Best Places to See in Zakynthos

 

Combining Greek history with the orthodox faith is the church of Ayios Georgios, where you can see the actual icon on which members of the Greek Revolution of 1821 like Kolokotronis and Nikitaras took their oath to serve their country and the fight against the Ottomans.

Head to Alexandros Roma Street for shopping. You will find plenty of choices, high-quality products and all in prices that are much lower than in other European cities. Zakynthos is an excellent place to buy exquisite jewels in unbeatable prices. On the same street and its side streets, you will find something that is hard to find in the rest of Greece and Europe. Old traditional stores, like old-fashioned barbershops that use homemade colognes made with flowers from Zakynthos, tailors that handcraft every suit from scratch and grocery stores where you can only buy in bulk.

Walk to Rouga to admire its famous arcs and then head to Strada Marina, the promenade by the beach where locals and tourists stroll and have their afternoon coffee. For something off the beaten path, look for the neighbourhood of Mpohali, a picturesque area with narrow streets and amazing home gardens located on the foothill of the island’s castle.

For museum lovers, Zakynthos has many options. The Museum of Solomos and Eminent People of Zakynthos was founded in 1959 and began operating in 1966. On the ground floor, the remains of Greece’s national poets Dionysios Solomos and Andreas Kalvos are kept. In the museum you can see many great manuscripts of notable poets and novelists hailing from Zakynthos and a rich collection of portraits of important historic personalities. There is also a remarkable library, furnishings from the British rule era and an extensive photographic collection. Other collections in the museum contain religious and folk paintings, sculptures, ceramics and wood carvings.

For art lovers, the Museum of Meta-Byzantine Art contains impressive pieces of art from the Cretian and Cretian-Eptanisian era.

Also, the Folklore Museum, also known as Memoroza, in Potamia, has a small but beautiful collection of local costumes, textiles, utensils, tools and furniture and many old photographs of the island, depicting the beautiful island of Zakynthos before the disastrous earthquake that destroyed the island in 1953.

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