5 days in Kefalonia without the children...Bliss!

The first fantastic thing is Lassi is only fifteen mins from the airport, so even though our flight arrived late it wasn’t a huge issue.

We stayed at a lovely little simple self-catering property called the Simatos Apartments. Wonderful location, only a ten min stroll to the beach, three mins to the bars and restaurants of Lassi.

The beach here is fantastic, long and wide, golden sand. Plenty of tavernas and larger bars along the length, most of which have sunbeds of differing quality outside, some the usual plastic and parasol and some double gazebo type set ups with thatched roofs. We opted for two luxury ones with thatched parasol and this was only seven Euros each for the day, bargain! Lots of tunes coming from the bar and waiter service to my sunbed!

The sea here is warm and clear, very safe for kids, we went snorkelling for ages and went all along to the next couple of bays. The usual water sports available to hire.

In the evening Lassi has a great choice of places to eat and drink, not overly lively or busy, no real disco type bars so it’s a perfect resort for all kind of clients, except those that want to go clubbing!

We took a trip into Argostoli (the capital of Kefalonia) one day, wow what a lovely capital it was. Great little stroll around the shops, and the harbour is fab to walk around with an ice cream watching the turtles swim around. We took a boat trip for the day from here too which visited all around, which was well worth it.

On our last day, we hired a car and drove the whole island. Our flight wasn’t until around 10pm so we checked out at around 8am from our apartment. First stop was to look at the famous Myrtos Beach, this is well worth a stop to take a few pics, you can’t swim here (well it’s recommended you don’t) as the current is very dangerous and it’s very deep very quickly, so we took advice and stopped for a pic and moved on. Worth noting the drive here is not for those that may get travel sick, the roads are very windy with a steep cliff on one side and narrow roads, so it can be a heart stopping drive for some!

After here we headed towards Assos for mid-morning coffee. Wow - what a village, stunning little alleyways and beautiful Bougainvillea on the houses, which leads to a gorgeous tiny and quaint little beach with about three cafes. We were in the café with our coffee with about half a metre to the left of us being the beach, it’s that small and pretty. The kids would easily be happy sitting here on the beach messing in the water whilst mum and dad have a beer. You need to get here early July-Sep as parking is a nightmare.

After Assos we headed to Fiskardo for lunch. This is like a bigger more sophisticated version of Assos. All the yachts were here, lots of lovely boutiques, furniture and homeware stores, cafes, and lovely restaurants. We wandered here for a while then had some lovely seafood for lunch whilst watching the yachting crowd. Again, parking here can be tricky.

After leaving Fiskardo we started to head back South to make our way back to the airport, we stopped at Sami, and Skala. To be honest I wasn’t that taken aback by either of these places, however I appreciate we only saw the coast road in these places and didn’t maybe get right into the heart, Skala is where you’d go for more nightlife however.

Back to the airport, dropped off the car, on the plane, home, back to kids and reality!

I’d recommend a short break here and of course longer holidays to couples, families and friends, it was just wonderful!