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Lefkada–the island for vans

May 1, 2015 by Mike 15 Comments

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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!

lefkada-island-campervan

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

lefkada-map-campervan

Mountains

Most if the island is mountain. it’s 1158 metres above sea level in the middle

lefkada-mountain

360 coast. Incredible cost

The best part of the coast is along the west side (in photo)

lefkada-west-coast-campervan

Crazy water colour

This was on one of the west coast beaches. See my post: The best beach I’ve ever been to

lefkada-ionian-sea-solour

A bit tropical

Behind the white van…
lefkada-campervan-wildcamping

Winding Island roads

With a view of the coast. Some of these roads are seriously steep and narrow with big drops.
lefkada-mountain-roads

Island light

I don’t know if I made this up. You know what I mean though? It’s island light
lefkada-island-coast-vassiliki
vassiliki-lefkada-light-clouds

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
lefkada-village-narrow-road

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

lefkada-flying-chute
lefkada-island-campervan-running
I actually shot this the night before
Oh yeah: the blogs have been going slow recently. I’ve been working on some other stuff that you cannot see yet 🙂
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  1. Nate Maingard (troubadour) says

    May 1, 2015 at 1:11 pm

    Absolutely stunning

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  2. Ms McG says

    May 1, 2015 at 1:35 pm

    Thank you for introducing me to a Greek island I’d never heard of! Looks wonderful.

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  3. Relaxed Pace says

    May 1, 2015 at 3:48 pm

    Beautiful

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  4. mitzimad says

    May 1, 2015 at 4:26 pm

    just looking at your route down what did you do about insurance once you left the eu countries?

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  5. AB says

    May 2, 2015 at 2:10 am

    Simply Beautiful !

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  6. Randi says

    May 2, 2015 at 4:58 am

    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!

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  7. FredNerx says

    May 2, 2015 at 5:31 am

    You should see the beaches of Far North Queensland, Mike. Unfortunately, there’s no bridge to Australia…

    Greece looks fabulous though!

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  8. JCinCT says

    May 2, 2015 at 5:35 am

    Wow , that water color is beautiful.

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  9. Joan Hudson says

    May 2, 2015 at 3:59 pm

    Never heard of this island before. Looks idyllic, the kinda place you could stay on holiday, if you were very stressed, and recuperate!

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  10. cliff meldrum [Ivecoman59] says

    May 3, 2015 at 7:53 am

    Another place marked on the
    map of places to visit when the vans done

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  11. Vladimirs Parahņevičs says

    May 4, 2015 at 5:53 pm

    Я обожаю Грецию!!!

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  12. Sandy He says

    May 4, 2015 at 8:00 pm

    where is your next place?

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  13. Peter Borthwick says

    May 7, 2015 at 9:25 am

    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!

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  14. Trevor Bennett says

    May 7, 2015 at 1:44 pm

    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

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  15. Tom Cars says

    May 3, 2017 at 8:59 pm

    The route is amazing, the pictures are unbelievable. Greece is incredible country.

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