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Greece has at its disposal a tourist gold mine but has not yet been exploited by any government up until now.  That is our marinas!  As business stories have pointed out, maritime tourism – and in particular yachting – contributes 1.1% of GDP to Greece at 800 million euros, and …

Group head Marinetta Paganopoulou has written a few thoughts of her own within the Environmental Group.  Her thoughts are in regard to the 15,000 acres of land that is in question in the vicinity of the area known as “Navagio” Stating on her face book page:-  Reflections on the ILLEGAL …

The volunteer group of Zakynthos as most of us know here on the Island have helped wherever they can. In particular,when it comes to books.   Over the last year they have created with the help of residents numerous public libraries within the mountain areas. They have even held a …

Austrian Airlines will connect from Vienna to all four Ionian Isloands Corfu, Zakynthos, Aktio and Kefalonia airports for another year. Below is the flight schedule for Zakynthos. From 22/05/20 until 25/09/20 two flights every Friday. From 26/05/20 until 22/09/20 one flight every Tuesday. From 07/07/20 until 25/08/20 a second flight …

As we say goodbye to 2019, and hello to a new year and a new decade, we also celebrate the anniversary of the going live of our website last January. It’s been a very busy year and a lot has happened on the island during 2019. The island dealt with …

What is Laura Beach House? Lara Beach House are a family run group of six apartments, located in Alykes, right on the beach with amazing views. There are three apartments that have two bedrooms and two bathrooms accommodating up to seven guests and three apartments that have one bedroom accommodating …

Huge congratulations to Nefis Travel  who have announced today that they have been awarded Private Tour Compnay of the Year for the Ionian Islands, Greece, 2020. Its a huge achievement and great news for both Nefis Travel and Zakynthos. The announcement was made on their facebook page today, as below. …

A year ago today, Zakynthos was hit by a large 6.8R earthquake. It struck the island on 25 October 2018 at 22.54pm (UTC) The earthquake was 56.9km SW of the island, around 11km deep. The earthquake was followed by aftershocks, a number of which were around 5R, and the aftershocks …

There’s one image that symbolises the island of Zakynthos internationally. It’s been used in thousands of newspaper and magazine articles, appeared on TV adverts and photographed by people from all over the world. No one quite knows what makes it so iconic, but the fact remains, that for many visitors …

A terrible week in Ionian history This weekend is a sombre one in the history of the island of Zakynthos, when the island was shaken by one of the worst earthquakes the area ever experienced. This event was actually series of earthquakes that began on the 8 August 1953, building …