Alan R Massen

Sunshine and Shades on Kefalonia Alan R Massen

Sunshine and Shades is a pictorial and descriptive journey through the history and beauty of the Greek Paradise Island of Kefalonia in the blue Mediterranean Sea. Visit its tree covered hillsides and pretty villages that cascade down to the seashore. This really is a lovely Island. The magical Island of Kefalonia is one of Greece's most beautiful holiday destinations, every year thousands of tourists from all around the world visit its shores. The fame of this beautiful Island has increased world-wide over recent years. This was enhanced by Hollywood packing up and shipping out all their equipment and stars to Kefalonia, over ten years ago, to film the movie "Captain Corelli's Mandolin". On Kefalonia there are mountains that will dwarf you, beaches that could front a Caribbean postcard, and waters with more glitter and shine than the Hope diamond. The Island of Kefalonia or Cephalonia is known by many names and can be called Kefallinia or Kephallenia. It is the largest of the Ionian Island in western Greece. It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Island region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. The capital of Kefalonia or Cephalonia is Argostoli. The largest of all the Greek Ionian Islands, Kefalonia, as we have seen, enjoys a number of different spellings, which include Kefallonia, Kefallinia and even Cephallonia. However you choose to spell or pronounce these variations of Kefalonia, they all mean one thing, a superb holiday destination, with a rugged inner mountain range and some quite outstanding beaches and cliffs, and even some remains of a past Roman era. The beaches of Kefalonia are those that most people only dream of and combined with the plentiful sunshine, provide the perfect setting for a very memorable holiday.