Lixouri - Κefalonia

Lixouri, the beautiful Choropola, as they call it poets, is located on the east coast of Paliki Peninsula. It is one of the most picturesque cities on the island. It is the second largest town after Argostoli and the largest on the peninsula of Paliki. The history and culture of the area of Lixouri begins from the depths of mythology with the name of the wider area of Wrestling coming from Palau, the son of the first mythical king of Kefalonia, Kefalos. Ιn the Akrotiri area on a small cove in a a very beautiful beach was the temple of Poseidon and a Roman plaque with two dolphins and a trident was found, others believe that Cephalonia was Odysseus' Ithaca ...