Transport
Argostoli is 15 minutes and about €20 by taxi, Lassi even closer. There is no regular airport bus, so for Skala, Sami, Agia Efimia and Fiskardo (an hour or more away) it is taxi, pre-booked transfer or hire car.
Read more: TransportGuide to Kefalonia Airport
Kefalonia Airport “Anna Pollatou” (EFL) sits on the flat coastal strip at Svoronata, 8 km south of Argostoli, with the runway running down to the beach at Ammes. Named after the island’s Olympic gymnast, it handles around 900,000 passengers a year, nearly all of them between May and October: British, Italian, German, Dutch and Polish holidaymakers on charter and low-cost flights, plus the Athens service that keeps it open all winter.
Fraport Greece rebuilt the terminal in 2020: one building, arrivals and departures on the same level, taxi rank and car park outside the doors. Kefalonia is the largest Ionian island and its resorts are scattered over an hour of mountain roads, which shapes every transport choice below.
Parking
One open-air car park beside the terminal, from about €3 an hour or €10 a day, used mostly by islanders flying to Athens; visitors leave by coach, taxi or hire car, so there is usually space.
Read more: ParkingCar rental
Rental desks are in the terminal with the cars beside it. Kefalonia is big, mountainous and short of buses, so nearly every independent visitor rents for the whole stay. Book early for July and August and go small: the roads to Myrtos and Assos were not built for wide cars.
Read more: Car rentalLocal tips
- Lixouri is across the gulf from Argostoli: take a taxi to the Argostoli quay and the car ferry (every half hour), not the 50-minute road around the bay.
- Sit on the left landing from the north: the approach follows the coast past Argostoli and the lagoon before the beach at Ammes.
- Saturday is changeover day for the British packages: three hours before an afternoon departure then, two hours otherwise.
- Ammes beach is a ten-minute walk from the terminal, with tavernas. A delayed departure is better spent there than in the hall.
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Prices and timetables are indicative and change seasonally. Confirm before you travel.