Porto Katsiki beach in Lefkada

When Greece is marketed, it is usually with pictures from five places: Acropolis in Athens, Santorini, Shipwreck beach on Zakynthos, Myrtos beach on Kefalonia and Porto Katsiki on Lefkada. So if you've never been to Greece or to Lefkada, you've for sure seen pictures from Porto Katsiki. It is not strange that Porto Katsiki is used in marketing, the view overlooking the beach is absolutely stunning.

Parking lot and tavernas above Porto Katsiki beach.

Porto Katsiki seen from the other side.

Wonderful Porto Katsiki on the west coast of Lefkada.

Porto Katsiki is one of the most photographed beaches in Greece.

Before we went to Lefkada for the first time, a good friend told me that when you get out from the water in Porto Katsiki you will think that your body has been coloured blue from the deep blue water. I laughed at him, but the laugh was stuck in my throat when I threw myself into Porto Katsiki's blue water, it was so light blue that it looked like paint.

The water at Porto Katsiki is as blue as the Smurfs.

In order for you to understand what awaits you, here is the text I wrote on the blog after our visit to Porto Katsiki: "What a day! What a fantastic day. We have seen paradise. We have bathed in the BIG BLUE! It is seldom that we speechless, but when we got to Porto Katsiki, we had heard of Porto Katsiki, but when we saw the beach in real life, we were stunned! So beautiful! So blue! So incredibly blue. We even swore: damn so beautiful, hell how blue etc. (Excuse the profanity.) Now we understand what all Lefkas fans have been talking about."

The water is so light blue that it looks like paint.

Sure it looks wonderful!

In short, Porto Katsiki is one of Greece's coolest beaches and nobody leaves Lefkada without a swim here. If I have to say something negative about this paradise, then it would be that there is always a great many people on the beach. If you want to avoid crowding you should arrive early in the morning before the excursion boats arrive.

You feel quite small when you look up at the steep cliffs.

Porto Katsiki is located approximately 16 kilometres from Vasiliki and about 35 kilometres from Nidri. You get here by excursion boat or with your own transport. It costs about 5 € to park the car in the parking lot above the beach.

Don't miss cozy Vasiliki, which you can read about here »

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