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Kefalonia

This is the largest island in the Ionian Sea. Its name comes, according to tradition, from the first inhabitant of the island, the mythical hero Cephalus. The trademark of Kefalonia is Myrtos beach, a huge white beach with lush surrounding vegetation and shallow blue waters.
Exotic Myrtos Beach in Kefalonia, Greece
The water in the shallows is greenish blue and clear, providing the observer with unique images. There are however, other, equally beautiful beaches, such as Antisamos in the region of Sami, where the film Captain Corelli's Mandolin was shot; the beach of Xi in Lixouri; the crowded beaches in Skala, Platys Gialos and Makris Gialos, for those visitors who wish to go to organised beaches, which combine facilities with natural beauty. 
In terms of accomodation, the excellent tourist infrastructure, with a variety of quality hotels, villas, and studio rooms both in the island’s capital and tourist resorts such as Lassi and Skala, and in picturesque towns, such as Sami and Lixouri, deserves praise.
Famous melissani lake on Kefalonia island
As for the cuisine of Kefalonia, it is worth mentioning and tasting traditional dishes like the Kefalonian meat pies, aliada (garlic paste), bourbourelia, pastitsada and also to taste the local delicacies, almonds nougat and mandolato nougat.
Finally, one of the most spectacular phenomena or miracles that happen in Kefalonia, include the little snakes of our Lady, which every year, from 6th August to the 15th (Virgin Mary’s Assumption) or 16th (St Gerasimos’ Day), make their appearance on the island. The snakes appear in Markopoulo region, around the Church of Panagia Lagkoybara. According to tradition, the Church was once an ancient Monastery dedicated to Virgin Mary; one day the nuns, seeing pirates climbing to the monastery, pleaded to the Virgin for help. She worked a miracle as a result of which the area became full of these snakes, forcing the pirates to run away.

Street in Kefalonia
Drogarati cave on Kefalonia island in greece
Amazing view of Lighthouse of St. Theodore at Argostoli,Kefalonia, Ionian islands, Greece