Cosmos Hotel

Eight rooms direct on the beachfront at Vassiliki, Cosmos Hotel occupies one of the few genuinely sand-edge plots in this southern Lefkada village — the Ionian laps within metres of the terrace. Vassiliki is world-renowned among windsurfers for its thermal afternoon winds, and the hotel runs watersports facilities on site, including windsurfing.

The restaurant and snack bar draw on local produce, with special diet meals available on request and packed lunches offered for guests heading out to sea or cycling the peninsula roads. An outdoor pool sits behind the garden as an alternative when the bay chop picks up.

Yoga and fitness classes are offered on-site, unusual for a three-star property of this size. Car rental is arranged at the desk, useful for reaching Lefkada Town, 38km north, or the white-pebble coves of Porto Katsiki.