Activities & Shopping in Kefalonia

Activities and shopping Kefalonia

To those who love nightlife, Kefalonia offers quite a number of choices. At Argostoli, in several villages and in many summer resorts they will find discos, pubs, modern music bars etc.
There are also many tavernas, restaurants, rotisseries and pizzerias, ouzeries and snack bars, cafes and pastry shops. Naturally there is no lack either of fast food restaurants to suit the younger age groups. There is a cinema at Argostoli. During the summer there are various festivals and other artistic events. In Argostoli you can attend performances of the Cephalonian Amateur Theatre, which are quite remarkable. Also significant is the Music Choral Festival taking place at the end of August: choirs from all parts of Greece and Europe present a unique spectacle. The first weekend after Saint Gerasimos (which is 16th August), you can have fun and get drunk on the excellent wine Robola, at the Wine Festival which takes place in Frangata.

Facilities for water sports (windsurfing, waterskiing, canoeing, etc) are provided by certain hotels and by organised beaches. There is also a watersports school which undertakes to train watersports lover. At Argostoli there are municipal tennis and basketball courts. Such courts are also provided by certain hotels.

You may wish to take with you some of the genuine local products to remind you of your pleasant days on the island : fragrant thyme-honey, wine, myzithra and feta cheese, the delicious mandola (nougat) and pastokydono (quince paste).