Wendy Goldman Rohm’s

Kefalonia Writers Retreat

June 12^th – June 16^th 2023

Followed by

Bruno Toussaint’s Filmic Storytelling Weekend June

17^th – 18^th 2023

Join Wendy Goldman Rohm’s retreat on the Greek island of Kefalonia.

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"One of the world's best writers' retreats."
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Be inspired by the beautiful ancient villa and the island of Kefalonia

Ithaca/School of Homer:

On the Wednesday we will visit the neighbouring Homeric island of Ithaca where we will be given a private guided tour by renowned Classicist, Spyros Couvaras, of the archeological site of Odysseus followed by a talk in the School of Homer.
Lunch followed by workshop will be in a local restaurant, returning to Kefalonia in the evening.

https://greece.terrabook.com/ithaca/page/agios-athanasios-school-homer/

https://www.ithaca.gr/en/home/culture-environment/archaeological-sites/

The House:

Lime House, Kefalonia, is a 400 year old villa set in private gardens of lush lime, pomegranate and ancient olive trees.

The Location:

On a rural laneway overlooking olive groves and goatherds out to sea but also within walking distance of the charming village of Antipata with its restaurants and wine bar and it is 5 minutes by car from the beautiful Venetian harbour town of FisKardo.

Getting to Kefalonia:

By Air -

From Athens - From Athens there are 3-4 low fares flights a day to Kefalonia with Sky Express and Olympic/Aegean airlines.

Example below of flights available from Athens the day before the retreat:

Direct From Paris: Transavia Air

Direct to Kefalonia from European cities including London, Manchester, Milan, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, a few German cities and others.

By sea -

Daily sailings (2-3 per day) from Patras on the West coast of mainland Greece to Kefalonia. Also Killini on the mainland daily to Kefalonia and from he island of Zakynthos twice daily which can be reached direct form many European cities.

WHERE TO STAY

Accommodation in the area to suit all budgets:

Within 10 minutes’ walk of the retreat:

Hotels/Guest House

https://dafnoudi-hotel.gr/

http://www.northpoint.gr/

http://natura-studios.andipata-erisou.hotels-kefalonia.net/en/

https://magnoliaapartments.gr/el/

https://www.fiscardobay.com/

https://kiki-apartments.gr/el/

Villas:

Use this website to find villas/apartments in the Antipata/Markantonata or Fiskardo area. The first two are walking distance the latter u would need a moped or something- 5 mins to Lime House approx.

https://www.booking.com/hotel/gr/peter-cottage.en-us.html?aid=1549630&label=popup-clicktrip-bn-n25-311022-i139432 (2 min walk)

https://www.vrbo.com/10527550ha?adultsCount=2&noDates=true&unitId=5554235

https://ionianmansion.com/en/

https://www.booking.com/hotel/gr/regina-villa-phiskardo.el.html?auth_success=1

https://www.booking.com/hotel/gr/artemis-villa-phiskardo.el.html

https://www.booking.com/hotel/gr/villa-emily-andipata-erisou.el.html

Use Peter's Cottage as a reference on here to get distance to Lime House. Peter's cottage is a 2 min walk from retreat venue, so is North Point Rooms.