Starting from Nikiana, you can discover sights and monuments of the region like the castle of Saint Mayra, the windmills in Gyra, the lagoon with the water and the biotope, the traditional vivarium, the monuments of ancient town of Lefkada near to the village Kalligoni, in the island Madoyri the house of Arist. Balaoriti, in Meganisi the cave of Papanikoli where the legendary submarine Papanikolis found shelter in the 2nd world war, the castle in Kalamo, the traditional houses of the city with the colourful windows and doors and their particular architecture and the unique antiseismic system, the house where Leykadios Chern was born (Giakoymo Koizoymi), national poet of Japan, the house of the poet Klearetis Dipla-Malamoy.