Gill and I have just returned from a really wonderful two weeks on Zakynthos, staying at the Astir Palace Hotel. We originally booked for Kefalonia on a Thomas Cook package, but due to the XL failure, the flight was not available, so we changed to the Island of Zanta from 25th September to 9th October 2008.  This is a really excellent hotel in a great location. We had a side room with a sea view, which was fine. Cleanliness could not be faulted, with clean towels every day, change of bed linen every two days, and maids allways around cleaning.  We had Bed and Breakfast, as there are many excellent restaurants to eat in near by and along the beach. Particularly liked the Avanti restaurant just up the road. The bar in the hotel was almost deserted all the time, suppose this was because of the inflated prices, but we never tried it. The pool bar was excellent with a good selection of snacks and meals, and a lovely clean pool too. Just with they dod not charge for the sunbeds!  Weather was changeable for the first week, but this did not bother us.  Overall, an excellent holiday and we would definitely return to this lovely hotel.