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The groundwater of Melissani cave outflows at the "Fridi" beach. This brackish water is part of a famous hydrogeological phenomena : seawater is sucked in the west part of the island of Kefalonia, near Argostoli, and expelled in the bay of Sami. [1] In Argostoli, the seawater flows into sinkholes, named katavothres, where water mill turns.
Xi Beach with its red sand, backed by white cliffs Areas of Xi beach are well developed The cliffs are composed of a soft, white clay which has been eroded by the rain. Xi Beach is situated in the south of the Paliki peninsula of Kefalonia, Greece, and part of the district Mantzavinata near the town of Lixouri.
Kefalonia or Cephalonia (Greek: Κεφαλονιά), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallonia (Κεφαλληνία), is the largest of the Ionian Islands [2] in western Greece and the 6th largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region.
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Myrtos has been described as "one of the most dramatic beaches in Greece", with its "mile-and-a-half long arc of dazzling white pebbles." [4] It was used as the location for the mine explosion episode in the film Captain Corelli's Mandolin. [4] Myrtos has been voted 12 times the best Greek beach [5] [6] while it regularly features in best ...
Fiskardo (Greek: Φισκάρδο, also Fiscardo or in the past Viscardo) is a village and a community on the Ionian island of Kefalonia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Erisos. It is the northernmost port of Kefalonia, a short distance from Ithaca. Fiskardo has a small and diminishing fishing fleet.
The beach is about 600M long, with the central part being used by swimmers. Petani beach is recognised for its great beauty, with many visitors comparing it with a smaller version of Myrtos Beach . It is a blue-flag beach. [ 1 ]
Although other tombs from the Mycenaean period have been found on the island, notably at Mazarakata and Lakithra, the Tzanata tomb is the most impressive yet to be discovered on Cephalonia or Ithaca. [5] During the classical period Poros was probably the port for the city of Pronnoi (above present-day Pastra, administrative centre for the area).