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enjoy a wide range of mezédhes and some unusual main
courses such as swordfish in sweet lemon sauce.
Noon-
1am: Easter-Nov daily, Dec-Easter Fri-Sun.
Sivota Apartments
T
26450 31347.
Just above the
middle of the harbour, these pleasant rooms are of varying
sizes
and
most have balconies overlooking the bay. May-
Sept.
€40
DHESSÍMI BAY, ROÚDA BAY AND AROUND
Camping Santa Maura
Dhessími Bay
T
26450 95007,
W
campingsantamaura.nl.
This is marginally the better
of the two huge campsites that dominate the olive groves
behind Dhessími Bay. May-Oct.
Pirofani
Dhessími Bay.
This beach taverna in between
the two Dhessími Bay campsites is very good, dishing up
exquisite mezédhes
such as octopus in wine sauce and
koloukythopittákia
(little courgette pies).
May to mid-Oct
daily 11am-midnight.
Póros Beach Camping
Roúda Bay
T
26450 95452,
W
porosbeach.com.gr.
One of the smartest campsites in the
archipelago, with a bar, post office, shop, pool, vehi
cle r
ental
and forty spanking new studios. May-Oct. Studios
€40
Ì
Rouda Bay
Roúda Bay
T
26450 95634,
W
roudabay.gr.
Taverna-cum-studios venture right
opposite the beach. The food includes excellent home-
cooked dishes and the accommodation is in l
uxur
ious and
spacious suites. Breakfast included. May-Oct.
€80
VASSILIKÍ, PÓNDI AND AROUND
Akroyiali
Póndi
T
26450 31569.
A welcoming old
couple run this taverna, which has a beachside seating
and offers delights such as garlic prawns and steak
Diane, as well as fine barrelled wine.
May-Oct daily
11am-1am.
Alexander
Vassilikí
T
26450 31355.
Well-established
taverna on the western quay, which dishes up pizza and
pasta and has a massive menu of Greek cuisine and a
variety of wines.
April-Oct daily 10am-1am.
Grand Nefeli
Póndi
T
26450 31378,
W
grandnefeli
.com.
Right on the beach, this smart block has comfortably
furnished rooms, many with sea-view balconies, and some
luxury suites. Arranges
wind
suring lessons. Breakfast
included. May to mid-Oct.
€60
Pension Holiday
Vassilikí
T
26450 31011,
E
pensionholidays@hotmail.com.
Round the corner
from the ferry dock, this remains the best val
ue o
ption,
with a/c and TV in all the cosy rooms. May-Oct.
€35
Volero Club
Vassilikí
T
26450 31859.
The resort's
liveliest club, a short way back from the seafront, provides
post-windsurfing dancefloor frolics to the predominantly
young crowd that spend the summer here.
May-Sept
daily 7pm-late.
11
SÝVOTA
Ì
Palia Apothiki
T
26450 31895.
By far the most
attractive of Sývota's tavernas, located in an old storehouse as
the name indicates, and serving unique dishes such as giant
shrimps wrapped in bacon.
May-Oct 11am-midnight.
Lefkádha's satellites
Lefkádha has four satellite islands clustered off its east coast, although only one,
Meganíssi
, the largest and most interesting, is accessible.
Skorpiós
, owned by the
Onassis family, fields armed guards to deter visitors.
Madhourí
, owned by the family of
poet Nanos Valaoritis, is private and similarly off-limits, while tiny
Spárti
is a large
scrub-covered rock. Day-trips from Nydhrí skirt all three islands (see box, p.732), and
some stop to allow swimming in coves. Though officially a dependency of Lefkádha,
the more remote island of
Kálamos
is only accessible from the mainland.
Meganíssi
Ferries run from Nydhrí (7 daily; 20min)
Meganíssi
is a sizeable island with a growing number of facilities and a magical, if
somewhat bleak and scrubby, landscape. The locals - many returned émigrés from
Australia - live from farming and fishing and are genuinely welcoming. There are
actually two ports, the main one of
Vathý
in the north, and
Spiliá
on the west coast, ten
minutes' steep walk below
Spartohóri
, an immaculate village with whitewashed
buildings and an abundance of bougainvillea. The walk between the two docks takes
little over an hour, by way of the attractive inland village of
Katoméri
. From here, paths
lead from Katoméri to remote beaches, including popular
Ambelákia
.
ACCOMMODATION, EATING AND DRINKING
MEGANÍSSI
Different Studios
Vathý
T
26450 22170,
W
different-studios.com.
This small complex of six
studios and two 2-bedroom apartments stands right on
the harbour. All units are nicely furnished and well
