Vasiliki (, ''Vasilikí''; formerly Voivoida (Βοϊβόδα, ''Voïvóda'') is a town in the municipal unit of
Apollonioi, on the island of
Lefkada
Lefkada (, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greece, Greek list of islands of Greece, island in the Ionian Sea on the ...
,
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. It is situated on the south coast, 4 km south of
Agios Petros and 25 km southwest of
Lefkada (city)
Lefkada City (, ''Póli tis Lefkádas'') is a city and a former municipality on the island of Lefkada, Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lefkada, of which it is a ...
.
Vasiliki is a well known windsurfing spot during the summer months due to a local
thermal wind known amongst windsurfers as 'Eric' that rises in the afternoon as the land nearby gets warmed up.
There are often over a hundred windsurfers in the bay at any one time. The area is also popular with other sailing craft and mountain bikers. Several holiday companies operate in Vasiliki, providing windsurfing and sailing equipment for their guests to use.
Population
See also
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List of settlements in the Lefkada regional unit
References
External links
Vassiliki Tourism and HolidaysVasiliki Destination
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Populated places in Lefkada (regional unit)