Kefalonia's Mount Aenos: stargazing from Greece's first and only dark sky park
Greece has one certified dark sky park. It’s on Kefalonia, on top of Mount Aenos, inside a national park that was established in 1962 to protect a fir tree found almost nowhere else. The fir is still there. So are skies dark enough to earn DarkSky International certification in 2023 — the first site in Greece to manage it. If you’re planning a Greek island trip this summer and you own a pair of binoculars, Aenos deserves a night. ...