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Ionian · May to October
Ionian Islands
Corfu down to Zakynthos by way of Paxos, Meganisi and Onassis’s Skorpios. Flat water and short hops.
30 places on the chart: 4 harbour towns and ports, 18 islands, 3 anchorages and bays and 5 beaches.
Open Ionian Islands on the chart
Why the fleet comes here
- Ithaca
- Vathy, and the anchorage at Kioni
- Corfu
- The northern gateway to the Ionian, with Gouvia marina and the old town
- Kefalonia
- The largest Ionian island; Fiskardo, Assos and Myrtos
- Zakynthos
- The southern end of the Ionian, and Navagio on its west coast
- Lefkada
- The marina at the canal, and the west-coast beaches
- Skorpios
- Onassis bought it in 1963 and married Jackie Kennedy on it; still private, anchored off
- Parga
- A mainland amphitheatre of a town with an island in its bay
- Navagio
- Shipwreck Beach, reachable only from the water
- Paxos
- Gaios, Lakka and Longos — three harbours on one small island
- Antipaxos
- Two beaches and a day anchorage south of Paxos
- Myrtos Beach
- The white-shingle beach under the Kefalonian cliffs
- Syvota
- The mainland anchorages opposite Corfu
- Fiskardo
- The only Kefalonian village the 1953 earthquake left standing, and the busiest quay in the Ionian
- Meganisi
- A dozen fjord-like inlets, and the best anchorages in the Ionian
- Assos
- A Venetian fort on an isthmus, with an anchorage in its bay
Every place in Ionian Islands