Must-see places and restaurant recommendations for a first trip to Kefalonia

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Going to Kefalonia for the first time in a couple of months, what are the must sees? And would love any taverna or restaurant recommendations please! We will be hiring a car. Thank you

Agree with Argostoli being built up and busy. But then again most capital cities are prob similar.

Kefalonia is lovely! Fiskardo is very pretty but it gets very busy and it can be very expensive - it's where a lot of the yachting crowd hang out.

The beaches on the South coast are good, but some busier than others. Depending on what you like/prefer, Katelios is a small resort with a strip of tavernas and bars along the beach (with not much else there), whereas Skala is bigger and noisier.

A trip to the caves in Melissani is definitely worth it:

https://www.greeka.com/ionian/kefalonia/sightseeing/kefalonia-cave-melissani/

If you're hiring a car, you might want to take a couple of days to acclimatise yourself to the roads before you drive North - the roads get very steep and windy!

Also - top tip - when you're flying home, there's a bar/restaurant just up the road from the airport with a swimming pool that you can use:

https://olivegrovekefalonia.gr/ikarus_restaurant/

Very handy if you have time to kill after checking out of your villa/hotel.