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KALAMAKI

Following the road that leads to the
airport, at a distance of 8km we find
Kalamaki, one of the most tourist are-
as of Zakynthos. The wide beach, with
the tall cliffs at its edge, is covered with ideal for young families. The beach has
sand dunes or ammokouloumoi, as the easy-access, there’s a small waterpark,
people of Zakynthos call them. Sea car- and the tavernas around the village offer
nations from in the sand, providing the plenty of eating out options, including
entire area with an exotic note. children’s menus and play areas. What’s
more, the glass-bottom boat to
Kalamaki consists of one long main
street, that has great restaurants, bars Turtle Island is one trip your children
and souvenir shops and a number of won’t forget for a while. What makes Kal-
hotels that surround it. Kalamaki is by amaki so special is that it’s beach serves
far the quieter and more up-market re- as the nesting area for the loggerhead
sort with the bustling nightlife of Laganas turtles or “Carretta Carretta” who lay
only three miles away. With a pace that thousands of eggs during the months of
rarely gets beyond third gear, Kalamaki is June and July.