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Vasilikades ( also  - " Vasilikiades ") is a village in the Erisos region in north ___MASK27___ , a western Greek island . The village of Fiscardo is to the north 8 km away and to the south Assos is 10 km with Myrtos Beach a few more km south . Vasilikades is sometimes called Enosi locally which means ' union ' in Greek and refers to the union of villages when one new village was built after the destruction of some smaller ones in the earthquake of 1953 . Views from certain vantage points in this area are across the island ' s forested west coast and across the sea to the island of Lefkas . It is a well known vantage point for stunning sunsets . Vasilikades is a pretty traditional village with strict preservation orders so that new building follows the traditional style . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the European Union : Austria , ___MASK68___ , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , ___MASK23___ , ___MASK44___ , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , ___MASK89___ , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency . Fiskardo ( Greek :  , also " Fiscardo " or in the past " Viscardo ") is a village and a community on the Ionian island of ___MASK27___ , Greece . It is part of the municipal unit of Erisos . It is the northernmost port of ___MASK27___ , a short distance from Ithaca . Fiskardo has a small and diminishing fishing fleet . The coast around Fiskardo is mainly rocky with numerous pebble - beached coves . The port serves ferry routes to the ports of Frikes ( Ithaca ) and Lefkada . It is 5 km north of Vasilikades , 24 km north of Sami and 32 km north of Argostoli . Cephalonia International Airport is 61 km to the south , by road ( about 1 hours ). The community of Fiskardo consists of the villages Fiskardo , Evreti , Katsarata , Matsoukata and Tselentata . The Ionian Islands ( Modern Greek : ; Ancient Greek , Katharevousa : ) are a group of islands in ___MASK44___ . They are traditionally called the Heptanese , i . e . " the Seven Islands " ( or ), but the group includes many smaller islands as well as the seven principal ones . As a distinct historic region they date to the centuries - long Venetian rule , which preserved them from becoming part of the Ottoman Empire , and created a distinct cultural identity with many Italian influences . The Ionian Islands became part of the modern Greek state in 1864 . Administratively today they belong to the Ionian Islands Region except for Kythera , which belongs to the Attica Region . Assos ( Greek :  ) is a village on the west ___MASK75___ of the island of Cephalonia , Greece . It is part of the municipal unit Erisos . Cephalonia or ___MASK27___ ( or ), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia , is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece . It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region , and the only municipality of the regional unit . It was also a former Latin Catholic diocese ___MASK27___  Zakynthos ( Cefalonia  Zante ) and short - lived titular see as just ___MASK27___ . ___MASK45___ or Zante ( from Venetian ) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea . It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands . ___MASK45___ is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region , and its only municipality . It covers an area of and its coastline is roughly in length . The name , like all similar names ending in - nthos , is pre - Mycenaean or Pelasgian in origin . In Greek mythology the island was said to be named after ___MASK45___ , the son of a legendary Arcadian chief Dardanus . Erisos is a former municipality on the island of ___MASK27___ , Ionian Islands , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ___MASK27___ , of which it is a municipal unit . It is located in the northernmost part of the island , and has a land area of 78 . 114 km² . It population was 1 , 472 at the 2011 census . The seat of the municipality was in Vasilikades but more known are the two small harbours Fiskardo and Asos . Other town are Antipáta , Mesovoúnia , and Komitáta . ___MASK93___ (" Athína " ) is the capital and largest city of Greece . ___MASK93___ dominates the Attica region and is one of the world ' s oldest cities , with its recorded history spanning over 3 , 400 years , and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC . Classical ___MASK93___ was a powerful city - state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus , which had been a distinct city prior to its 5th century BC incorporation with ___MASK93___ . A centre for the arts , learning and philosophy , home of Plato ' s Academy and Aristotle ' s Lyceum , it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy , largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent , and in particular the Romans . In modern times , ___MASK93___ is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic , financial , industrial , maritime , political and cultural life in Greece . In 2015 , ___MASK93___ was ranked the world ' s 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study . ___MASK44___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . ___MASK44___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . ___MASK93___ is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Thessaloniki is the second - largest city in ___MASK44___ and the capital of Greek Macedonia , the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace . Its nickname is   (" Symprotévousa "), literally " the co - capital ", a reference to its historical status as the  (" Symvasilévousa ") or " co - reigning " city of the Eastern Roman ( Byzantine ) Empire , alongside Constantinople . ___MASK85___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK85___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the ___MASK56___ to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK85___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK85___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK85___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries .