Beside the coastal road, a few minutes' walk up from the eastern end of the beach at Agios Nikitas, Agatha offers lovely, cool kitchenette studios and two-room apartments that are flooded with sunlight and set within pretty gardens ringing with birdsong. Number 1 is the pick.
Hotel Agatha
Lefkada
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
16.48 MILES
The ruins of Nikopolis, built in 28 BC by Octavian (later Augustus), after he defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in the naval Battle of Actium (Aktion),…
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Archaeological Museum of Nikopolis
15.52 MILES
This modern museum brims with the treasures of Nikopolis: Roman marble statuary, mosaics from Byzantine churches and more. Abundant English-language…
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10.9 MILES
Long famed as one of the best beaches in Greece, remote Egremni was devastated by an earthquake in 2015. Both the road that ran to the clifftop above it…
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4.26 MILES
Set in beautiful hilltop gardens 3km west of town towards Agios Nikitas, Moni Faneromenis was founded in 1634 and rebuilt following a fire in 1886. The…
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6.81 MILES
Guarding Lefkada at the start of the causeway, 1.4km from town, the Agia Mavra fortress was constructed in the 14th century and later expanded by the…
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22.71 MILES
The tumbledown walls of this archaeological site, a short walk above the village of Stavros, have long been known as the School of Homer, but recent…
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28.6 MILES
While Ithaki doesn't have many beaches, those it does have are stunning – perhaps none more so than Gidaki, a white-pebble beach with waters so luminous…
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5.77 MILES
This excellent museum, west along the waterfront in the modern cultural centre, illuminates island history from the Palaeolithic era to the Romans. Prize…
Nearby Lefkada attractions
0.4 MILES
Broad, straight and utterly delightful Mylos Beach is a short walk west over the headland from Agios Nikitas. It remains surprisingly undeveloped.
1.12 MILES
The captivating white-pebble beach of Kathisma is more easily accessed than many of Lefkada's west-coast beaches and so can get busy, but with scattered…
1.66 MILES
White-pebbled Pefkoulia Beach is a five-minute drive north of Agios Nikitas and can get busy in summer, but even crowds can't detract from its beauty.
4.26 MILES
Set in beautiful hilltop gardens 3km west of town towards Agios Nikitas, Moni Faneromenis was founded in 1634 and rebuilt following a fire in 1886. The…
5.77 MILES
This excellent museum, west along the waterfront in the modern cultural centre, illuminates island history from the Palaeolithic era to the Romans. Prize…
6. Collection of Post-Byzantine Icons
5.82 MILES
Upstairs in the local library, and unlocked on demand, this small gallery displays icons from the Ionian school and Russia that date to 1500. The two…
6.81 MILES
Guarding Lefkada at the start of the causeway, 1.4km from town, the Agia Mavra fortress was constructed in the 14th century and later expanded by the…
10.9 MILES
Long famed as one of the best beaches in Greece, remote Egremni was devastated by an earthquake in 2015. Both the road that ran to the clifftop above it…