Polis Beach is located two kilometers from the village of Stavros.

West on the Coast of Afales beach, in a distance around 100 meters, one can reach the beautiful beach Kouloumi. The access is by boat from Polis, Frikes or Kioni.

 Ammoudi, is hidden from every eye and offers peace and tranquility.

Acropolis of Alalkomenes is an archaeological site to the right of the highest point of the main road from Aetos to  Piso Aetos .

Proposed hours: afternoon

Uphill path

Ithaca, the small island in the Ionian Sea, is well known around the world from Homer’s epic poems “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” and his central hero, Odysseus.

 In contrast to the rich History of Ithaca, the archaeo­logical research has been comparatively limited with the most important being done by foreign scientists in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Ithaca of today is  the Ithaca of Homer!

Vathy (or Vathi) is the capital of Ithaca since 1500 and has a population of 1700 people. Vathy’s is build like an amphitheatre around it's natural port (the Homeric Forkys port) which is 300m. wide and its length is 926m.