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Festivals

  • My best of Kefalonia

    by Anna Votsi

    Fall in love with Kefalonia just as I did! I Experience Kefalonia through a carefully curated private tour, completely customized to match your interests, preferences, and schedule.

  • The Traverso Festival has taking place usually in July for the past 6 years. It is hosted in Lakithra Hill and included a wide variety of great live music, a circus, a bazar, a buffet, …

  • Located in Markopoulo village, the church is famous to the Orthodox community because of the icon which depicts the Virgin Mary with small snakes. The snakes appear annually, and the parishioners are welcome to touch …

  • The Festival of grape harvest is an integral part of Kefalonian traditions and takes place every July, in the region of the vineyards, in Agia Paraskevi, Troianata. The visitor can participate in the preparations of …

  • Since 1978 there has been a Robola wine festival held every year, on the first weekend after August 15th. It’s a celebration of the new production of the award winning Robola wine, produced on the …

  • The Traverso Festival has taking place usually in July for the past 6 years. It is hosted in Lakithra Hill and included a wide variety of great live music, a circus, a bazar, a buffet, …

  • The Βarcarolle (or Varkarolla) Festival is held every year on the 24th of August in the beautiful village of Assos as well as in Lixouri. The event in Assos has been combined with the religious celebration of …

  • Visiting Ithaca from Kefalonia is easy. You can get a daily tour from Agia Efimia and Sami or take the ferry with your car and stay there for a night or two or even more …

  • Saristra Festival

    by Anna Votsi

    Saristra is a Music & Art Festival that started back in 2012 and takes place on an annual basis in the village of Old Vlachata, near to Sami, on the island of Kefalonia.

  • The Latin root of the word “carnis” means “meat”. Carnival translates as “putting away meat”, in order to purify before Easter. Lixouri has a great tradition, holding the best carnival in Kefalonia and one of the …

  • All the most important festivals and events of Kefalonia have religious connotations. Orthodox religion and Christianity form the basis of Greek culture and the major holidays are associated with the worship of Christ or the commemoration …

  • All the most important festivals and events of Kefalonia have religious connotations. Orthodox religion (almost all the population) and Christianity form the basis of Kefalonia culture and the major holidays are associated with the worship …