The municipality includes the offshore islands of Skorpios (pop.

There is also a harbour at Atheni Bay used mainly by fishing boats.

Meganisi is connected with Lefkada by a car ferry service from Vathy and Spartochori.

Some researchers, including Wilhelm Dörpfeld, believe that Meganisi was the Homeric island of Krocylea, which was part of Odysseus' kingdom.

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