Kionion Travel Guide

 JLBG Says:  When our boat is moored in a port, early in the morning, I use to walk around and especially to climb to any elevation from where I can get a general view of the place. That always offer a very different aspect.The first photo shows an uninhabited part of the shore with in... 

 JLBG Says:  Greece would not be Greece if there was not one of those small chapels with a lamp burning permanently to remind the memory of someone and honor some saint. Each of them has its own style. This one is a rare two levels chapel: the upper level is the actual chapel and the... 

 JLBG Says:  There is a rule aboard ships : everything that can be painted should be painted. This allows sometimes to say mockingly that some old boats flow only thanks to the paint! When seamen are ashore, they do not stop painting! Stone walls, stone staircase, everything is freshly... 

 JLBG Says:  Kioni has everything of a typical small Greek port. Here, you will see fishermen checking their net, men sitting under the shade to watch them, heaps of nets standing on the quay until next fishing ride. Only very few visitors! Few women too, by the way! Scents of grilled... 

 JLBG Says:  On one of our visits to Kioni, there was enough space in the harbor that we could moor along the quay and not bow to the quay as usually. I usually prefer to moor bow to the quay as it gives more privacy in the boat but in Kioni, there were so few people walking along the... 

 JLBG Says:  Most of the bay is very shallow and only local small boats can moor towards the shore, such as those shown on the photos. These local boats do not need more that a dozen of centimeters of water. However, they need a little more water to anchor: if the see becomes rough, the... 

 JLBG Says:  When we visited Kioni, there were only two tavernas. As far as I know, this is still true today which means that the village has not much changed!The first photo shows delicious “kotopoulo” (chicken) cooking on the spite for to night’s dinner.Second photo: why not to sip a... 

 JLBG Says:  Only a limited part of the quays is shallow enough to accommodate small yachts, even if they do not need much water: our yacht needed only 95 cm. One of our friends needed only 55 cm! Thus he was always the one that checked if there was enough droughts for the two others.... 

 JLBG Says:  The bay of Kioni is wide an open towards the east. It is an excellent shelter from southerly and northerly winds. There is no pier but only a quay along most of the shore 

 JLBG Says:  When sailing from the north, it is easy to find the bay of Kioni: the cape that protects the bay is topped by three ruined windmills which makes a very convenient sea-mark that cannot be mistaken with any other place ! 

 JLBG Says:  We sailed several times from Fiskardo, on Cefalonia or from Sivota, on Lefkas, to Kioni, on Ithaki. The little village is nested at the bottom of a wide bay and is a good shelter for small yachts, given that they can get enough draught.