The Ionian Sea, in the contrary to the Aegean’s wild nature, offers the most tranquil sailing in Greece, with safe anchorages in bays surrounded by green olive and pine trees. The NW wind, the Maistro, starts blowing around noon, fades away by sunset and its force is always moderate, never exceeding 5 Beauforts.

The Ionian islands are reached by ship from Italy, either to Patras or Corfu and by plane from Athens. Furthermore there are direct flights from several european airports to Corfu, Cefallonia and Leukas.The most famous sites are Corfu, Paxos, Syvota,

NW ZAKYNTHOS Parga, Fiscardo in Cefallonia, Kioni and Vathi in Ithaca and Zakynthos with its magic caves.

Distance between to ports in IONIAN SEA

Piraeus
102	Patra
150	51	Itaca
151	51	16	Sami
150	52	20	2,5	A.Efimia
158	59	16	13	13	Fiskardo
162	63	16	22	23	11	Vasiliki
155	57	19	27	25	14	11	Nidri
170	69	38	40	37	30	27	15	Lefkas
189	89	44	47	46	35	34	24	10	Preveza
205	105	60	67	70	67	50	47	33	30	Parga
204	103	74	61	72	67	56	48	35	34	12	Paxi
223	125	80	83	88	76	74	65	51	50	25	21	Igoumenitsa
234	129	88	90	97	81	83	75	61	59	32	31	18	Corfu