Beautiful panoramic view on turquoise Katsiki beach, Lefkada, Greece. Greek tourism is booming, and Americans are playing a pivotal role in its growth. By May of last year, over half a million ...
Also known as “Lefkas”, Lefkada is distinct in that it requires no ferry or boat journey to access it—instead, you simply drive over a causeway a short distance from Prevaza airport on the mainland.
This is the latest selection for our series on underrated destinations, It’s Still a Big World. Having been born in Greece and lived all of my life here, one might think that I have seen most of this ...
More than a century after its initial discovery, the only known amphitheater on the Ionian Islands is finally seeing the light of day. Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of ...
The first ancient theater in the Ionian Islands was unveiled to the public in Lefkada, Greece, marking an archaeological discovery expected to become a landmark for historical research and cultural ...
After a decade-long excavation following the theatre's first discovery more than 100 years ago, experts describe its revelation as “undoubtedly the most important and imposing monument that has come ...
Nature is ever changing, modifying landscapes and rebuilding itself. Often times this process happens on timescales much beyond human timescales, however, that was not the case a few weeks ago on the ...
The Greek island of Lefkada, rising from the Ionian Sea south of Corfu, is famed for its white beaches and vertical cliffs from which the poet Sappho is said to have leaped to her death. The island is ...
After a century-long wait, an excavation has finally revealed the only ancient theatre on Greece's Ionian Islands. Ancient Lefkada’s theatre was first discovered in 1901, but it took until now for the ...