Travel guide

Access to Lefkada

The island of Lefkada (or Lefkas or Levkas) is uniquely connected to mainland Greece by a floating rotating iron bridge. Unlike most Greek islands that require ferry access, Lefkada can be reached directly by car or bus without any ferry costs. The 50-meter long iron bridge, located at the channel of Agia Mavra, rotates on its axis to allow boats to pass through between the island and mainland.

  • Free road access, no ferry needed
  • Bridge open 24 hours a day
  • Preveza (Aktio) airport 20 km
Aerial view of the Agia Mavra channel with the floating bridge, Agia Mavra fort, Gyra beach and Lefkada town
  1. 1 Lefkada town
  2. 2 Floating bridge
  3. 3 Agia Mavra fort
  4. 4 Gyra beach

This engineering marvel makes Lefkada the only Greek island with free and direct road access from the mainland. The bridge operates 24 hours a day, opening only when larger vessels need to pass through the narrow channel. This convenient access makes Lefkada an ideal destination for travelers who prefer to avoid ferry schedules and costs during their Greek island experience.

In the summer, there are many seasonal flights to Lefkada, or to other airports in the neighborhood. Lefkada is in the middle of the Ionian Islands (Corfu, Kefalonia and Zakynthos), which provides visitors with multiple access options. Travelers can fly directly to any of these neighboring islands and then reach Lefkada by passenger boat, or ferries.

This strategic location and variety of transportation options make Lefkada uniquely accessible compared to other Greek islands. Whether by direct flight, via neighboring islands, or by road from the mainland, the multiple access routes ensure visitors can easily reach Lefkada regardless of their starting point or travel preferences.

How to get to Lefkada

The island can be reached in several ways

By Plane

IOA

Ioannina airport

134 km
CFU

Corfu airport

1.5 h by boat via Igoumenitsa then 130 km
EFL

Kefalonia airport

1 h ferry to Vassiliki port
ATH

Athens airport

380 km (4 h) by car or transfer

April to October

Seasonal flights to Preveza/Aktio (PVK) airport

  • Aegean Airlines Athens, London-Gatwick
  • Apollo Visby (Sweden)
  • Arkia Israeli Airlines Tel Aviv
  • Austrian Airlines Innsbruck, Vienna, Graz
  • British Airways London-Heathrow
  • Condor Hannover, Frankfurt, Stuttgart
  • Cyprus Airways Larnaca
  • Danish Air Transport (DAT) Aalborg, Aarhus, Billund
  • easyJet London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Bristol, Manchester, Berlin
  • Edelweiss Air Zurich
  • Eurowings Stuttgart
  • Finnair Helsinki
  • FlyBAir Bern
  • Helvetic Airways Bern
  • Lübeck Air / Air Alsie, Rhomberg Reisen Salzburg (Austria)
  • Norwegian Oslo-Gardermoen, London-Gatwick
  • Novair Gothenburg-Landvetter, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda
  • People’s Vienna, St. Gallen
  • Rhomberg Reisen via Bulgarian Air Charter Linz (Austria)
  • Ryanair Brussels-South Charleroi, Rome-Ciampino, Budapest
  • Ryanair, operated by Malta Air Rome, Milan, Bergamo
  • Ryanair, operated by Lauda Europe Vienna
  • Sky Express Corfu, Kefalonia, Sitia (Crete)
  • Smartwings Brno, Ostrava, Prague
  • Sunclass Airlines Oslo-Gardermoen, Helsinki, Copenhagen
  • Transavia Amsterdam
  • Transavia France Paris-Orly
  • TUI Airways London-Gatwick, Manchester
  • TUIfly Nuremberg, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Munich, Vienna, Stuttgart
  • Tus Airways Tel Aviv
  • Volotea Bari
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From Athens airport

Scheduled flights via Athens (ATH)

Fly on to Aktio/Preveza

Then direct flight to Aktio/Preveza (PVK) via Aegean Airlines, during the summer season.

Take the bus

Bus Athens - Lefkada (5 times a day, 4.5 hour trip) from Kifisos Intercity bus Station (KTEL, Lefkada bus station tel. +30 26450 22364).

Drive to Lefkada

Or rent a Car Rental to Lefkada and drive the 380 km (3h and 20min), using a newly completed and safe highway.

By car or boat

From Venice port, Ancona, Bari or Brindisi in Italy then boat to Igoumenitsa (then 130 km to Lefkada). Several daily departures all the year long.

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By bus

Many regular interior lines in Greece - KTEL (Lefkada bus station tel. +30 26450 22364)

  • From Athens
  • From Thessaloniki
  • From Igoumenitsa
  • From Patras
  • From Preveza
Map of the routes to Lefkada: ferries from Italy, the highways from Athens and Thessaloniki, and Aktio airport
Ferry routes from Italy, the main highways and Aktio airport.

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