Vassilikos
Vassilikos (which means Royal) is a beautiful village, built among spectacular beaches, in a place full of olive groves, on the southeastern coast of the island, about 16km from the town of Zante (Zakynthos). Vassilikos is a developing tourist resort and is more part of a peninsula, a wonderful piece of Zante (Zakynthos) with many villages that are sparsely inhabited.
One of the advantages of the area is the easy access to all beaches, impressive with their natural beauty and purity of the water.
The area of Vassilikos has many small bays and sandy beaches, ideal for those seeking peace and want to avoid the cosmic and crowded beaches and you can visit them either by car or on foot. Here you will find the beaches of Porto Zoro, Porto Roma, Banana and Ionio. Also, one of the nicest and most popular beaches of south area is Aghios Nikolaos, well organized, ideal for water sports and many beach bars and restaurants with authentic local, Zakynthian cuisine. Here, every summer is held a tournament of beach volley.
Vassilikos is known because at many of its long golden sandy beaches are nesting and spawning the famous, rare sea turtles caretta-caretta, protected by the National Marine Park of Zakynthos.
Vassilikos Photos
Beaches
St. Nicolas ( 5 Votes ) |
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An organized beach, ideal for water sports like surfing, banana surfing and jet skiing. It also has a beach bar. It’s situated at southeast Zakynthos.
Vasilikos ( 2 Votes ) |
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Maybe the prettiest beach of the island. Exotic with sand dunes, canteens along its shore playing rock and ethnic music, food and drinks. It has very shallow water. “Banana” with its water sports club is part of it while “Golden Bay” with its two strange sculptures of Poseidon and a mermaid rests at the top of two boulders.
Vrontonero ( 10 Votes ) |
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An eerie beach with black sand frequented by nudists. It ends at two steep, big boulders hanging vertically over the sand creating a small cave. You may find there fresh spring water. It’s at Kalamaki, at the south part of Zakynthos.
Gerakas ( 4 Votes ) |
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The east side of Laganas Bay is famous for its special geological formations (huge steep boulders) named “glines” which are the only geological monument of the area. They are at the end of the cape, were formed during the Pliocene and were covered by sand rocks. Its beach is 600 m long. It worths taking a dive during the sunset, when the colours of the sun taint the rocks red. The beach is preserved, because is one of those where Caretta Caretta sea turtle lays its eggs. That’s why it has no buildings. It’s considered the calmest in Laganas bay. It’s 18 km from Zakynthos town.
Dafni ( 3 Votes ) |
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Sandy beach with four taverns, canteens, deck chairs and wicker umbrellas. It’s the second more important egg-laying beach for Caretta Caretta sea turtle. It is 850 m long and is bordering with Sekania beach, which is totally protected (entry is not allowed) because it’s the nucleus of the National Marine Park of Zakynthos.
Kalamaki ( 4 Votes ) |
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An endless sandy beach with a lot of crowd. It stretches for 3.5 km and is the biggest egg-laying beach in Laganas bay.
Porto Zoro ( 0 Votes ) |
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A special beach with two characteristic boulders in the sea water. The water isn’t as shallow as in the other beaches of the east coast. Preferred by young people because it provides a nice hang out providing coffee and food. It has loud rock or electronic music and holds parties ending at the dawn of the next day.
Porto Roma ( 2 Votes ) |
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At the end of Vasilikos, you may find the small, sandy Porto Roma beach, with some taverns serving traditional Zakynthian dishes. It combines sea and mountain.