Savvas Hotel Laganas

... with some creative photo cropping. In reality the ‘off season’ Greek beach is littered with trash and very unappealing (at least in this area). But even so, there was a good-humored man to took whatever change we had in our pockets for payment and let us stay without any paperwork or receipts. With an added invitation for a beer, that’s all I need!

THE TRIP BACK HOME

FROM POROS PORT IN KEFALONIA, TO KYLINI (PELOPONYSOS)

The day is beautiful today, and there is sunshine.

It is windy however, and we decided to return from Kilini instead, just one and a half hours in the Ferry.

Hi again everyone
After a day sailing yesterday we arrived in Katakolon which is the closest port to Olympia, I decided to have a tour free day today as I've already been to Olympia. The port town of Katakolon is quite small and pretty much setup for the tourist trade.

I have found a nice cafe on the seaside that has free WIFI as a bonus. It's good to sit down and have a coffee on firm land after more than a week at sea ...

... large ship cannot enter the caves.

If you want my advice, you shoul go by car to the north end of the island, at the lighthouse. From there you can go by boat to the shipwreck where they leave you one hour for swimm, and afterwords they take you to the caves. When you finish the trip and go back to yourou take the car, when you take the road back, you will see a small sign to the left 300m to the windmill. There you can eat and drink something, and if you go down the stairs ...

Visited Ancient Olympia where ancient Olympics were held for
centuries. Held at site of Zeus' Temple. In the museum they have the
figures that adorned the eaves above the temple - most impressive.
Tributes were given to Zeus, and the museum is also filled with
Katakolon, Greece cpandjy

... thrown back onto the beach where it had been being lovingly lapped by the waves. However, it was still readable and turnable! and Paul's efforts must be noted with honour.

The weather cleared up later to make a balmily hot evening. Pitches all around us filled up with young Greeks, no doubt taking a weekend away from the city. Later on when it was a bit emptier - people having gone down to the beach - we ...

... all a sandy beack just down the hill. In sum, although we had originally planned on just a night here, we swiftly decided to stay longer (in the end we did three nights). A late afternoon swim followed by bargain beer obtained from the shop contributed to this sage decision...

In the early evening Paul played his flute for a while in an handy adjacent olive grove, as the sun set into the sea. We ...

... The archaeological museum was with the Olympic site that had numerous objects discovered from around the site.

The Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity was free and nearby. We were able to learn more about the history of the games and see some of the things they used like shields or a disc that they threw. There were also some prizes on display. Some of the prizes used to be triple cauldrons. We learned how violent some of the boxing ...

Isn't that funny? I love sun, heat, swimming-pool, seaside, but I got bored in such conditions on Zakynthos. I thought as if I was in a cage. Touristic zone, small Porta Koukla, near Laganas - was too small for the city dweller like me. One restaurant and two shops when I could pay with credit cards. Is it EU at all? With such a huge touristic demand and therfore experience they didn't think much of the facilities.

Zante je glavni grad ovog Zakinotsa. Nakon zemljotresa i velikog požara iz 1953 godine grad je ponovo izgrađen u venecijanskom i vizantijskom stilu. Gred se često i naziva Venecijom juga.  Ovo je jedino mesto na ostrvu gde u sezoni ima više meštana nego turista. Većina ostrvske populacije koja broji oko 35.000 stanovnika živi upravo u ovom gradu.  U gradu postoji mnoštvo hotela oko luke ali plaža je ovde vrlo ...