ithaca
The island of Ithaca, beloved homeland of the mythical Odysseus-the hero of Homer’s epic poem, the Odyssey-has become a synonym for the love one feels for the land of one’s birth.

The island’s atmosphere is one of romantic charm and nostalgia. It is an ideal place for a quiet holiday, for enjoying pleasant walks in nature, for discovering isolated beaches and crystal-clear seas, which does not mean that it does not also offer opportunities for various sports and leisure activities.

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geographical outline
Ithaca is the fifth largest island in the group of the Ionian Islands, covering an area of 96 square kilometers. Its coastline measures about 100kms. It lies at a distance of 2 nautical miles west of Cephalonia and 23 n.m. east of Astakos, on the western coast of mainland Greece.

There are lovely pebbly beaches, washed by clear, turquoise seas. The temperate climate of Ionian Islands makes the summers on Ithaca relatively cool and the winters fairly mild.
Dense olive groves, among which nestle picturesque villages, cover the island, which produces olive oil of excellent quality and very good wine.

The inhabitants of Ithaca are very sociable and cosmopolitan in spirit; they, like their famous forebear, are great travelers, and many of them are sailors, or have sought their fortune in foreign lands, but all of them, again like Odysseus, love their homeland dearly and dream only of returning there some day.