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Agia Kyriaki (Greek: Αγία Κυριακή, Agía Kyriakí) is a small Greek island less than one mile from Astypalaia in the Dodecanese islands. [1] On the island is the small church of Agia (Saint) Kyriaki. [2] Every July the people of Leros will go to the small island to celebrate the name day of the saint. [citation needed
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.
The Assos Castle (Greek: Κάστρο της Άσσου, romanized: Kastro tis Assou) is a Venetian fortification on Cephalonia island in western Greece.. Together with St George's Castle, the castle of Assos is a fine example of military architecture of the island of Cephalonia—British general Charles James Napier described it as 'stronger than Gibraltar'—and one of its main tourist ...
Greece has many islands, [Note 1] with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 [1] to 6,000, [2] depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 [3] and 227. [2] The largest Greek island by both area and population is Crete, located at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea.
Agia Kyriaki (Greek: Αγία Κυριακή, Agía Kyriakí; before 1955: Kertiza [2] (Greek: Κέρτιζα, Kértiza)) is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Lasiona, Olympia, Elis, Greece.
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.
The Ionian Sea, view from the island Kefalonia, Greece The Ionian Sea, as seen from Corfu Island, Greece, and with Saranda, Albania in the background. The Ionian Sea (Modern Greek: Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, romanized: Iónio Pélagos, IPA: [iˈoni.o ˈpelaɣos]; [a] Italian: Mar Ionio or Mar Jonio, IPA: [mar ˈjɔːnjo]; [b] Albanian: Deti Jon, IPA: [ˈdɛti ˈjɔn]) is an elongated bay of ...
Markopoulo (Greek: Μαρκόπουλο) is a village and a community in the southeastern part of the island of Cephalonia, Greece. It is situated at the southeastern foot of Mount Ainos, at about 250 m elevation. The community consists of the villages Markopoulo, Kateleios and the beach village Kato Kateleios.