Ithaka Ιθάκη Overview

What Homer called a “wine-dark” sea of legend appears instead a clear and beckoning blue as it meets the steeply rising green hills and white beaches of Ithaka. Panoramic vistas of the Adriatic are as ubiquitous as the motor scooters that transport locals to tiny villages, where the atmosphere is far more relaxed and quiet than that found on nearby Kefallonia or Lefkada. Massive ferries, the island’s only physical connection to the outside world, dwarf Ithaka’s small port towns. Traverse Odysseus’s legendary home to see the pebbled beaches, rocky hillsides, and terraced olive groves that drew him back here through countless obstacles.

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