Kalamaki - Zante ♥

Advantages: Sparkling sea and quiet
Disadvantages: None

...I first went to the Island of Zakynthos aka Zante in the year of 1998. I cannot recall much of this holiday as i was quite young when i went for the first time. The last time i visited the glorious island of Zakynthos was last October. With its glorious and sparkling sea Zante sets your pulse rate soaring. Zante is a Greek Island part of a group of islands named the Ionian Islands which are situated West of mainland Greece in the Aegean sea. ♥ Flight and more details ♥ Flights to Zante depart from all around the UK using all different airlines. The best i have been on is Thomas Cook. All of the airlines have inflight entertainment of music radio and a film also maybe some short cartoons/sitcoms afterwards, each operator also provides an onboard bar and an onboard snack bar to keep the hunger bug hiding away. If you...

Kezzie_Lee2201 29.07.2005 · Read review
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zante, swimming with the turtles...

Advantages: TURTLES!!! beautiful beaches, many restaurants, bars, and TURTLES!!!
Disadvantages: that you get very sad when its time to come home

...I have just returned home to good old england from a two week holiday in Zante, Kalamaki to be precise. Kalamaki is a small town that is quite spread out, with several restaurants in particular, but not many bars. However, there is one particular bar to go to if you ever venture to Kalamaki. This bar is called 'Down Under' which you may have guessed is an Australian themed bar, with several aussie momento's including signed rubgy balls, and boomerangs. This however, is not the reason for checking out this bar. The staff are all Australian, look out for two brothers called Nick and George, and they throw drinks at you for free! You get free shots with every round you buy, and several more! So make sure you eat before you go there which is one mistake that i made! Kalamaki has several tourist shops for souvineers, but not much in...

carale1979 24.07.2001 · Read review
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Zante, resorts and places to explore.

Advantages: Only 3 and a half hours from Gatwick, Friendly locals, views you must see before you die
Disadvantages: Airport is not the best

...First of all let me explain the airport. Zante airport is notorious for being a nightmare, up until summer 2005 it was a very small terminal with one conveyor belt for 3 incoming flights worth of luggage in one go, and a departure lounge (if you can call it that) with no seats and a small kiosk that sells food and drink. In the summer of 2005 a new arrivals terminal was built. It has 3 conveyor belts now and the space around them is far larger. The luggage still takes quite a while to get off of the plane and onto the conveyor but you have space to walk around and go to the toilet. Up until September 2006 departures has not changed at all, it looks like it will happen, but knowing what the Greeks are like it will take some time! Don't let it put you off as the island is well worth seeing, when you are on your way home make sure you take...

claireelen 17.11.2006 · Read review
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summer on zante

Advantages: hot , clean beaches friendly locals
Disadvantages: over crowded at times

...We were lucky enough to spend 4 months last summer working in a bar on the kalimaki road , so what I hope to achieve in this review is to give you an insiders view of the best places to go or avoid and some recommendations of were to eat an have fun while on zante Laganas Accommodation Ours was provided as part of our job contract , but we have heard good reports form our customers about a few hotels Our apartment was directly behind the Alexandra hotel and from all accounts its a clean , friendly hotel , it has a pool bar on the end ( opposite hotlips see below ) and the new outdoor pool behind was being laid for completion and use in 2005 the one drawback is that this hotel is directly facing the kalimaki road and the front rooms do have a noise problem The Canadian apartments ( kalimaki road , turn left...

diamond_1986 27.03.2005 · Read review
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Planos, Zante

Advantages: Weather, people, food, trips
Disadvantages: Big bugs!

...My family, two adults and two children (5 and 7) went to Zante, booking with First Choice, in September 2003. I'll try to cover as much as I can remember starting with the flight. We flew with Air 2000 from Gatwick. We had no delays and were lucky to take off on time and be seated together. Now if you're a confident flier that's great - however if like my daughter you are terrified then Air 2000 left a lot to be desired. In their brochure it says to tell the flight attendants about nervous fliers, which we did. We then did not see her for the entire flight! She scurried past us as fast as she could (not easy on their 'compact' planes) and never once asked in my girl was ok. Luckily she had calmed down once in the air and thought it was 'cool'. Zante Airport I have read no-end of nightmare stories about this airport and I...

AnitaCB 03.04.2004 · Read review
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zante

Advantages: clean beaches.beautiful scenery, very Friendly.
Disadvantages: none

...Zante is a beautiful island, although most of the island was destroyed by an earthquake in 1953 it is one of the most picturesque places i have been to . The airport was a bit of a nightmare although last year the new terminal for arrivals was open. The resort i like the most is Tsilivi, the sand beach is very clean and the sea is crystal clear. you can walk out for yards and it still only comes to your waist. Plenty of motor sports on the beach. great for kids. plenty of tavernas, bars, not to noisy. Tsilivi like the rest of the resorts on Zante is now getting very commercialized but still retains its charm. A visit to smugglers cove is a must. only accessable by boat although there is a viewing platform above. Kalamaki & Lagana have a beautiful bay but Laganas is more like Blackpool very busy and expensive. Kalamaki is fairly...

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Zante

Advantages: Weather, beaches,food,friendly locals
Disadvantages: none

...We have been to Zante many times but this was our 1st trip after a 5 year break & whilst we found things had changed we still enjoyed our holiday, so much so that if we hadn't have already booked to go elsewhere this summer we would have returned for this years sumer break. We stayed in Tsilivi @ Planos Aparthotel, there where 12 of our alltogether, 3 families with kids ranging from 2 years to 15 and it appealed to all of them. Tsilivi has got busier but we stayed at the Planos end which was quite peaceful -we travelled during august so expected it to be really busy due to school hols- we always managed to get a bed by the pool & at the beach. the staff at the Planos where lovely they where always happy to help & the service at the beach was something I have never experienced, waiters/waitresses would take your order for drinks & bring...

janeyfloppett1 21.04.2007 · Read review
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Zante - Best Holiday Ever!

Advantages: cheap drinks, good cheap food, great scenery, hot sunny days
Disadvantages: greek drivers, airport

...Last year, I holiday-ed to Zante in June with 4 other female friends. We stayed in the Dennis II apartments in Kalamaki ~4km from Laganas. The transfer from the airport is great, ~15mins, but you soon discover why. From my apartment I could see the airport and had aeroplanes flying past the apartment all the time (although thankfully not noticeable at night!). We arrived at night and were dropped off at the end of a slightly secluded dirt track, which although was good as we were away from the noise of the main strip but still within close vicinity supermarkets, bars and restaurants, was a little scary for 5 young ladies. When we arrived at the apartments however we were pleasantly surprised by how clean and spacious they were. The kitchen/sitting room contained a dining table, sofa, fridge-freezer, sink, cupboards, kettle etc...

dopamine_fairy 21.02.2007 (22.02.2007) · Read review
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Zante - the island of bad weather??!!

Advantages: Very cheap; friendly people
Disadvantages: Cloudy weather in September

...On 7th September, my boyfriend and I set off on the long and tiresome journey to Zante, Greece. After having sat in the car for two hours on the way to Gatwick, we were not so pleasantly surprised to find that we were in the wrong Terminal. Oops! So off we trekked to the North Terminal where our holiday began. The flight was about three hours, during which time you get to munch on some lovely airplane food and purchase duty free items. We went with Astreaus who were very accomodating. After arriving in Zante five hours after we had left Gatwick (they're two hours ahead), we dragged our luggage to the coach. The transfer time to Laganas and the hotel was only 20 minutes, which was good because I was quite tired by this point! As soon as we got there the sun disappeared and the rain started to pour. Although it was still over...

magic5284 21.09.2003 · Read review
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  Tainted love: Island of wildlife & endless blue

Advantages: lots of wildlife, beautiful scenery, friendly locals and very hot
Disadvantages: commercialised, can be expensive to eat & drink, changeable weather

...When we holidayed in Kos, in the Aegean Sea in Greece, a few years ago, we so fell in love with the scenery, charm and atmosphere of this unique country made up of many individual islands, there was no question that Greece would be where we would go this year. However, wanting it to be a different enough experience to keep us interested, we decided on Zante, otherwise known as Zakynthos, over at the other side of the mainland in the Ionian Sea. Quite a large island, so close to Kefalonia and the Greek mainland that both are visible from parts of the island on a clear day, Zante boasts a varied and interesting geography of sandy beaches and coves, shallow waters, stunning mountains, cliffs and caves, and an abundance of marine life including dolphins and its beloved Caretta-Caretta turtles. Despite the severe 1953 earthquake destroying...

Lancashire_Angel 04.08.2004 (24.11.2004) · Read review
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