Green waters of the friendly Ionian Sea surround the paradise place - Greek Island Zakynthos. Here are the ancient temples of the Venetian period and many monasteries, which gently store shrines and miraculous icons. The island, which is the birthplace of St. Dionysius Zakynthos, defender of the island, the poet Andrei Calvos, as well as the Dionysius of Solomos, who created the national anthem of the country. This sinking in greenery and a fragrant set of colors, the island sinking by poets has an ancient history. Thanks to the convenient location of the island Zakynthos, there is an opportunity to easily move to other Ionic Islands - Corffs, Lefkas, Paxa, Itaks, Ketira and Kefalonia, as well as to Peloponnese. The tourist industry is experiencing rapid growth here, but at the same time he is listening to the local population, which does not want to build huge buildings to spoil and destroyed the natural medium of the island. The advantages of this resort in Greece are his extraordinary natural beauty, a rich cultural and historical heritage and traditional guilty of the local population.
Zakynthus introduces beautiful harbor, white sand and mountains covered with pine forests, green vineyards, golden beaches, transparent water, almonds and olive groves ... They are also of interest to large cartel turtles - for many millennia appear here in July to postpone the eggs on Islands beaches.
Today on the island of Zakynthos, the ancient traditions of ancestors - well-known folklore and musical events are regularly organized. Comfortable hotels that have a fairly high level of service, a variety of restaurants, colorful taverns and bars, beaches with excellent infrastructure, where you have the opportunity to engage in various sports on water, emerald sea waters with a variety of animal and vegetable world, and, of course, comfortable climatic Conditions - this is what attracts many holidaymakers here. Any tourist who will come to Zakynthos Island will detect all the conditions for a great pastime filled with positive emotions. Wonderful landscapes of the island will not be able to leave indifferent.
Probably the main attraction of this town is wonderful sandy beaches, which are located in the cozy harbors. However, the island is most proud of its Naval Park Reserve Opened more than eleven years ago, which includes Limni Keri beaches, Laganas Beach, Kalamaki, Strofades, as well as some small islands south of Zakynthos. Here you can observe a typical Mediterranean unique and unique ecosystem - sand dunes and beaches, washed by the Ionian Sea, where the rarest kinds of turtles, dolphins, unusual feathered, iguan and dictum live. If you relax on Zakynthos, then you should be in numerous local museums, most famous among which are Museum of Byzantine Art and Museum of the Two glanced Greece poets who lived here - Andreas Kalvosa and Dionysios Solomos. Do not forget to also visit Alexander Roma Family Museum and Maritime Museum where you can learn about the history of the Greek Fleet in detail.
On the island very carefully apply to all buildings that they are painted in the column of ocher. All houses are built according to traditional style - they have loggias and confused venetian porticists. In the traditions of the same style built and Embankment of Prat Marina where at any time life boils, Central Square on the island - St. Mark that completely laid down tiles as well District of Bohalis which is located near the fortress - here you can walk along the narrow streets, sit in comfortable restaurants and coffee shops, where we are not only tasty, but listen to old music. Abniently elevated over the bohalis area Fortress building Where you can observe a wonderful picture of Zakynthos Island, surrounded by the azure waters of the Ionian Sea.
And coming, and the local youth loves to relax in the small town of Argasi, in which the famous Ancient bridge which erected in the 1800th year. An interesting design of this structure is one part of the bridge stands on the sand, and the other in the water of the sea. The pride of the island Zakynthos is also the church buildings of the Byzantine style, one of which is an old Church of St. Donia.
This building is erected in honor of the patron saint of the island of Zakynthos, and its holy remains are stored here. On August 24, this temple hosts a meeting of the inhabitants of the island and pilgrims from around the state, as well as others, they are solemnly honored by the memory of this saint.
Also notable Church of St. Nicholas , dated the period of the Middle Ages.
This temple, which stands out due to its unusual construction of the Venetian style, destroyed the earthquake and the fire that followed him - in 1953, after that, he was rebuilt again and appeared to the world in pristine gruse - with the help of sailors. At first, this temple was erected on the island, and only the bridge connected this island building and Zakynthos, but later the island was attached to land - with the help of mound. Therefore, in our days, this temple belongs to the local diocese. The building is dated to the seventeenth century, this is the oldest building located on the Solomos Square, erected according to the Renaissance style, and his bell tower more corresponds to Byzantine.
Temple of Holy Maurus
This building is located in the village of Maheherado, it was erected as a simple basilica, has a Venetian bell tower with a height of thirty-seven meters. It is believed that the sound published by its bells is most melodic in all Greece. The temple was erected where the miracle of the icon of the Holy Maur occurred. According to the legend, the icon hung here on the tree when she found her local shepherd. He took her away with him to the village, but in the evening she appeared again at the same place. It happened until then, until the temple was erected in honor of the Holy Maur. It is believed that the icon of this saint is the most famous monument of history on the island. The island is very honored by the holy and her icon. In 2005, a fire happened, which destroyed the inner decoration in the church, which was a unique example of church art ... Nowadays, restoration work is held here.