The island `s main town with modern marina, a large pedestrian shopping area with inviting taverns, cafés and stores. At the week-end it attracts many locals as well as tourists. Best shopping-facilities in several supermarkets as well as those small stores which still remain. An interesting archaeological museum, a museum of ethnology and another of phonography, as well as quite a number of churches, are always well worth a visit. Located directly by the bridge, the once Franconian fortress of Agia Mavra watches over the approach to Lefkas. To the south-west lies the lagoon, a a nature reserve with rare plants and animals. Toward the open sea Lefkas is hemmed by 7 km of white sandy beach with windmill-taverns. Due to steady winds this beach is a favoured spot for connoisseurs of surfing and kiting!