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VASSILIKI, GREECE - JULY 21: Visitors who had arrived on a local tourist boat swim in the turquoise waters at Agiofili Beach on July 21, 2010 near Vassiliki, on the island of Lefkada, Greece. Lefkada's west coastline has among Europe's most beautiful beaches. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Despite being connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway, making it one of the few Greek islands that you can drive to, much of Lefkada remains surprisingly unaffected by tourism.

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