Distinct jewels on the Ionian Sea Crown, Paxos and Antipaxos are 30 miles from the Corfu port and approximately 6,5 miles from Igoumenitsa. Together they cover an area of 27sq.km.

The all green island of Paxos is about 12km long and 4km at its widest, has over 30km of road, about 50 villages, 3 ports, more than 64 churches. The island’s main feature is its extensive vegetation, as it is covered in olive trees, which were first introduced by the Venetians in the 14nth century. At times more than 150 olive presses and 16 windmills worked on the island. Now most of these windmills stand guardians of its 30 or more lovely beaches. Close to the end of the Venetian rule, there were approximately 7000 inhabitants, but nowadays there are no more than 2.500. Quite apart from the increasing work associated with seasonal tourism, the sea and the olives play a significant part in the Paxiot economy and everyday life.

Gaios, the larger of its ports introduces the visitors to really special holidays.
Antipaxos is a small island south of Paxos. There are about a (100) hundred houses there, but very few are permanently occupied. It is an island used for retreats by the Paxiots for recreational shooting and the grape harvest. It has massive vertical cliffs facing north to Paxos and bays and inlets down the east and west coast until the lighthouse is reached in the south. It is more open than Paxos, with only a few olive trees spread here and there, a lot of cypress and fruit trees (especially almond, fig, pear, prickly pear and pomegranate trees) and a lot of vineyards often terraced up the slopes. The open landscape results in more shrubby heathland.