Fjords are usually associated with Norway, and justifiably so, as this country’s imposing inlets resemble flooded river gorges. Such lacy, long and narrow inlets, however, are also a feature at Meganisi, an idyllic island destination in Greece’s Ionian Sea. Though far smaller, by comparison, these fjords are considered to be Greece’s most impressive.

Meganisi, situated between the far bigger neighboring Ionian island Lefkada, and the mainland’s Etoloakarnania region, is the biggest of a group of small regional islands known as the Prigiponisa, measuring 20.1 km2. According to a 2011 census, Meganisi’s population numbers 1,041 inhabitants.

In Homer’s writings, the island is referred to as Taphos, its king, Anchilaos, depicted as a friend of Odysseus. In ensuing years, Meganisi may have served as a hideout for pirates, while, from the 7th century BC onwards, the island followed a parallel course with neighboring Lefkada.

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