Where is Melissani Cave?

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Sami is the ferry port on the east coast, with daily boats to Ithaca; Karavomylos is the next village along the bay, 2 km north-west, and the cave entrance is five minutes by car or a 25 to 30 minute walk from the harbour. Open the coordinates in Google Maps. Drogarati Cave is about five minutes’ drive the other way, at Chaliotata on the road towards Argostoli, and Karavomylos lake, where the same underground water reaches the sea, is by the shore about 1 km from Sami harbour. The caves and the lake, together.

Distances that matter

Argostoli is about 30 km and 35 to 40 minutes across the island, which is why the day tours from there spend about an hour and three quarters driving in total. The airport is a similar 30 km and 35 to 45 minutes with no direct bus. Fiscardo, at the north tip, is about 35 km and 45 minutes or more on the coast road. Agia Efimia, the nearest resort, is under 10 km and about ten minutes north. Antisamos beach is 4.7 km from Sami and Myrtos about 18 km. Car, bus, taxi and the steps in.

Getting there without a car

The summer KTEL bus from Argostoli runs twice a day at the wrong hours for the queue, so most people without a car take a tour: from around forty euros for a nine-hour island day with hotel pickup, or the four-hour caves tour that includes both tickets. Day tours from Argostoli.

Book the tour that does the 30 km

Port or hotel pickup in Argostoli, Drogarati, Melissani and the Myrtos viewpoint in about four hours, both cave tickets included. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

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