Fiskardo to Poros, Greece

A mountainous island, Kefalonia is the largest of the Ionian islands, and is considered to be one of the most beautiful and authentic ones. With impressive landscapes, dense vegetation, long golden sandy beaches, Venetian castles, traditional villages, archaeological ruins, a National park for the protection of the fauna and flora, and several museums, Kefalonia has a lot to offer the curious and experience-hungry motorcyclist. A series of four earthquakes hit the island in August 1953, and caused major destruction, with virtually every house on the island destroyed. The third and most destructive of the quakes took place on August 12, 1953, with its epicentre directly below the southern tip of Kefalonia, and caused the entire island to be raised 60 cm higher, where it remains, with evidence in water marks on rocks around the coastline.