Fiskardho

Fiskardo is a village and a community on the Ionian island of Kefalonia,Greece. It has a small and diminishing fishing fleet. The coast around Fiskardo is mainly rocky with numerous pebble-beached coves. The port serves ferry routes to the ports of Frikes (Ithaca) and Lefkada. Fiskardo and the dense forest in the surrounding area have been declared areas of great natural beauty and are protected under Greek law. In recent years a small tourist industry has developed, centred on luxury villas in the area around the village.

Best river cruise possible....

When Sam planned a Rhine river cruise for us we wanted to have both a pre and post stay in Amsterdam and Basel. The plans for both places were wonderful. For example our modest, but unique hotel was within two blocks of both the Van Gogh and Rijk's museum in a neighborhood great for walking and with easy access to downtown (1.5 km) . The connections to get to our ship and then at the end of our cruise to...
By Lew French