Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Zakynthos (Zante), Griekenland

Druk — Christmas holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Out of season (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Clean Monday

• Feestdag

  Clean Monday

  23 febCarnavalSluitingenDruk

  Clean Monday, the first day of Orthodox Lent and 48 days before Easter, is a public holiday. Offices and most shops close, families head outdoors to picnic and fly kites, and tavernas serve Lenten food such as seafood, bean dishes and flat lagana bread. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Out of season (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Druk — Independence Day, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  25 mrtNationale feestdagSluitingen

  25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday. Schoolchildren and bands parade through town centres under blue-and-white flags, banks, offices and most shops close, and fried salt cod with garlic sauce is the traditional lunch. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Clean Monday (23 feb), Out of season (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Topdrukte — Orthodox Easter, Easter holidays (Orthodox) in Griekenland

• Feestdag

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 aprPasen & Goede WeekDruk

  Zakynthos keeps a Venetian-influenced Easter with brass bands behind the epitaphios, and the island opens for the season the same week the charter flights restart. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Natuur

  Loggerhead nesting in Laganas Bay

  1 mei – 31 oktNestelende schildpadden

  The bay holds one of the Mediterranean's most important loggerhead rookeries. Females come ashore from late May, the first hatchlings dig out in late July and it runs to October.

• Regel

  Marine park beach rules

  1 mei – 31 oktSluitingen

  Through the nesting season the park's beaches are closed from dusk to dawn, umbrellas and watersports are banned on the protected sands, and you keep to the wet strip near the water. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr)

Druk — Summer holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 jun – 15 okt · meestal

  Ionian water is warmer and calmer than the Aegean and the meltemi barely reaches here, so the west-coast sea caves and the blue caves are swimmable from June to mid-October.

Nog steeds bezig: Loggerhead nesting in Laganas Bay (1 mei – 31 okt), Marine park beach rules (1 mei – 31 okt)

Druk — Summer holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Loggerhead nesting in Laganas Bay (1 mei – 31 okt), Marine park beach rules (1 mei – 31 okt), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 15 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Greek August, Agios Dionysios

• Feestdag

  Greek August

  1–25 augSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  Domestic holidays and the 15 August feast on top of the charter season. Laganas and the boat trips to the shipwreck viewpoint are at their fullest, and the island's roads are narrow. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Agios Dionysios

  23–25 augReligieus feestDruk

  The island's patron is carried through Zakynthos town on 24 August with a fireworks finale over the harbour, repeated in a quieter form on 17 December. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Loggerhead nesting in Laganas Bay (1 mei – 31 okt), Marine park beach rules (1 mei – 31 okt), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Loggerhead nesting in Laganas Bay (1 mei – 31 okt), Marine park beach rules (1 mei – 31 okt), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — Ohi Day, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Ohi Day

  28 oktNationale feestdagSluitingen

  28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum. School and military parades fill town centres in the morning, flags hang from balconies, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Loggerhead nesting in Laganas Bay (1 mei – 31 okt), Marine park beach rules (1 mei – 31 okt), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 15 okt (meestal))

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Sluiting

  Out of season

  1 nov – 31 mrt

  The charter flights and the resort strips stop entirely from November and this becomes a green, wet, farming island. Zakynthos town and the Kyllini ferry keep going all winter. Bron ↗

Druk — Christmas holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Out of season (1 nov – 31 mrt)