Athina Apartments - (Accommodation in Kalamaki)

Suzanne H           

These apartments are great...unless you are in a basement which is located underneath shops or a restaurant. These are very noisy at night time when the shops close! Otherwise, no complaints!

Cave Bar - (Bars in Kalamaki)

Suzanne H           

Nice view over Kalamaki, make sure you wear mosquito protection tho'! Lots of pretty plants and good music.

Cronulla Bar - (Bars in Kalamaki)

Suzanne H           

One of our favourite bars! The Greek night is excellent, lovely food, superb dancing and everyone joins in!

Kalamaki Beach - (Beaches in Zante)

Suzanne H           

Brilliant beach, shallow, safe, good for kids especially with lilos. Pedalo trip is £5 an hour, good way to see the turtles, we also swam with them! Sunbeds are 1000 dr each for the day, with umbrella.

Laganas Beach - (Beaches in Zante)

Suzanne H           

We found this beach too busy, crowded, packed with motorbikes, cycles etc whizzing past. There are rows and rows of sunbeds, the sand is hardpacked and has to be raked around the sunbeds, not a very relaxing beach really.

Navagio Shipwreck Beach - (Beaches in Zante)

Suzanne H           

We hired a car and drove to Ag. Nikolaos near Skinari where we found a boat to take us to the Navagio and Blue Caves, for 4000dr adults, 2000dr children. We had the boat and the beach to ourselves, it was breathtaking! The boat backed as far as it could to the beach, we got into the water and walked onto the beach so take your costumes! It looks just as pretty as it does in the pictures!

Porto Zoro Beach - (Beaches in Zante)

Suzanne H           

We visited this beach around 5pm and it was very quiet, hardly anyone about. A lovely pretty sandy beach with thatched parasols and sunbeds.

Merlis Car Hire - (Car Rental in Zante)

Suzanne H           

We hired an older car for a day at a price of about £16. It was delivered to our apartment and picked up late at night. The lady in the office (Julie) is a Brit who has lived on the island for 15 years, 8 of them as a holiday rep, so she is very knowledgeable about places!

Blue Caves and Shipwreck Cruise - (Zante Excursions)

Suzanne H           

We drove to Ag.Nicholaos, near Skinari and booked a trip to Blue Caves and Ship Wreck on a faily large boat for 4000dr adult, 2000dr child. Forget the name of the company but they have a number of different boats in the harbour. We shared the boat with only one other couple and when we got to the Shipwreck had to get in the water to get on the beach, but we expected that and were in our costumes. It was brilliant and worth the money!

Greek Night - (Zante Excursions)

Suzanne H           

We went to a Greek night at the Cronulla Bar, Kalamaki and it was excellent. The food was very good, so were the dancers, they got us all up dancing round the pool and through the bar, it was a good night. Tickets were 3000dr adult, 1500 children tho' we got a slight reduction as we are vegetarians!

Weekend trip to Athens by coach - (Zante Excursions)

Suzanne H           

We went on a Wed/Thurs trip with Thomson, £65 adults, £42 kids (admission to ancient sites about £10 per adult extra, kids free). On the way we stopped at Epidavrus (ampitheatre), Mycene and Nafplio before crossing the Corinth Canal to Athens. We stayed in a 4star hotel in the Omonia district (red light). Next day we visited the running track where the Olympic flame starts, the Parthenon, the changing of the guard and the Plaka (flea market). It was a very busy trip but our 10 year old enjoyed it, probably not suitable for younger kids! Very good value for money, guided tours included, lots of info given!

Mermaids - (Restaurants in Kalamaki)

Suzanne H  (02 June 2001)         

We have just returned from Kalamaki and ate here several times. We were impressed with the service, food, prices and "child-friendliness", in fact, the Mermaid became the standard by which we judged all other restaurants, most of which were found lacking in comparison!!

Parthenon Restaurant - (Restaurants in Kalamaki)

Suzanne H           

We ate here when we couldn't get in at Mermaids, and were disappointed! We ordered two different vegetarian pasta dishes and they gave us virtually the same dinner, and they were very small portions too compared with what some meat-eaters were getting! We didn't go back!

Sugar Reef - (Restaurants in Kalamaki)

Suzanne H  (02 June 2001)         

Not many vegetarian options, so we ordered vegetable curries. When it came, it was a mound of mixed veg mixed with curry powder surrounded by chips! It was vile! The manager said no one else had complained about it in four years! We chose the vegetarian pizza instead which was good.

Zepos Taverna - (Restaurants in Kalamaki)

Suzanne H           

Well positioned near the beach. My husband ordered a vegetarian dish, Giant Beans, which looked a bit dull but he said it tasted alright, then he found a bit of metal in it! They gave him another one and didn't charge for it, maybe we were just unlucky!

Thomson now TUI - (Tour Operators in Zante)

Suzanne H           

We went with Portland Direct, a branch of Thomsons. Our apartment was not what we expected, very noisy, but our rep Cathy, was brilliant and did her best to move us to a less noisy one. We would travel with them again.

Cyberland - (Other Things in Laganas)

Suzanne H  (02 June 2001)         

We walked from Kalamaki several times to use this cybercafe, we could always get on a computer, my daughter played pool with my husband while I was surfing.