Cephalonia, Greece

Cephalonia is the largest of the seven-island Ionian group and undoubtedly the best, but then I’m biased. We looked at 13 destinations before building a villa here and we’ve never regretted it. Cephalonia was slow to bite the tourism apple and as a result, the islanders learnt a lot from other people’s mistakes. Development is heavily restricted and low key - there are no buildings above three storeys, no hotels closer than 100 metres to the shore and none of those ribbon developments of discos and eating places aimed at the British. There is no crime, no unemployment and only one traffic light. There is also no Club 18-30, which has signed the death warrant for other resorts.