
Melissani Cave
At midday, sunlight hits Melissani’s open roof and turns the lake an impossible blue — the kind you assume is a filter until you’re in the boat.
Kefalonia — Thing to Do on ViaTravelers

At midday, sunlight hits Melissani’s open roof and turns the lake an impossible blue — the kind you assume is a filter until you’re in the boat.

Myrtos hits different from the road above — 300m limestone cliffs, white marble pebbles, and that cobalt-to-turquoise shift you have to see to believe.

Tassia Dendrinou has been cooking in Fiskardo since the 1980s. The Kefalonian meat pie alone justifies the drive to the northern tip.

The Fisherman’s Cabin in Assos sits in a converted storage house — the family has been serving the day’s catch here since the 1970s.


Kefalonia’s most sacred site sits quietly in the Omala valley — the saint’s relics are here, and the atmosphere is unlike anywhere else on the island.