Sivota
In the south-east of Lefkada there is a green, deep gulf inside
the cove of Sivota. The cove closes the gulf and leaves a small
entrance to the Ionian Sea. The boats are naturally protected
by the waves, the wind and the streams.
Inside the gulf we find the village of Sivota with its traditional
houses, the coffee shops, the fish taverns, the small café-bars
along the beautiful quay ( there is a bar inside an old oil
factory).
The gulf of Sivota is a true sailing paradise. In the summer
sailing boats from all over the world anchor in this calm gulf.
Lefkatas Cape or Cavo Dukato or the Lady ’s Cape or Nira
(as the locals call it). It is the biggest and the most south
cape of the island , 5 miles away from Cefalonia. Homer mentions
it in his work. In the Antiquity human sacrifices were taking
place on it. They would also throw criminals for purification.
Those who were in love without response would choose to committee
suicide in order to relieve their pain. According to Menandrus
the first to fall off the Lefkatas Cape was the lyric poetess
Sapfo who gave an end to her desperate life when young Faon
denied her love.
On the cape there was the temple of god Apollo. Every year many
celebrations to honour him were taking place.
Today on the location of the ancient temple there is a lighthouse.
It was destroyed by the big earthquake in 1948 and rebuilt later
with materials from the ancient temple.
Dimossari
The underground waters are the natural richness of Lefkada.
They convert the island into a green paradise. As they slide
by the high mountains , on the way to the sea, they form waterfalls
and small lakes. One of these waterfalls is Dimossari outside
Nydri. It pours into a ravine with white rocks.
Dimossari waterfalls were named after the watermills which existed
in the area and belonged to the state (dimos=state).
The summer visitors of Dimossari swim in the small crystal lakes
which are formed among the rocks and the plane trees.
The route on foot along the running water and the shadow of
the plane trees is unique. The
lake of Marantohori
Approximatelly 400 metres away from the Marantohori village,
in an idyllic valley, we find the lake of Marantohori which
has been declared a hydrobiotope.
The dorp of Volti
Approximatelly 800 metres above the higher village of Lefkada,
Eglouvi, there is the plateau of Vouni with Agios Donatos
country church and the wells. The famous lentil of Eglouvi
is produced here. In this beautiful landscape, on the mountain
slope towards the plain there is a unique dorp, the dorp of
Volti. The Volti are stone huts, built amphitheatrically one
after the other. The huts consist of a room for the farmers,
a storage for the crop and a room for the animals. The threshing
floor is higher and the farmers carry the straw to the huts.
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