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Family beaches in Zakynthos
21 beaches in Zakynthos that are easy to reach and have something useful close by: a lifeguard, a place to eat or drink, toilets. Ranked live, so the flattest sea comes first.
A family beach here is easy to reach (a road or track at the beach, or a car park close by), is not a naturist beach, and has at least one thing families need within 300 m: a lifeguard, a café, bar or taverna, toilets or a mapped beach resort. It all comes from OpenStreetMap, so a beach can have more than the map shows. We do not know how quickly the water gets deep, so check that on arrival if you have small children.
All 21 family beaches on Zakynthos
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dafni Beach | south | Sand | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Alykes beach | north-east | Sand | 1111 bars and cafés | 2020 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Tsivili beach | north | – | Lifeguard | 1515 bars and cafés | 1313 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort |
| Agios Nikolaos-Volimes beach | east | – | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Kalamaki Beach | south | – | 22 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Laganas beach | south-east | – | 1919 bars and cafés | 3232 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| St. Nicholas Beach | south-east | – | 33 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| 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 | |||
| Alykanas beach | north | – | 55 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Madrakia Beach | east | – | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Porto Vromi | west | – | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Ammoudi | north-east | – | 11 bar or café | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Banana Beach | north-east | – | 11 bar or café | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Plaka/Perivolakia | north | – | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Amboula Beach | north | – | 44 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Little Xigia | north-east | – | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Makris Gialos | north-east | – | 33 bars and cafés | Parking | ||||
| Xigia | north-east | – | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Porto Zoro Beach | north-east | – | 11 bar or café | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Porto Kaminia | north-east | – | Parking | Beach resort |
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 are good for families?
21 of the 36 mapped beaches on Zakynthos are easy to reach and have a lifeguard, a place to eat or drink, toilets or a resort nearby. The best fits are Dafni Beach, Alykes beach, and Tsivili beach.
Is the water shallow at these beaches?
The map data does not say how quickly the sea gets deep, so we do not claim it. Sandy beaches usually slope gently, but check on arrival and keep an eye on small children. The live ranking above shows which of these beaches have flat water today.
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.