Kefalonia in 2 days, on foot

This 2-day self-guided walking plan for Kefalonia covers 13 narrated sights in an easy day-by-day order. Each day is split into a morning and an afternoon loop, and every stop has a two to three minute audio story in the Gingerguide app.

You set the pace: this is a suggested order, not a schedule. Walk it in 2 days, or stretch it out. Reorder freely; Kefalonia rewards a detour.

The Kefalonia route at a glance

• Day 1
• Day 2

Day 1

Day 1 covers 7 stops over about 73 km as the crow flies, from Sami and the Drogarati Cave to Katavothres. ≈ 73 km between stops, straight line

Morning

1. Sami and the Drogarati Cave: The east-coast port of Sami, below the walls of ancient Same and used as a set for Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and nearby the Drogarati Cave, a great hall of stalactites under the hillside. 3.3 km to the next stop
2. Melissani Cave Lake: A lake in a cave whose roof has partly collapsed, near Sami, where boats glide over clear blue water lit by sunlight from above, once a cult place of Pan and the nymphs. 23 km to the next stop
3. Fiskardo: The harbour village at the northern tip of Kefalonia that escaped the 1953 earthquake, with old pastel Ionian houses along the quay, Roman remains and two lighthouses on its cape. 9.6 km to the next stop
4. Assos and its Venetian Fortress: A tiny harbour village on a narrow isthmus of the west coast, below a peninsula crowned by a large Venetian fortress begun in 1593, with a few pastel houses around a green bay. 3.8 km to the next stop

Afternoon

1. Myrtos Beach: A long arc of round white pebbles below tall cliffs on the north-west coast, reached by a road of hairpin bends, where the sea shines a vivid turquoise from the viewpoint above. 23 km to the next stop
2. Kipoureon Monastery: A small monastery of the Virgin on a rock plateau above the open Ionian Sea, on the west coast of the Paliki peninsula, famous for its sunset view from the cliffs. 11 km to the next stop
3. Katavothres: Sinkholes on the shore near Argostoli where the sea flows into the ground and travels under the island for about two weeks, coming out at the Melissani lake on the far coast.

Day 2

Day 2 covers 6 stops over about 35 km as the crow flies, from Argostoli to Roman Villa of Skala. ≈ 35 km between stops, straight line

Morning

1. Argostoli: The capital of Kefalonia, on a sheltered bay, rebuilt after the 1953 earthquake, with the long stone De Bosset bridge, the Lithostroto shopping street and a lagoon where sea turtles feed. 6.7 km to the next stop
2. Castle of Agios Georgios: The hilltop fortress that was the capital of Kefalonia for centuries, Byzantine in origin and rebuilt by the Venetians after a famous siege in 1500, with wide views over the south of the island. 4.4 km to the next stop
3. Monastery of Agios Gerasimos: The convent and shrine of the patron saint of Kefalonia in the Omala valley, where his relics are kept and thousands of pilgrims gather for his feasts in August and October. 8 km to the next stop

Afternoon

1. Mount Ainos National Park: The highest mountain of the Ionian Islands, at about 1,628 metres, covered with dark forests of Greek fir and protected as a national park since 1962, with views far over the sea. 7.7 km to the next stop
2. Mycenaean Tomb of Tzanata: A Mycenaean beehive tomb of the 14th to 12th centuries BC in the olive groves near Poros, built of dry stone and found only in 1991, among the largest of its kind in western Greece. 8.5 km to the next stop
3. Roman Villa of Skala: The remains of a Roman country house of the 2nd or 3rd century AD near the beach at Skala, with fine floor mosaics of a sacrifice and of Envy attacked by wild beasts.

Distances are straight-line between stops; streets add a little.

Updated: October 28, 2026

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