We normally book our Greek Island holiday with a travel company and we stay put on 1 island for the duration of the summer holiday. We do this mainly for the one-stop-shop deal we get out of from booking with travel agencies and convenience as well. But this doesn’t mean we don’t island hop. We do, and we make use of locally available cruises. There is usually a number on offer with a variety of cruise themes to choose from. In addition, there are the local public ferries that sail regularly to nearby islands.
In Lefkada, we managed to take a whole day islands cruise to what they call, ‘The Undiscovered Islands of Lefkada’ which I still have to blog, well, hopefully soon. My blogging backlog is phenomenal but at least it keeps me going =)
So we visited nearby Meganisi Island which is perhaps the easiest day trip from Lefkada. We took the public ferry in Nydri, Lefkada where we were based for the entire 2-week holiday. The ferry can accommodate vehicles so we took our rental car with us. Transportation costs are cheap in the islands but during high season you need to be early because of the ferry’s capacity limit.
So for this blog entry, I will be posting the last activity we did on the island – beaching at Spilia Beach.
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But before I do so, please find below my previous Meganisi posts for reference. Our itinerary, what we did, where we ate and even a photo essay.
- Ferry Ride from Nydri, Lefkada to Meganisi Island
- Our road trip itinerary and scenes
- Alfresco Lunch at Porto Vathi ‘Erikos’ Taverna
- Photo Essay of Vathi, Meganisi
Thus the last thing we did was spending our last few hours in the island on Spilia Beach which is located just beside the harbour where we will be taking the ferry back to Lefkada.
I had a little discussion with the Dutchman about this beach because he prefers Fanari Beach in the western part of the island. Fanari is by far better than Spilia Beach, so I will not argue with that. The location alone of this beach is in a quiet and pristine area and it was love at first sight for the Dutchman. Inasmuch as I would love to stay there, we have a ferry to catch at the end of the day at Spilia Harbour. It is the last sailing for the day to Lefkada and I surely didn’t want to be stranded on this island.
The advantage of Spilia Beach is that it is located just beside Spilia Harbour. You can see the ferry coming from the shore which is very ideal. I did not want to take chances so I put my foot down. The Dutchman gave in, albeit halfheartedly, haha. After all, logic always prevails in decision making.
On Spilia Beach we found the Agrios Beach Bar which offers sunbeds and parasols as well as food and drinks. Right next to the beach bar is the Spilia Taverna, a restaurant situated on the water and serving local Greek dishes for lunch and dinner. The bay beach was not big and was not busy at all.
We settled at the Agrios Beach Bar for the rest of the afternoon until the ferry arrived. It was a very relaxed couple of hours mostly spent reading a book and sipping Greek frappe. I haven’t migrated to e-books yet so I have been reading real paperback books. This coming summer I might move over to e-books.
Our location on the island. Zoom out to see where we were in the world.
SPILIA HARBOUR
The harbour is not big. After all, this is a small island. There is a taverna across the harbour called Porto Spilia. The restaurant is on the water and has direct views of all incoming boats.
Meganisi Island has 2 harbours, namely, Spilia Harbour and Vathi Harbour. The ferry from Lefkada docks at both ports but it looks like the last service going back to Lefkada only departs from Spilia. The crew were quite proactively in informing day trippers about this by announcing this during the ferry ride, by placing signboards and by leaving leaflets on the vehicles. Thank you!
We managed to be on time for the sailing back to Lefkada. We highly recommend this day trip to anyone staying in Lefkada.
PICTURE GALLERY
SPILIA BEACH
Some of the scenery on Spilia Bay.
You can see the harbour from the beach shore.
It would be nice to curl up here and read a book.
The seats here at Agrios Beach Bar are really nice and comfy.
Greek frappe - A must drink/try when in the Greek Islands.
A hammock on the beach! Why not?! Brilliant idea.
For lunch and dinner, there is Taverna Spilia on Spilia Bay Beach.
I am loving the hut design of Agrios Beach Bar.
Those hammocks on the water are brilliant.
SPILIA HARBOUR
One of the boat cruises docking in Spilia Harbour. Those eyes help guide the ship safely!
Porto Spilia Taverna beside the Spilia Harbour.
Travel Period: June-July 2016
Destination: Meganisi (Lefkada Island - Ionian), Greece
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All pictures were taken by a point and shoot pocket camera or a smartphone.
