Zante Guide · 4 articles
Zante by day
The island has a second life between sunrise and the first beach party, and this part of the guide covers it. You will find Zante's beaches sorted by coast, with the twelve Blue Flags of 2026 and the six nesting beaches that close at sunset; the rules of the National Marine Park of Zakynthos for watching loggerhead turtles without disturbing them; what the Harbour Master's order allows at Navagio since November 2026, with the clifftop viewpoint and the Blue Caves; and the sights worth the drive, from Zante Town to the Keri lighthouse. Every figure comes from an official source, named at the foot of each article, and every distance is measured by road from Laganas and from Argasi, where the nights are.
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Shipwreck Beach (Navagio) in Zante: what is allowed now, the viewpoint and the Blue Caves
Navagio, the cove of Shipwreck Beach on the west coast of Zakynthos, has been governed by official decisions every season since 2023. Here is what the texts in force on 4 November 2026 say, how the 2026 season worked, and how far the clifftop viewpoint and the Blue Caves are from your nights in Laganas and Argasi.
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Things to see in Zante by day: the town, Bochali, Keri and the north-west
The island's sights sit in four corners: the capital and its castle hill in the east, the cliffs of Keri in the south-west, Navagio in the north-west and the Blue Caves at the northern tip. Here is what each one is, how far it is from the Laganas strip and from Argasi, and when the ticketed sites open.
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Zante's best beaches, coast by coast: the 2026 Blue Flags and the turtle beaches
There is no official ranking of Zante's beaches, so we use two lists that are official: the 2026 Blue Flags and the turtle nesting beaches of the National Marine Park of Zakynthos. Below, each beach sits on its stretch of coast, with the road distance from Laganas and from Argasi.
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Zante turtles: the Marine Park's rules, the season and the beach at night
In Zante, loggerhead turtles come ashore after dark, so their nesting beaches close at sunset. Here are the National Marine Park's rules on the sand and at sea, the season month by month, and what to do if you meet a hatchling.