterranean. Is one of Greece's best secrets and once voted 10th in a world scenic beauty league, thus it demands and deserves exploration.

Beautiful golden beaches, lofty mountains providing the scenic backdrop to hundreds of secluded white coves , the cave of St. Gerassimos - the island's patron saint, the Cave of Drongorati, the underground lake at Mellisani, churches and Monasteries perched precariously on cliffs, timeless villages.
The limestone rock results in remarkable caves and caverns, some of which have become major tourist attractions.The coast is generally steep and sometimes precipitous as are the mountain roads that criss-cross the island.
The heavy winter rains make this one of the greenest and lushest of islands despite the rocky landscape and the Kefalonian fir is widespread. The many olive groves and vineyards are testimony to the islanders' reliance on agriculture before the relatively recent arrival of the tourist.
From the traditional Fiskardo to the small tourist town of Poros, and the fascinating villages of Livatho which captivated Lord Byron with their beauty for four months, Cephalonia reveals to the visitor a glimpse of paradise at every turn.
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