Cuisine of Zakynthos Island for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants
The island's cuisine absorbed all the best traditions of the Greek culinary. One of the most important ingredients in almost any dish is olive oil. The Islanders also like to use tomatoes, garlic, lemons, and fragrant spices. By the way, if you want to taste island food in the form in which they are cooked "for their own", then look for small taverns away from the crowds of tourists and any sights. Service in such places is usually not too fast, but the food is delicious and they cook exactly as they did centuries ago, without any changes to please the travelers.
Zakynthos is a recognized world-famous beach resort with lots of comfortable coast areas spread all over the island. Gerakas sand beach is widely regarded as one of the best on Zakynthos. It … Open
There are few hundreds of accommodation places on Zakynthos and some are very popular among tourists. First of all, resort hotels are worth mentioning and Pantheon is one of the best of … Open
There are many places in Zakynthos, where you can buy home-made bread and sweets. The most famous local dessert is mandolato. It is made from eggs, almonds, and honey. Those, who like sweets, will also like pasteli, a delicacy made from honey, almonds, and sesame. However, fans of sweet things will have something to choose from the island – baklava, and nougat with nuts, and biscuits are also sold here. If you like honey, it is worth to get acquainted with its local variation, which has a unique taste and aroma.
Zakynthos is not the best place to buy brand clothes, shoes, and cosmetics. If you want, you can surely go to any shopping center and buy things you like, but the choice here is not too big, … Open
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City tours, excursions and tickets in Zakynthos Island and surroundings
Unique sights around Zakynthos Island
Panagiotis Wrecks
From the series “The Surviving Remains of Shipwrecks You Can Observe Yourself”
Check on the map: Distance from Zakynthos Island center - 18.6 km.
A great number of tourists come here in order to take a photo with a huge ship and unscalable rocks at the background. This historical vessel was built in Scotland in 1937. It was named in honour of Saint Bedan. For years it was used for carrying contraband cigarettes and was chased by the Greek Navy for this. In 1980 the crew was trying to escape from the Greek Navy and ran upon the sands. This huge ship is a real open-air leisure-time entertainment place for tourists. …
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Navagio Beach
From the series “The Hidden and Hard-To-Reach Beautiful Beaches”
Check on the map: Distance from Zakynthos Island center - 18.7 km.
One of them, the Panaiotis, is now considered the main attraction of the beach. It is still unclear how the ship has been so high on the shore, perhaps the strong flood or storm has driven it on the sand coast. The beach is surrounded by the high rocky walls that penetrate deep into the sea and completely exclude the possibility to land on the coast. …
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Zakynthos Island in photo set
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