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EXCURSIONS ON THE ISLAND

 

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Climb to Vigla in the time of cherries and look down. You will see that the island lies against the mainland roughly in the form of a sickle. On the landward side you have a great bay, noble and serene, and almost completely landlocked. Northward the tip of the sickle almost touches Albania and here the troubled blue of the Ionian is sucked harshly between ribs of limestone and spits of sand. Kalami fronts the Albanian foothills, and into it the water races as into a swimming ­ pool: a milky ferocious green when the north wind curdles it.

Lawrence Durrel

 

1nd Route: Achilleio - Benitses - Moraitika - Mesongi - Lefkimmi - Kavos - Ag. Georgios Argyradon - Ag. Matthaios

2rd Route: Gouvia - Dasia - Ipsos - Pantokrator - Barbati - Kouloura - Kalami - Ag. Stephanos - Kassiopi.

3th Route: Peritheia - Acharavi - Roda - Sidari - Ag. Stefanos Arilla - Ag. Georgios Pagon.

4th Route: Ai Gordi - Peleka - Glyfada - Ermones - Liapades - Palaiokastritsa - Lakones - Angelokastro

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