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Posted on: July 06, 2008
Sailors have been coming to the Ionian Islands on the Western coast of Greece for thousands of years; around 1500BC the Myceneans arrived, followed by the Romans, the Byzantiums, the Venetians and the British. All have left their mark here. The islands were reclaimed by Greece in 1863 and remain so to this day, but traces of the islands' fascinating history remain in both the culture and the architecture their conquerors left behind. The area has also inspired its fair share of literature: Ithaca is said to be the home of Odysseus, hero of Homer's Odyssey whilst Kefalonia is the...
