The second largest town of the island with a population of 4.000 and capital of the Paliki region is Lixouri. The town is divided by a small river due to which Argostolians refer to it sarcastically as "the Seine" and Lixouri locals refer to their hometown as, "pikolo (=small in Italian) Paris"!

In Lixouri, we can visit several places around the town with first and foremost the Iakovatios Library. It is situated in the traditional noble house of the Tipaldi-Iakovati families and houses a splendid book collection, icons of the Byzantine and post Byzantine period and gospel manuscripts from the 10th and 15th century. The most significant of the icons are the one by Michael Damaskinos and "The Assembly of Michaelmas" created by the monk Filotheos Skoufos. The visitors who are fond of learning can also see the Vallianios Professional School, which is renowned in Greece, as well as the Philharmonic School, founded in 1836 by Mr. Skarlatos. In the outskirts of Lixouri we can catch a glimpse of Palaiokastro, where ruins of the ancient city of Pali are preserved.

The statue of the man who made the peculiarity of Cephalonians famous and glorified his homeland, dominates the Lixouri beach. Andreas Laskaratos, a great prose writer and satirical poet, was a great presence in literature that used satire filled with Cephalonian idioms and strong anticlerical mood in his masterpieces.

The outskirts of Lixouri are of historical interest. All inquiring minds can collect data on the history of the region by visiting the house of Andreas Laskaratos in Ritsata village, the monastery of Kehrionos Virgin Mary and a bit further, Kontogenada, where we find Mycenean graves and churches with post-byzantine icons. In addition, you should also see the monastery of Virgin Mary Koronatou (17th c.) and that of St. Paraskevi.

If you feel like swimming, the area is full of beaches. All you have to do is choose among the famous red-sanded Xi beach, Lepeda, Mega Lakko, Athera. Going a little further you come upon a beach of incomparable beauty: Petani, a tamer version of Myrtos.