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MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES AND JEEP SAFARIS

Teaming up with a local jeep safari company, try an alternative tour, enabling guests to literally go off road and visit areas off the beaten track. Have lunch in mountain villages, swim in blue lagoons, scale heights for stunning views and visit sites of pilgrimage.

WINE TASTING

Zakynthos has several traditional vineyards and Calinico is one of the best. There is an exhibition charting the history of the vineyard and the traditional wine making process in Zakynthos. Visitors can try the wines and buy their favourites direct from the winery.

ENTERTAINMENT

Since ancient times Zakynthos has been called the Island of Song. She is famous for her traditional folk singing, knows as Cantarrah. A combination of harmony and discord, with mandolins, guitars and violins and traditional Zakynthian drum, Cantarrah has been kept alive in a number of tavernas.

We recommend the Kostas Brothers Taverna in Vasilikos (open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from June to September), where they write and play their own music; and the ethnic Arekia Taverna in Zakynthos Town. There are evenings out in the Vasilikos area.

If you feel like party time, there are some open air bars and Logos Bar/Nightclub in Vasilikos itself, where you can dance the night away. Anything is possible on long balmy summer nights under the stars, and the music can range from anything from salsa to rock.

VEHICLE HIRE

The island is rich in tourist attractions, from the famous smugglers' Shipwreck and Blue Caves of the North, to the sunsets at Keri in the South. There are many villages and secluded coves to be discovered, and it is easy to hire transport - anything from bikes to four-wheel drive jeeps.

KEPHALLONIA

An island of contrasts, Kephallonia has peaceful bays and coves, and wild mountains plunging into deep blue seas. Also an island of natural phenomena, with the subterranean seawater cave at Melissani, which acquires a turquoise colour when the sun reaches a certain point. Equally spectacular is the Drogharati Cave, with its impressive stalactites and acqoustics, which means it is used for concerts. Trips to the island also visit the famous Myrtos beach and the church of Agios Gerasimos.

OLYMPIA

For those who love Greece's ancient history, a trip to Olympia on the mainland is a must. Just one hour by ferry and then by coach to the site. The museum holds some of the most prized examples of classical art, and the archaeological site takes you back in time to the Olympic Games as they first began. You can even run the original 100 metres track

Byzantine museum of Zakynthos.

The Museum contains an excellent collection of icons from the Byzantine era to the 19th century, magnificent wooded carved iconostases, wall-paintings of 12th-13th and 17th-18th centuries, sculptural works of the Hellenistic, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine periods as well as a model of the town of Zakynthos, during the period 1930-1950.
Location: Solomos Square, town of Zakynthos.
Opening Days-Hours:
Daily: 08:30 - 15:00, Monday: closed

Zakynthos Marine Park

Zakynthos’ Marine Park is located along the southern coast from the promontory of Marathia’s Cape to the beach of Gerakas, including the outback of the beaches of Limni Kerì, Laganas and Kalamaki and the Strofades, two small islands 50 nautical miles southern of Zakynthos. This area presents the main characteristics of the Mediterranean ecosystem, with sandy beaches, emerging rocks and sandy dunes, whereas in the outback there awith spontaneous vegetation.
The National Marine Park has been founded in 1999 with the main purpose of defending the particular fauna of the southern part of the island and of its integration with the local society. re thick pinewoods, fertile areas for the agriculture and the Mediterranean landscape.  The most important animal specimen to protect are the turtles Caretta-Caretta and the Mediterranean Seals Monachus-Monachus.
The turtles are all over the areas of the Park and every year they come back to the sandy beaches south of Zakynthos to breed whereas the seals are usually seen around the bay of Laganas but they prefer the numerous caves of the western coast of the island.
In addition to turtles and seals the park intends to protect also other animal specimen:
Birds: the southern gulf of Zakynthos and the Strofades are usually visited by migrating birds, wild swans, swallows, kingfishers, and sea gulls.
Reptiles and amphibians: there are many frogs, tortoises, iguanas and soft water snakes.
Mammals: in the outback there are many porcupines and wild rabbits, whereas in the park waters it is possible to mThe symbol of the National Marine Park of Zakynthos is the turtle and the head office is in Zakynthos, El. Venizelou Street.

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