Welcome to our Argostoli hotels and information page. Argostoli is located in Kefalonia, Greece. If you wish to search for available hotels in Argostoli please use the form on the left to check accommodation on your chosen travel dates. Argostoli has been the capital and administrative centre of Kefalonia, Greece, since 1757, following a population shift down from the old capital of Agios Georgios (also known as Kastro) to take advantage of the trading opportunities provided by the sheltered bay upon which Argostoli sits. To the east of Argostoli town, at the end of the bay, beneath the Castle of St. George, sits the Koutavos Lagoon, a feeding ground for the loggerhead turtles and now a nature reserve. Under the British governor of the island, General Sir Charles James Napier, a wooden bridge was constructed across the lagoon in 1813. Four years later stone arches were added and, after some 26 years, the entire bridge was rebuilt in stone. In continuous use until 2005, this narrow bridge is now closed to traffic.

In 1953 an earthquake razed virtually all of Kefalonia, apart from the Fiskardo area (a village located about 54 kilometres north of Argostoli in Erissos, in the northernmost part of the island of Kefalonia), to the ground. Very little remains of old Argostoli but one of the few remaining buildings, although minus the upper floor, is the Kometatos Mansion, just off Plateia Valianos, the main square in Argostoli. This is now a small, private museum (open to the public) housing a numismatic collection and sets of lithographs of Kefalonia from the early 19th century.

The 'Lithostroto' is the pedestrian shopping centre of Argostoli which, along with Plateia Valianos, is 'the place' to be in the evening, when shoppers mingle with café society.

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