Ithaca Guides
The Odysseus sites, the film-vs-island truth, the ferry chooser, Gidaki Beach and the worth-it verdict.
The Ferry Chooser: Every Way Onto the Island
Sami-Pisaetos in 20-30 minutes, the Lefkada 'slipper' to Frikes, the cheap Astakos mainland run, the airport chain via Kefalonia - and the winter collapse nobody mentions.
Read guide →Gidaki: The Beach You Can't Drive To
Ithaca's most famous beach has no road - taxi boat from Vathy, a swim-stop cruise, or a real footpath. The three honest ways in, and when each wins.
Read guide →Worth Visiting? Yes - If You Want What It Actually Is
The anti-Santorini: quiet, ferry-only, myth-soaked. Who Ithaca rewards, who should stay on Kefalonia, and how the film wave changes (and doesn't change) the answer.
Read guide →Walking the Odyssey: What's Actually on the Ground
The Fountain of Arethusa, the School of Homer, the Cave of the Nymphs and Alalkomenes - what each site is, what the archaeology supports, and the doubt that makes it better.
Read guide →The Film's Ithaca Isn't This Ithaca - Good
The 2026 epic shot its homecoming island largely on Favignana, Sicily, with locations from the Peloponnese to Morocco to Iceland. What that means for visiting the real one.
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