I made this video of my personal top 5 most beautiful beaches in Zakynthos.
The pictures are my own, real and unedited and I really hope you find it useful.
Zakynthos has some of the most amazing beaches that you can find in Europe. It's part of
the Ionian Islands in Greece, situated on the west coast of the country, along with
Corfu, Paxos, Lefkada and Kefalonia. If you don't have time to visit all of them, I recommend
to go with Zakynthos and Lefkada.
You can get to Zakynthos by plane, or by cartaking a ferry for a one hour ride from Killini.
Shipwrech (Navagio) is the beach whose picture is ... almost as famous as Beyonce. So, it's
a must to come and see it for yourself. Here are some Tips and tricks:
Leave early in the morning, as there are fewer tourists.
Take some water and sandwiches with you, there's nothing to buy on the beach.
Pleaseeeeee, don't end up in a big crowded boat like most of the tourists. Be smart,
and take a small boat from these guys here. They have the shortest time to get to the
beach, only 12 minutes of journey because their boats, leave from the closest point
to Shiprech. The cost is 15 euro per person and you get to see the Blue Caves, also in
a glass bottom boat. So, you can do both in the same day.
You can stay at the beach for one or more hours, depending on the wind in that day.
While you're there, be very careful with the waves. The current is so powerful, that it
can carry you along with it. The transition from sand to deep water is pretty fast, so
if it's a windy day, don't get too adventurous. This is not just a random warning, I've seen
people having trouble with reaching the shore with my own eyes.
You have some shaddy parts beacause of the huge rock that surrounds the beach coast,
so there's no need for an umbrella. The color of the water is most impressive
here and I think it's the most spectacular of all I've ever seen. Perfect spot for those
Facebook cover photos by the way ;)
Porto Roxa This one, is the closest to my heart. It's
not so much advertised, pretty intimate, lots of sunbeds and mesmerizing views. You can
get to this beach by car, easily just following the map. First, you must have a coffee or
a beer, at this place, at the bar and then, choose your favourite free of charge sunbed
and just...i don't know just stare at the water and the surroundings. Also we had lunch
here and they have some quite interesting things in the menu. I went for rabbit and
it was absolutetly delicious.
I took a short video specially to share it I couldn't help myself. Judge for yourself
now ..
Anyway, I was out of my way of happines cause I've found this place! It was paradise for me and you know ... I didn't want to go back
to the hotel.
Porto Limionas A wonderful little bay, where you can enjoy
a drink at the bar, have lunch, lay in the sun on the available sunbeds, swim, snorkle
and take pictures. You can enter in the water from a rock, which
is very slippery, so be careful and take it easy. It's good to know that you dive in deep
water directly.
There are more people here than in Porto Roxa, so if you're like me and like intimacy take
your car, visit this beach and add it to your mindmap and then spend the day, in Porto Roxa,
where it's more peacefull. Porto Vromi
I didn't have much expectations with this one, but the road trip by car to this beach
was gorgeous. We got there, found a nice little place, with a tavern and we had a great time,
swimming and snorkling. Not much to say about this one because it's small...it's a small
beach, but it's a pretty corner of the Earth, which I would visit again for sure.
Gerakas ... guys, i don't know how to pronounce this word... you'll figure it out.
This is the single beach of the ones I mentioned before which has sand, and one of the smoothest
sands of all. This is one of the places where the Mediteraneean turtle lays its eggs, so
... yeah ...this is why it's a famous and a protected area. If you're lucky you may
even spot a baby turtle like we did ;)