Our Island Tour we start in Zakythos Town. You can see there Church of St Dionysios right next to the port. On our way to Bochali Hill we past Dionysios Solomos Square with his statue in the centre and where you can find Town Hall, library, Church of St. Nicholas and the Post Byzantine Museum.
From Bochali Hill, where is Venetian Castle is a beautiful view of Zakythos Town, port and Laganas Bay. In nice days you can see Peloponnese peninsula.
Next stop is Callinico winery and wine factory with tour aroud and most important degustation:)
Very tasty wines are made here and in good prices. House vines 4€ for 1 or 7€ for 2 And 11€ for 3 bottles.
Zakythos is very green island. People here grow a lot of fruits and vegetablea so you can be sure that all is fresh and very tasty. On your way aroud the east part of island you can see a lot of gardens and plantation of olive, lemon and orange trees.
West part of the island is a chain of mountains with low population but stunning views.
After visit in vineyard we climb up top of hills when you can enjoy view of east part of the island and neighbour island Kefalonia.
During the ride we past some villages and on one of them is 2000 years old olive tree.
Next stop is at Anafonitrias Monastery from 1429. It was main monastery of island but now monks live in Zakythos town next to St. Dionysios church.
And we got here. Viewing platform of Navagio Shipwreck beach. What a queue.
It's amazing.
The coloures!!!!!
Breathtaking!!!!!!!
When we finally got to the edge and took our photos it was WORTH IT.
Next stop is picturesque marina of St Nicholaos Volimes with optional boat ride to BLUE CAVES. We went in small boats so we could go inside caves to see why they are called that. 50 shades of blue is not enough.
Later we started our trip back to Zakythos Town alongside east coast of island. You still can see Kefalonia and mainland Greece on your left side. On our way we past towns and villages and beautiful beaches. In Alykes you can still see sea salt plants, which are not in use anymore but still filled with sea water in summer.
It was a great spent day with some stunning view of the island.
Some other informations:
- cost about 20€
- pick up time: morning
- finish time : about 6pm
- take some cash for vine if you want to buy and for a trip to Blue Caves
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