Zakynthos Travel Guide
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- Greece is my home away from home, and my total love affair with it dates back to my very first trip to this mystical country in 2015. My first stop back then was to this tiny Ionian island. For many, Zakynthos is a collection of extraordinary beaches and some outlandish nightlife, but to me, it's more than a pin on a map; It's where I come back to connect with friends and revisit all the simple things that make me happy. Welcome to Zakynthos: an island very close to my heart.
+ Intro (my love for Greece) - 0:54
+ What Zakynthos means to me - 2:16
+ Zakynthos: the basics - 3:16
+ The reposeful olive fields - 4:57
+ Zante town - 6:23
+ A "local's" perspective - 7:06
+ Laganas - 10:12
+ The famous screensaver - 12:03
+ The Navagio Shipwreck Beach viewpoint - 13:48
+ A day on a rental boat - 15:24
+ Keri caves - 17:08
+ Outro - 19:33
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Where is your home away from home?...
For me it's Chania, Crete or the island of Ischia near Napoli, Italy - all the way from Queensland, Australia!
I've been to Zakynthos but would love to return to explore it more in depth, along with Kefalonia which seems stunning!
Fantastic videos btw, been watching you for some time man, keep it up!
still in search of mine. heart still might be stuck in southeast Asia. this coming from a Michigan boy. nice video brotha!
GREECE ALWAYS
Many Places in Greece , i have many Friends in Greece Made in all the Years by visiting the Great Greece , Friends they stand Higher that some Familymember .
Greece of course! My dream is to leave from Cyprus and live and die in Greece 🇬🇷
I am a Canadian expat living in Zakynthos and I simply love this video. You have caught the true essence of this island and it's hidden treasures. Simply lovely!
You don’t have to go to the most popular tourist locations or most sought out destinations in each country to experience true beauty and wonder. You really showed just that in this video. Each area of Zakynthos was breathtaking in its own way; from the serene country side to the stunning beaches, it all left me in awe.
Greece is awesome I travel every year from Australia
Planos, Zakynthos.
That is what attracted me to this video.
My wife and I have been to Zakynthos 8 times now and the last 7 years were spent in Planos. We are going there again twice this year.
Yes. If we could we would live there permanently if we could 1. find the right property and 2. have the the courage to leave everything and everyone we know and love behind in the UK.
The way we see it, when we visit Zakynthos, we are not going on holiday but going home for 2 weeks.
This was so wonderful, thank you! As a Greek living abroad you put into words what I feel each time I am in Greece! It may sound cheesy but you really spoke to my soul and out of it! 💝
My home is Greece💗💗 even if I live in Romania...Greece is so beautiful🥰and the guide also🙈
Me tooo what a coincidence
This is exceptionally well done. The focus on the subject (and not the presenter), the writing & editing, the commentary that is insightful. Really appreciated that this was a guide-like travelog, and not just a supercut of (as you pointed out) techno & drone shots. I've been to the Ionian 40+ times; you nailed it.
One thing I will say, in respectful disagreement with your Belgian friend, is that off-season (& even wintertime) Ionian can be just as beautiful and idyllic as the summer - admittedly in very different ways. The everyone-knows-your-business element is there, and is true of most small communities, so the extra crowds in summer and focus on tourist season hospitality that they bring definitely masks it. But there's something surreally beautiful about winter grey-mist mornings where smells of burning firewood carry, and (if you're in the right place) a donkey's bray in the distance reaches your ears.
I felt you were sharing a place that meant something to you, rather than just passing through. Thanks. It resonated with me, as it must with others.
The world still look amazing despite what happened .Thanks for sharing Mitch you're always making good video's and stories.
This is by far my favorite island. I’ve been going there since 1978. Before there was a ship on shipwreck beach. My ex moved back in 2007, lives in the village of Agalas. Has travena, but will be retiring in October “22”. Will hope to go back next year. I could sit in a cafe in Keri just people watching. Enjoy your travels.
been to lots of islands and Zakynthos is our favourite! Vassilikos is wonderful....love it! thanks for the video
So wonderfully. This video brought tears in my eyes! We’ll be going there in 2023!! Thank you Mitchell🤍
We have been holidaying in Greece since 2003 !! Zakynthos and Corfu this year, heaven on earth, nowhere else I'd rather be ❤🇬🇷
How did you get from Corfu to Zakynthos? Im going there this summer. But realised after booking ticket to Corf that there was no ferry-connection til Zakynthos
@@anettestrand Hi , it's two separate holidays!
the magic of Greece transcends through your videos. exceptional video production!
Thank you Yanni!
Such a well-made video! Great job 👏🏻
Just discovered your channel, Mitchell. I love your style of storytelling around your trips. I look forward to following your travel adventures in the future!
Well done Mitchell. As a local person, I'm so glad that you took the chance to visit Zakynthos. Feeling so happy for you to get to see the true beauty of Zakynthos and not stuck on the mainstream places as the most tourist do. Keep up the great work 👍 greetings from Ζάκυνθος 🏖
Good evening. Can you tell me like local . We want visit Zakinthos with family. Which month better ? Thank you
EXCELLENT VIDEO AND I LOVE GREECE AS WELL
Beautiful narrations! I enjoyed all of your travel vlogs.
You left out one of the most impressive things of Zakynthos! The beaches of the bay are an important nesting site for sea turtles in the mediterranean, the Caretta Caretta. I’ve been to Zante three times: As a child with my parents, at 18 to do volunteering with the local sea turtle protection society Archelon and now returned for vacation with my boyfriend, showing him the beauty of this island. It truly felt like coming home 💚 I recommend going before the high season if possible, unfortunately reckless tourism puts a lot of pressure on the islands precious ecosystem.
Compact and precise
This clip is elite 👌🏼
wow you did a great job in filming this video its so well shot! love it!
This format where you actually get to talk someone who knows the place (truly) is incredible . Also, any video with dry humor is my kind of video lol
I've been to greece this May 2022... I realky miss Greece specially santorini😀 Thank you for this beautiful video...😀
Fantastic 👏
Spot on! TV quality!
fantastic video, AS ALWAYS
I also love Greece , i go every year at least 1 or 2 times... this summer i will go to Zakinthos 💙🇬🇷
Really enjoyed watching
I'm just like you. Zakynthos is bringing me some joy I can never find somewhere else and I can relate with you on everything 💯 This video was giving me inner peace 🤩
so proud I am from this beautiful place.. i am in love with Zakynthos and will always be
Top tier island to be from
Thank you for sharing! that unexplainable feeling of a mixture of happiness, joy, and I don´t know what. That is the reason I like to travel. I wish I would travel more. I just came from Athens, Santorini, and Istanbul. And yes it's a bummer I got Covid from traveling but I don´t regret the trip at all. It was my lifelong dream to visit Santorini, and I did. I waited two years to use those airline tickets. Also, I did not expect to like Athens so much. I did not like Istanbul as much as I hoped, although is beautiful, it was a little chaotic and crowded with people. I want to return to Greece and to other greek islands to learn and discover more!
Tolles Video 👏👏👏, wir genießen unsere Urlaubszeit auf dieser herrlichen Insel und kommen sicher wieder 👍🌞🫶
My favorite UA-camr is back!
You always love the first Greek island you go to my Greek island was Andros ..great video filmed with passion
My go to island in greece! Ive been many times, the first time when i was 12 with my parents. Going late season this year and it can't come soon enough... Great work btw 😊
“Like a heard of pink bison” 🤣🤣🤣
o how I’m so happy I’ve never related to this iconic British behaviour!
Great vid, thanks for showcasing the beauty and honesty of this island ♥️
I can definitely relate. I love greece and it feels like I should have been born there or lived there in the past live for those who believe in past lives. Going to zakhyntos for the first time this July and I'm so eager to try this boat ride, you inspired me to rent a boat and drive it myself.
Lmao "lost LeBlanc cream his boardshorts" I'm dying 🤣
Poor guy would die...
This makes me want to go to Greece like now
I really loved it when you said that you are the happiest version of your self!!
beautiful.
This is amazing to recognize it.
so come and live hear.
I am from Greece , Athens
and when I came for a weekend In Zakynthos , as i was laying down on the beach i desided to stay.
And i live here in zakynthos now.
It was nice to see the video and the appreciation of yours!!
p.s.
when you will come again i would love to drink coffee together or eat somewhere wonderful.
contact
p.s.2
Zakynthos in winter is magical.
believe me !!!!
p.s.3
so touched with your experience on the boat my fried !!!
Love
Despoina
Beautiful video 👍👍👍👍 love it. 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
Bravo Mitchell, very impressive mini documentation. Keep it up. Might run into you one of these summers.
Back to watch again.......great job my friend
Greece is just amazing and this is a great video. I don't find any other European country quite like it, especially for a summer trip.
Haha i love it! Thanks!
Lovely
Zakynthos was the first Greek island i visited in 1996 and i have been several time since.It is a fantastic place
Hey I am from Zakynthos! It really is nice.
Just when that last British girl throws up in the beach he says hahaha I loved it
With such a great talent in video making, travel story telling narrative skills, you should have a lot more subscribers than Los Leblanc!
Unfortunately, UA-cam and its algorithms prefer constant uploading, my friend.
Currently sat by the pool in a lovely hotel in Agios Sostis..... Zakynthos is beautiful
This video has encouraged us to rent a car again for a few days to explore more ☀️😁
This was so great!! We are going to Zakynthos in September and I’m so excited! You’ve convinced me that we need to rent a boat.
It’s a must 😎
I am going September too so excited!! Can’t wait either I go on the 11th for a week first time!! When do you go 💙🖐😍
@@shannondixon8653 Yay! That’s so awesome! We will be there September 8th-13th! So cool we will be there at the same time.
My home away from home, in a week, I'll be back here. 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
i was in zakynthos 2 weeks ago, also hired a boat and everything but this video is the best time i could have reliving my vacation wanting to go back right now but cant...
Meraviglia..❤❤❤sono stata 2 anni fa..e un paradiso .mi manca ti amo Grecia ❤❤❤🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
I've been in heaven. When I met sunrise on the view point at the top of navaggio beach with my wife I fel in the sky. I have never seen before and after views like that.. never
It was great moment of all my life.
But then, we went to Agios Nicolaos and rented speedboat, and go through sea and blue caves to beach of navaggio. It was 5 hours full of happynes.
And after that, when we went in Zante city to hotel we overturned on rental car Smart... But, It was the culmination of my emotions.
It was the best day of my life.
And thank you Mitchell, because I saw your video before trip in zakinthos and You Ve impressed me for my trip
Hi Mitchell great video of the island of Zakynthos! I have visited three of the Greek islands all very beautiful. I recently visited Vasili cost
One of the best travel videos of the island. So informative, well filmed, narrated video out there. Next time you will come to Zakynthos, please send me a message to arrange your stay! I would be very happy to do so.
The road of Vasilikos Zakynthos is like dream
Very well made video
Im from Zakynthos! I would love to take you to the hidden gems of the island and show you what would make you love this island even more! thanks for showing its beauty!
Where are some of those hidden gems? I’ll be heading there in a few weeks :)
I would also liked to know 😊
I’d love to know too
Going there next month, what hidden gems are there?
I love that you love Hellas so much. You could always learn the language and stay there for a while.
As a veteran of 20+ years of visiting the less touristy islands of Greece, I have always skipped Zakynthos because of its reputation as a wild party island, to be avoided at all costs despite its stunning beauty. Wrong! I totally share every aspect of your awe of Greece and your video has convinced me that my next visit will definitely start there. Well done on a story well crafted and beautifully produced.
It gets a bad rep only because of Laganas, but it’s one of the most complete islands in Greece. Enjoy it!
Next time you come and visit, say hello and come and visit Tislivi , great Podcast.
i couldn't agree more i'm going to Zakynthos again in sept for if i rem correctly for my 6th time x
Me too it's home.
Keep going habibi
Great video, almost went to Zakynthos to work this year, but ended up headed for Gozo instead!
Curious, what's the song at 13:30?
Take care..😍😇
My island ❤️
Simply the best
Been there last year solo... Wish I had had more time to explore it further...
I’m literally going here for the first time in September this video put me at such ease luckily I’m not in the party district but I think a few nights won’t hurt anybody 😉😂
New subscriber here.. from the Philippines
Bruh the roast of their nightlife was just chefs kiss 😂😂👌🏻
In zacynthus ISELAND I am so close to nature .
Hi Mitchell,
awesome video. Thank you!
Just wanted to ask how many days you spent on the island during that trip?
I took the bus from Athens to the west coast and then a ferry to Zakynthos in 2010 and found it far from stress-inducing. On the contrary, it was relaxing - maybe not the quickest way but I definitely got to see more of the country en route.
Existential crisis-inducing*
I am Greek and I feel blessed
"when that last british girl pukes outside a beachside bar" I subscribed to your channel for this sentence :D
Greece is maybe the only country in the world where a shipwreck may become a tourist attraction. 😀
Hi Mitchell, thank you for the vlog. What camera are you using?
I hope that Laganas is ready for us , here come the crazy Serbs baby !
It's hard to live I love it too did naxos like California a bit plaka Beach excellent too nearby did mykonos creta athènes for. Transit coz too hot Santorini and creta and soon I will do this one can't wait
Hey Mitchell! Where did you rent the ATV in Zakynthos? Looked really nice and would love to do that as well when I get there next week!
This was my favoirte greek island becasue it felt very traditional and not touristy. I also stayed on the desolate side of the island btw.
We're heading to Zakynthos next month - as someone who has been a few times, do you have any recommendations of restaurants you always return to, favourite bars, bakeries etc?
Visiting Zakynthos and was wondering where exactly did you take the "reposeful stroll"? Looks amazing!
Just when you travel to zakynthos if you have the flexibility (more than 3-4 days) pick the correct day for the shipwreck beach ✌️
What is the song at 12:05?
Thanks for the answer.
How many days in Zakynthos would you recommend? Is September a good time to visit?
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We love zante but Rhodes is amazing and beautiful 👍😎👌
Also U could go to Budapest,Hungary (-where I am from) similar like Paris..
Bias totally aside, which Greek island would you recommend to visit over all of them? Considering I have done Crete already which was incredible. Am in the process of booking a trip and I am torn between all of them!!
This is a loaded question because it depends on what you like to do and what you want to experience. It’s probably always best to start in The Cyclades because it’s easy to hop around there and the feel is unmatched.
Great video does anyone know the beach/bar name at minute 19.23 we are going in sept and would like to visit
my boyfrined and I (20 years old), are booked to stay at a hotel which is a 15 min walk outside zante town for 10 nights at the begining of may. we are looking for a decent night life (nice restaraunts, bars, shops, atmosphere) but are not bothered about going wild and staying in the likes of laganas. having said that .. I am worried we may get bored on the evenings staying in the one town for 10 nights as i'm not sure what the night life is like in zante town and wether there is enough to do for 10 nights. do you reccomend we book two different hotels for the duration of our holiday one in another part of the island?
thanks for the video it was super informative!
I would say to book 5 nights there and then the remaining 5 nights in Argassi; that’s a really good town with great nightlife. Zante nightlife is limited to a few bars in St Marco Square.
Of course, if you rent a quad (which you should) and you don’t mind quick drives, just stay where you are and drive to wherever whenever.
Do you have any recommendations on were to live when you are visiting? Not in any party-area. Thanks!