LANDSCAPE

  • Vessels leaving the port of Kalamos in August 2007 in the framework of a sailing contest in the Ionian Sea.

  • The port of Kalamos in August 2007.

  • Small fishing boats at the port’s pier.

  • The port of Kalamos.

  • The port of Kalamos with Kastos island in the far distance.

  • Well maintained multicolored boats of fishermen from Kalamos.

  • Detail of a fishing boat assuming an aspect of a visual arts creation.

  • A view of Kalamos from the church of St. George.

  • Kalamos as viewed from Pano Vouni.

  • Kalamos as viewed from Pano Vouni.

  • Kalamos and the Agrapidia settlement on the right. The small island of Provati in the background.

  • Kalamos viewed from the small island of Provati.

  • Autumn landscape in Agrapidia.

  • A fishing boat sailing in a heavy, leaden landscape.

  • The Axopetres besides Kota’s mill in Agrapidia.

  • The Agrapidia settlement and the small island of Provati in the far distance.

  • View from an altitude of 745m. (Pano Vouni peak) providing a prospect of the strait between Epiksopi and Mytikas. On the right, the Xylokastro peak in the northern part of the island.

  • As the storm fades, gives way to a sensational rainbow uniting imaginably the opposite coast of Etoloakarnania with the little harbour of Episkopi.

  • A view of the island’s eastern side from Pano Vouni.

  • The deserted settlement of Kefali in August.

  • The western side of the island with a view to Maganisi and Lefkada.

  • The old village in Pano Kefali the ruins of which bring back in memory other times.

  • Abandoned centenarian olive groves, a product of strenuous human efforts going back a very long time, which are found in Mazo, Kefali, Koutoupia and other locations.

  • The centenarian olive grove in Megalo Koutoupi located in the south of the island.

  • Vertical limestone pavement in Pano Vouni diving in the deep blue Ionian Sea.

  • Small inaccessible beaches spreading along the island’s coastline.

  • A boat with destination to the opposite coast passes the pine forest that covers the northern part of the island. The Pano Vouni peak stands in the background.

  • Pellucid deep blue waters indicate the cleanness of a still uncontaminated aquatic environment.

  • The big geological fracture forms a swallow sea cave on the north-eastern side of the island.

  • The island’s northern pinewooded part and the Xylokastro peak, its second highest mountain peak, as viewed from the opposite coast of Etoloakarnania.

  • Old almond groves in terraces which have almost been assimilated by the wild nature.

  • A landscape of wild beauty in the mountainous areas of the island.

  • Looking back to the highest peak of the island while descending through the forlorn paths of the past.

  • One of the famous cols in the mountainous areas of the island which are thin plane strips of land lacking vegetation.

  • One more view of the island’s western side.

  • Looking to the north we discern the Akarnanika mountains and in the far distance on the left the Voulkaria lake and the northern part of Lefkada.

  • The small island of Provati and the adjacent island of Kastos as seen from a panoramic view to the northern-east.

  • Impressive vertical sea cliffs accompany our passage from Mytikas to the port of Kalamos with the small vessel which carries out the cabotage service.

  • At the glimmering winter sunset, looking southwest towards the Atokos island.

  • Rocking boats with a view of Kefali and Atokos in the background and Ithaki in the far distance.

  • Colours in the clouded horizon of Episkopi after an August storm.

  • Agrapidia at dusk.

  • The Agrapidia beach bathed in the last daylight.

  • Sunset view from the old threshing floor in pano Kefali, right at the southern endmost point of Meganisi.

  • A dramatic winter sunset of unique beauty in Agrapidia.