Agios Spiridon in Alexandros, tradition says to have been built in the 15th century. Continue reading Agios Spiridon

Agios Dimitrios in Alexandros. Built in the 14th century. The church contains wonderful icons. Regretfully a valuable icon was stolen from the church and so it is often locked and hard to view. The church feast day is at Easter where it is filled with hundreds of people. Continue reading Agios Dimitrios

Panagia Alexandritissa in Kiafa. Continue reading Panagia Alexandritissa

Agios Nikolas church in Kolyvata. Continue reading Agios Nikolas

Lefkada is a very old wine region with a history back to ancient times. The whole island used to be covered in vineyards, many areas that are now wild still have the old terracing. Lefkadian wine is first mentioned in ancient Greek literature from the 8th century BC; one of the earliest regions noted for wine. Pliny the Elder wrote that he particularly liked Lefkada … Continue reading Vineyards

The small and pretty village of Kolyvata. Although small Kolyvata has always been prominent on Lefkada. It contains the rich and powerful St George’s Monastery and is the gateway to the old forests of Skaros mountain. Today it contains Maria’s taverna, a tiny centre of wonderful Greek home-cooking. Maria cooks delicious but simple traditional Greek food – generally only in the evenings. She is often … Continue reading Kolyvata

The old spring under a large plane tree. This was one of the water supplies for Alexandros villages. Lefkada is made up of limestone and few streams run on the surface except during the wettest parts of the winter. So accessible water is scarce on the island. This has always been the case in Alexandros that relied heavily on the three or four local springs. … Continue reading Spring

Alexandros was lucky enough to have two windmills. They greet you standing on hills on both sides of the road as you drive into Alexandros from Lefkada Town. The windmill by the Old Schoolhouse is the oldest built in 1868 and is the windmill of “Aridi”. The other up on the hill was built in 1892 and is the windmill of “Yiordamelis”. The windmills are … Continue reading Windmills

A pretty small building set in a compound under four huge fir trees. This was the school for the Alexandros villages. It closed as a school in 1982. The building was reopened as a community centre. It is used by the cultural associations for meetings. It also operates as a base for weaving training. The building was damaged in the 2015 earthquake and is still … Continue reading Old Schoolhouse

The Holy Fathers’ Monastery is a very important place of pilgrimage being one of the earliest Christian monasteries. It lies in a cave by the road down from Alexandros to Nikiana on a ridge of Skaros mountain. The monastery was founded in 325AD by three Holy Fathers who returned to Lefkada accompanying Bishop Agatharchus of Lefkada back from the First Nicaea Council. This was the … Continue reading Holy Fathers Monastery