Welcome to the Olive Tree Villa on

  the Beautiful Island of Kefalonia.

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An Olive Tree Sunset.

Five minutes away by car are two quiet beaches, Agios Ierusalim (also known as Jerusalem beach)  and Alaties (shown left) a tiny cove with its rocky outcrops, both great to explore and each with its own small taverna. Just over five minutes brings you to the village of Maganos where you can sit drinking coffee or having a snack in the kafeneon with the locals or buy fresh fruit and vegetables. Another ten minutes brings you to the bustle of the picturesque port of Fiskardo with its shops, its deep sense of history and vibrant and colourful activity.

Alaties is the nearest beach five minutes drive away, a quiet rock-enclosed cove with a sand and pebble beach. It's named after the saltpans once used there to harvest salt from the seawater and is only twenty minutes walk or a five minute drive away from the villa. A small taverna serves food until long after the sun has set. Shown here is Ierusalim Beach, also close by, with its two pebbly coves and a taverna serving food, some of it grown on the premises! Fiskardo owes its name to a Norman mercenary called Robert Guiscard and it is said that his son is buried here.

One of the best known views on the island is of Myrtos Beach; it's said to be one of the top 10 beaches in the world and is surrounded by spectacular rocky cliffs in a sheltered cove. A drive down the winding road brings you to the beach which is composed of white sand and pebbles and catches the sun until it sets. Sometimes breezy, windsurfers can be seen here enjoying a scoot across the sea! Some of the scenes in "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" were shot on the beach too.

Towards Fiskardo there's Dafnoudi, a quiet beach you have to walk to,  or Emblisi, seen here, where some of the locals come for a late afternoon bathe. Beyond Fiskardo there's Foki beach (seen below) set in a quiet bay surrounded by trees. Assos too has a pretty beach with tavernas close by. Further away on the east side of the island there are many more quiet beaches to be found by those who like to explore further afield.

Foki Bay, a beach on the east side of the island, catches the sun until late afternoon.