Thing is with a van, you can’t get to islands without paying a fair bit for a boat. You need an island with a road to it.
And I found one…. well Mike (from RP) told me about it. Thanks Mike!
I’ve been wild camping around Lefkada for the past couple of weeks. This is the only island in Greece (apart from Evia) accessible by road. It’s connected to the mainland via a floating bridge.
This is my island experience… in a van:
Route
Mountains
Most if the island is mountain. it’s 1158 metres above sea level in the middle
360 coast. Incredible cost
The best part of the coast is along the west side (in photo)
Crazy water colour
This was on one of the west coast beaches. See my post: The best beach I’ve ever been to
A bit tropical
Behind the white van…
Winding Island roads
With a view of the coast. Some of these roads are seriously steep and narrow with big drops.
Island light
I don’t know if I made this up. You know what I mean though? It’s island light
Island villages
22k people live here, spread out amongst these little villages on around the coast and in the mountains.
You have to reverse quite far back if another car comes. It’s hard not to scrape a house the van though
Conclusion
It’s well exotic here. Lefkada is really really nice. I’ve never seen beaches or sea like this–see post
It’s great to be able to get a bit of the island experience without a boat. So if you’re in a van, go here! If you’re not in a van, go here! The bridge across is free.
Bonus level… And then this guy turned up
Oh yeah: the blogs have been going slow recently. I’ve been working on some other stuff that you cannot see yet 🙂
Absolutely stunning
Thank you for introducing me to a Greek island I’d never heard of! Looks wonderful.
Beautiful
just looking at your route down what did you do about insurance once you left the eu countries?
Simply Beautiful !
So good to hear from you Mike. I wondered where you were. You have been to some enchanting places-lucky guy. Please keep in touch and thank you so much for sharing this with us!
You should see the beaches of Far North Queensland, Mike. Unfortunately, there’s no bridge to Australia…
Greece looks fabulous though!
Wow , that water color is beautiful.
Never heard of this island before. Looks idyllic, the kinda place you could stay on holiday, if you were very stressed, and recuperate!
Another place marked on the
map of places to visit when the vans done
Я обожаю Грецию!!!
where is your next place?
Hi again. Just missed you – we arrived at Kalamitsi Beach just as you left. It suddenly got busy with sun loungers and umbrellas and thumping music from the, again suddenly open, bars. Tourist season has begun!
We went there in our Convoy last August, it rained so hard when we left Port Katziki? spell. we couldn’t get traction up the steep hill in the next village and had to drive against the flow on the one way system thro town.
Where you heading for next Mike? I can recommend the Souli Valley/Souli Mills near Glyki further north in Greece and while your in Glyki take a walk up the river gorge at Acheron Springs, all the way up to the bridge mind, no slacking
The route is amazing, the pictures are unbelievable. Greece is incredible country.