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Beaches with bars in Zakynthos
17 beaches in Zakynthos with a bar or café close by. Re-ranked live, so the flattest sea comes first.
These beaches have at least one bar, café or pub mapped within 300 m of the sand, so you can stay for a drink after the swim. The number in the table is how many OpenStreetMap shows; there may be more than are mapped.
All 17 beaches with bars on Zakynthos
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laganas beach | south-east | – | 1919 bars and cafés | 3232 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
| Alykes beach | north-east | Sand | 1111 bars and cafés | 2020 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Tsivili beach | north | – | 1515 bars and cafés | 1313 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
| Alykanas beach | north | – | 55 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
| St. Nicholas Beach | south-east | – | 33 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
| Kalamaki Beach | south | – | 22 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Agios Nikolaos-Volimes beach | east | – | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Porto Roxa | south-west | – | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Keri beach | east | – | 22 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Makris Gialos | north-east | – | 33 bars and cafés | Parking | ||
| Porto Limnionas | south | – | 11 bar or café | Parking | ||
| Xigia | north-east | – | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking |
| Ammoudi | north-east | – | 11 bar or café | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Banana Beach | north-east | – | 11 bar or café | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
| Mavratzis | east | – | 11 bar or café | Parking | ||
| Little Xigia | north-east | – | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Porto Zoro Beach | north-east | – | 11 bar or café | Parking |
Zakynthos: how busy is it, month by month
Zakynthos is busiest in August. In May and October there are about half as many visitors, or fewer. For a flat sea and fewer people, the best months are June and October.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the Ionian Islands region (Eurostat, average of 2023–2025), compared with its busiest month. They show when the area is busy, not how many people are on a given beach.
Frequently asked questions
Which beaches in Zakynthos have a beach bar?
17 of the 36 mapped beaches on Zakynthos have a bar or café within 300 m, for example Laganas beach, Alykes beach, and Tsivili beach. The ones with the most are listed first.
Are these all bars on the sand?
Not always. We list bars and cafés within 300 m of the beach as mapped in OpenStreetMap: some are on the sand, some just behind it. Opening times change with the season, so check before you go.
How do you know which beaches are sheltered?
For every beach we measured how much open sea lies in each of 16 compass directions, using OpenStreetMap coastlines. Waves build over open water, so a beach with land close by in the direction the wind comes from is sheltered. Today's wind forecast from MET Norway is then applied, and the result is refreshed every 2 hours.
Are the forecasts reliable?
They are estimates. The model does not include swell from distant storms, and local gusts can be stronger than forecast. Always follow lifeguard flags and local warnings.