Ithaca Exploration
Description
Seeing the place gives you a better understanding of what you have read about it, it is clear why Ithaca, a rough and rugged land surrounded by magic and colorful coves, gave birth to the brilliant, resourceful, ingenious Odysseus. Schedule : ( Timetable are approximate) 07.30 Pick up Agia Efimia - At Bus Stop 07.45 Pick up Karavomilos - from Main Road 07.50 Pick up Sami - from Office and Port for Ithaca Ferry 08.00 Sami Port - cross sail 09.00 Piso Aetos 09.20-10.20 Vathy 11.00-11.30 Kathara Monastery 12.15-13.45 Kioni 14.00-14.45 Stavros 15.30 – 16.00 From Piso Aetos to Sami 16.15 Drop off Sami 16.30 Drop off Karavomilos 16.45 Drop off Agia Efimia
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Itinerary
Why not take the opportunity and join us as we sail across Sami to visit our neighboring island of Ithaca; famous for its unspoiled traditional villages, charming picturesque fishing ports, and breathtaking natural beauty.
Together we will visit the capital of the island Vathy, where you can join the locals to take coffee at the main square, explore the quaint narrow streets or visit the local museum. As the home of the Greek King, Odysseus, Ithaca is stepped in Greek mythology ready for you to discover!
At the highest point of the island sits Kathara Monastery, which provides the perfect setting for you to take incredible photographs of the whole island before we head down to the idyllic town of Stavros;
It is a typical village where you can truly appreciate the local charm of this amazing island, where it appears that time stood still. Some of the sights in Stavros are the beautiful church of Sotiras which stands in the central square of the village and the archaeological museum.
Lunch will be enjoyed in the harbor side town Κioni. Here you will be met with a wonderful choice of traditional taverns where you can have lunch next to the sea.
On our way back we will pass from Frikes Port.
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(35)
Vanna our guide was amazing. She was so funny, kind and knowledgeable. The best tour we’ve ever been on. So many beautiful sites. Perfect timing and plenty of time to explore each area by ourselves. 100/10 experience!
It was a lovely day out over to Ithaca, so much history. Vathy and Kuoni were so lovely. Bring swimmers as you can have a dip
We had a wonderful day long trip to Ithaca with our tour guide Vanna. What a fabulous tour guide…she is so knowledgeable, caring and made the day fun too. Our driver was amazing and we felt so safe. We’d highly recommend this company…we went on a trip with them last year to Myrtos beach, fiskardo and Assos.
We really enjoyed this coach (and ferry) trip to and around Ithaca. We were one of the earliest pick ups, from Lassi, at 6.45am and were dropped back around 12 hours later. First stop, after an enjoyable ferry trip with good coffee, was Vathy at around 9am (breakfast/musem/shops/seafront and statues) then Kathara Monastery, beautiful Kioni for lunch and Stavros for dessert, back to the ferry for about 5pm! The coach driver Vangelis made us feel very safe despite some very narrow and steep roads and it was good fun sitting back and enjoying the beautiful views on both Kefalonia and Ithaca. Vanna kept us entertained with lots of history and information about the island and you could stay with her for more information during the stop offs or go off on your own as preferred. We didn't want to stop at beaches and swim (which you can do on other tours) but to see more of the island with a view to returning another time to spend longer exploring and it was a great and relaxing first introduction.
Beautiful island, and a real privilege to see so much of it in one day. Quite relaxing. I did feel we were short on time with stops, and maybe could have cut out Stavros, or shortened the visit there, as it just felt like we stopped to visit the ice cream store, when we could have spent more time at the time stop in Vathy, which had more to do.
Experience driver and nice lady who assisted us trough the tour. We have enough time to visit some places and to eat. Highly recommended
Trip to Ithaka with Vanna! Very nice & interesting tour with nice stops. Vanna's knowledge & personality made the day!!
A really great tour with the informative and friendly Vanna. We started off with a ferry ride over to Ithaca and then onwards to our first stop in Vathi. Vanna was very helpful in pointing out things of potential interest and showing us where to find certain places. A definite highlight for us was the trip up to the Monastery but it's not for the faint hearted! Those are some twisted roads, 180 degrees turns and death defying drops, all in a coach but we were in safe hands and the view from the highest point of the island was well worth it! As was the lunchtime stop in Kioni which is basically a picture perfect postcard in real life. There is a lot of time spent on the coach travelling between places but it's a good chance to hear about the history of the island, including the impact of the 1953 earthquake and the story of Odysseus. All in all a good trip with a good company. Thanks for a lovely trip!
We were looking to book a ferry to Ithaca in Agorstoli, when we came across this office and the lady was very informative, this is where we also met Vanna, who was so kind, thoughtful and helpful regarding the coach tour of Ithaca. We booked the trip. Vanna made it easy for me to take my mobility frame to enable me to get the best out of the trip. She also said she would reserve the front seats for the four of us and make sure there was plenty of water and chance for me to take my meds on time. On the day of the trip woth Vanna and Vangelis the journey was wonderful, the information was interesting about the Island. Vangelis driving was exceptional particularly.around the steep, winding roads. We visited Vathy, Kathron monastery, Kioni and Stavros,.there was plenty of time and opportunity to take photos and enjoy the places we stopped. Kioni was a lovely harbour where we visited a taverna for lunch. We learnt so much of the history of the Island and Greek Mythology throughout this trip. We were so grateful for the extra care and attention from Vamna and Vangelis
Highly recommend this trip to the stunningly beautiful island of Ithaca. Lifetime dream of visiting the home of legendary Odysseus and didn't disappoint. Had a lovely lunch break in picture perfect Kioni. The guide Vanna was very helpful and informative and the driver Vangelis did a great job negotiating the windy mountainside roads.
