Lefkas is blessed by Nature – the grand mountain spine of Mount Stavrotas, the dramatic west coast cliffs with their fine sandy beaches, the sheltered eastern waters surrounding nearby isles and the mountains of Acarnania on the Greek mainland closeby. Lefkas, the fourth largest of the Ionian islands is named after its white “lefkos” cliffs. The island is twenty-one miles long and nine miles wide and was joined to the Greek mainland by a long narrow isthmus until the Corinthians excavated a canal in 640 BC. Today an efficient swing-bridge operates across the canal.
Traditional ways of Lefkas life continue unscathed. Many of the island's wide fertile valleys, which are clad in olives groves, vineyards and cypress trees, hold only one or two farmhouses.
