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The small Ionian island of Paxos is located about 10 miles south of Corfu and can only be reached by sea, i.e. not a runway in sight, with the transit

from Corfu town taking around 90 minutes by hydrofoil. There are quite a few small beaches but most are pebbly and also some can take a little effort to get to (unless you hire a boat).
However perhaps don't go on holiday to Paxos just for the beaches and idyllic surroundings around Gaios Town and Harbour etc - also think about going out into the lovely countryside which is great for sightseeing or walking/hiking. Of course as it's a Greek island its no surprise that Paxos also has good food and wine, lot's of peace and quiet (except apparently July/August when it's not very peaceful in Gaios) and of course very friendly people.

The links near the bottom of this page will take you to our Paxos Walks and Photos pages where there are suggested walks on the island plus quite a few more of our pictures from around Paxos.

Lakka is located at the top (north) of the island and at the end of the bus route.
A small fishing village, it's set in a nearly circular bay with several bars and tavernas and it's own ducks too.

As with Gaios the port has working fishing boats but mainly seems to cater for private yachts and flotillas. There is a taxi rank by where the bus stops but not often a taxi actually present - if you need one just go into a taverna and ask them to ring.
There are two beaches (pebbles) which are located at the left-hand side of the village (I believe the very far end is sometimes used by nudists), but if you care to walk up and over the hill you can find several other more isolated beaches (information on getting to these is on our walks page.)

On the east coast -- around halfway between Gaios and Lakka - is the interesting fishing village of Logos.. Logos is set in a tight horse-shoe shaped bay and is looked down on by many olive groves and other types of trees including cypress which makes the whole aspect really good.. It is a great idea to take at least one bus ride from Gaios to Lakka - not only do you get nice views of the island on the way - but you can enjoy the bit where the bus manoeuvres through Logos.

The bus has to squeeze between the various taverna chairs and the edge of the harbour and there is not a lot of room - the customers in the tavernas do tend to move when the bus appears. This is also where you can find the bus driver (only one bus does this trip and it's usually the same driver) at his most happy state, especially if someone dares to park anyway near where he wants to go.
Gaios is the capital city of Paxos, well..., anyway its a very small place full of alleys and old buildings and so on - full of interest and character.

If you like cats you will be in your element - cats are not exactly rare on Greek Islands and most tavernas have their in-house moggies

waiting around for the odd piece of meat or fish; Gaios though has got cats everywhere. Just near our apartment were two female cats with half a dozen kittens and we always brought them back something from the taverna each evening - as did many people.

There are quite a few Tavernas and we never found one which we disliked, and also found the prices generally were reasonable (except for ice cream which seemed overpriced to us). Gaios is a working town - with two harbours.
The photos are of the main harbour which is located in the heart of the town - and is quite busy with fishing boats of all sizes. In late spring and into the summer flotillas often arrive since Paxos is very much on the yachting circuit - sometimes they just moor up for a few hours but the harbour can be quite packed out since this port is a very popular overnight mooring too. During the day it is also busy with day-trip boats going to Anti-Paxos, to the beach at Moggonissi and of course the Round-the-Island trips - also you can hire small dinghies to take out and explore the coast-line.

We did not have time to do this but note that it is not (we understand) recommended that you try to use them round the island unless you are very experienced since the other coast is quite dangerous with bad currents - too much for these small boats. The town is quite quiet most of the time and extremely quiet in the evenings, however we were there in September 2002 and locals told us that in July and August it's a different story; Italy is not far away and a lot of Italian lads apparently arrive and go stupid on the mopeds etc. Also during these months a lot of day trippers come in from Corfu.

Gaios's harbour is actually quite large, for instance if from the main square you follow the harbour left you walk for ages alongside moored fishing boats and then yachts - a lot of flotillas have Paxos on their itinerary. Perhaps the reason why ice-cream is so expensive..This "harbour inlet" eventually leads you to the second harbour - which is mainly used by the hydrofoils and ferries as well as supply boats..

A very pleasant walk is to follow as above the inlet round to this ferry port and take the "ring road" UP above the inlet and back round into Gaios. You get some smashing views so the presence of your camera is essential. You end up crossing the town's sterna and arrive then at the bus depot where you may see one of the Island's 2 or 3 buses. There are only a couple of taxis operating on the island and these can be found on the front -- if there are none around just go into a taverna and ask them to ring for one.

These are a selection of Paxos photographs which we thought were quite good but did not have anywhere to place them on our Paxos walks pages

Please take a look at our Paxos Walks - several ideas for some walks to do whilst on holiday on Paxi plus many pictures from around the island.

Useful Books on Greece and her Islands:-
Walking the Greek Islands
The Rough Guide to Greece
Greece Insight Guide
Greek Islands Eyewitness Travel Guides
Cadogan Guide Greece

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We lugged the GPS around everywhere on Paxos and when we returned to the UK we had around 100 readings plus 100 miles or so worth of walking tracking.The following are a few good GPS readings to enable map calibration (Ian B's map is great on this)
Plani Lighthouse N39,14'01" E20,07'50"
Campanile N39,13'06" E20,08'38"
Shrine Geramonachos N39,12'08" E20,10'55"
Ag. Marina ruins (Porto Ozias) N39,10'48" E20,12'16"
Trypitos Arch N39'10'38" E20,11'09"
Aerial masts (near Megali Vigla) N39,12'08" E20,09'57" (highest point on Paxos)
Venetian Villa N39,13'14" E20,08'05"
Agrila (Avlaki Creek) N39,11'23" E20,10'05"

Paxos Greece Holiday and Travel Guides.

Holiday Guides for Gaios, Lakka and Logos plus Photos for the Greek Island of Paxi.

The Greek Island of Paxos is a little Ionian gem - extremely picturesque, relaxed but also excellent for walking and hiking.