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Organized beaches in Zakynthos
19 beaches in Zakynthos with facilities: a mapped beach resort, or bars and tavernas close by with toilets or parking. Ranked live for today's wind.
An organized beach here is mapped as a beach resort, or has at least 2 bars, cafés or tavernas within 300 m together with toilets or a car park. This is what the map shows. Sunbeds and umbrellas are not mapped, so ask on arrival what is rented and what is free.
All 19 organized beaches on Zakynthos
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsivili beach | north | – | Lifeguard | 1515 bars and cafés | 1313 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort |
| Alykanas beach | north | – | 55 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Alykes beach | north-east | Sand | 1111 bars and cafés | 2020 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| Porto Zoro Beach | north-east | – | 11 bar or café | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Kalamaki Beach | south | – | 22 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Keri beach | east | – | 22 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Porto Kaminia | north-east | – | Parking | Beach resort | ||||
| Agios Nikolaos-Volimes beach | east | – | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Dafni Beach | south | Sand | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Porto Roxa | south-west | – | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| 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 | ||
| Madrakia Beach | east | – | 22 tavernas and restaurants | 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 are organized?
19 of the 36 mapped beaches on Zakynthos have a beach resort, or bars and tavernas with toilets or parking close by. Among them: Tsivili beach, Alykanas beach, and Alykes beach.
Do organized beaches have sunbeds and umbrellas?
Often, but the map data does not list sunbeds, so we cannot promise it. Check on arrival what is rented and what is free.
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.