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three daily), Karya (€1.60, 30 minutes, four daily), Nydri (€1.60, 30 minutes, 20 daily),
Vasiliki (€3.40, one hour, four daily) and Vlicho (€1.60, 40 minutes, 11 daily).
CAR
Rentals start at €35 per day; there are countless car- and bike-hire companies in Nydri
and several in Vasiliki.
It's possible to arrange for hire-car delivery at Preveza's Aktion Airport and then re-
turn it in Vasiliki if you are catching a ferry south (or vice versa).
Europcar
( 26450 23581;
www.lefkaseuropcar.gr
; Panagou 16, Lefkada Town)
per day. Next to Ionian Star Hotel.
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Lefkada TownΛευκάδα
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The island's bustling main town has a relaxed, happy feel. It is built on a promontory at
the southeastern corner of a salty lagoon where earthquakes are a constant threat. The
town was devastated by one in 1948, only to be rebuilt in a distinctively quake-proof and
attractive style with the upper-storey facades of some buildings in brightly painted cor-
rugated tin. Stroll the vibrant main pedestrian thoroughfare, Dorpfeld, and lively Plateia
Agiou Spyridonos or visit the handsome churches.
Sights
Archaeological Museum
MUSEUM
( 26450 21635; adult/child €3/2; 8am-3pm Tue-Sun)
Housed in the cultural centre at the
western end of Agelou Sikelianou, the museum contains island artefacts spanning the Pa-
laeolithic to late-Roman periods. The prize exhibit is a 6th-century BC terracotta figurine
of a flute player with nymphs.
Collection of Post-Byzantine Icons
MUSEUM
( 26450 22502; Rontogianni; 8.30am-3.30pm Tue-Sat, 6-8.15pm Tue & Thu)
Works
by icon painters from the Ionian school and Russia dating back to 1500 are displayed in
an impressive building off Ioannou Mela.
