Vassiliki, Athina Studios

As a famly holiday Lefkas was a super choice.

Vassiliki is a beautiful resort, with little family restaurants and bars next to the waterfront.

Fantastic scenery and very friendly people.

Very good quality food at a very resonable price from the restaurants to the family bakeries and the local wine is delicious.

In the evening the town cam alive with locals & holiday makers though surprisingly the windsurfers didn't seem to come into the town much at night

The beach was much nicer than we expected (inspite of some construction work) it is pebbly but sunloungers are v. reasonable at 6 Euros for 2 / day. The sea is very clean & shallow so ideal for kids

We caught boats to beaches of Porto Katsi & Ergromeni - Katsi is pebbly, quite busy with italians but lovely swimming

Ergromeni is course sand, deserted but very little/no shade so go prepared with water, umbrella etc

Athini Apartments are clean and simple as you would expect from Greece

In all a super holiday wish i was back there!

I would definitely recommend Vassiliki as a holiday destination if you're looking for beautiful scenery and peace and quiet - we went in August and were surprised at the lack of people on the (pebbly) beaches during the day, although more people do seem to come out of the woodwork at night. There are just enough harbour-side restaurants to eat (very well) somewhere different every night of the week - fish and traditional Greek dishes aplenty. Prices aren't particularly cheap - standard main courses range from about 7-15euros, and beer is around 2euros a litre, happy hour cocktails around 4euros. I was a bit surprised by this as the resort isn't heaving with cash-rich tourists, most of the visitors seemed to be Greek.

Activities are perhaps a bit limited - the windsurfing club 'Club Vas' is located down the far end of the beach and you can book yourself into group or individual tuition lessons, which was one of the highlights for me. The sight of all the windsurfers speeding about the water as the wind kicks off in the afternoon was awesome.

There are a few places to hire a car, although get there early if you don't want to end up with a rubbish automatic - useless for some of the more scary hairpin inclines you'll find on the west coast where all the best beaches are. It may sound obvious but check you've got petrol and if possible a mobile phone before setting off, garages are few and far between and roadside call boxes are almost non-existent.

Quite a few boats in the harbour do day trips to other islands - Ithaca, Scorpios and Kefalonia - but you're more likely to get a good deal if you go with a local travel agent than booking through the tour operator.

The apartments themselves are pretty basic, but clean and with reasonable balconies. They're only a couple of minute's walk to the shops/beach/harbour but far enough away from the bars to be really quiet at night.

All round a fantastic holiday, go and enjoy!