Between the mountains and the islands

Mytikas stretches along a long, sheltered seafront with a small harbour at its heart. Fishing boats, a handful of tavernas serving the day’s catch, cafés under the trees and a pebble beach make up the village – unhurried, authentic and refreshingly free of big resorts.

From here the whole region opens up: island-hopping to Kalamos and Kastos, the famous beaches of Lefkada, the old town of Preveza, the Venetian castles of Vonitsa and Parga, and mountain villages in the Akarnanian hills.