TRAVEL TUESDAY 387 - PAXOI ISLANDS, GREECE

“How sweet it is to view the sea while standing on the shore.” – Greek Proverb 

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Paxos (Greek: Παξός) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, lying just south of Corfu. As a group with the nearby island of Antipaxos and adjoining islets, it is also called by the plural form Paxi or Paxoi (Greek: Παξοί). The main town and the seat of the municipality is Gaios.

Paxos is the smallest of the seven main Ionian Islands (the Heptanese), with an area of 25.3 square kilometres, while the municipality has an area of 30.121 km2  and a population of about 2300. Paxos lies some 15 km from the southern tip of Corfu, and at about the same distance from the town of Parga on the mainland. It is connected by ferry lines from Igoumenitsa and Corfu with Gaios. The island is hilly, the highest point having an elevation of 230 m. 

In Greek mythology, the god of the sea Poseidon created the island by striking Corfu with his trident, so that he and his wife Amphitrite could have some peace and quiet on these smaller islands, when they left the depths of the sea for a sojourn on dry land.

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