The lonians are the bridge uniting Greece with the rest of Europe. They encapsulate the beauty of the Greek countryside and the nobility of Venetian architecture, the azure of the sea, the dark green of the cypress trees and the silver of the olives, the zest for life and the lyricism that all the islanders possess. Truly, how many civilizations, how many races have gone into producing what we see today. From the time when Odysseus was shipwrecked on Corfu, the island of Nausicaa, after his long journey from Troy to Ithaca, up today, Corinthians, Sicilians, Illyrians, and Romans all coveted these marvellous islands. And later, in the Byzantine era, Goths, Normans, Franks, and Venetians, noblemen and pirates, kings and fortune hunters, all passed through the lonians and all left something to mark their passage. The history of Europe is imprinted in these seven islands and in the sea surrounding them, the Ionian. Once, the fate of the whole world hinged on events here. At “n, opposite Lefkada, the fleet of Antony and Cleopatra engaged the fleet of Octavian. Octavian and his Romans were victorious and thus concluded another chapter of human history. The traveller who like Odysseus arrives in the Ionian islands, will discover at every turn the sheer age of Europe. Ancient Greek monuments and Venetian fortresses, Byzantine churches and Neoclassical mansions, all in harmony with a unique landscape whose beauty has remained unchanged for thousands of years.
Greece Areas Tour
Ionian Islands
