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Travel Destination Guide - Laganas
Laganas (Zante, Greece) 
Laganas Information
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Fabled for its extremes, Laganas is a busy strip development leading off the beach set in lush, green countryside, the heart of agricultural Zakynthos/Zante with fields of vines and olive groves. Laganas a good base for exploring the area.
Bars and their clientele spill out onto the busy high street throughout the night, although loud music is played only inside the clubs late at night.
It's long, gently shelving beach is very attractive, although there are perhaps a few too many sunbeds and beach umbrellas these days! It was once a nesting site for the Loggerhead Sea turtle, but the noise and lights of the resort deter any turtles from coming ashore here now.
This area is suitable for the young and lively who want to dance the night away. Also for families who don't mind some noise from discos and bars. The centre of the resort is not for those who want a quiet or peaceful holiday.
The accommodation is mainly self-catering studios in abundance and a variety of hotels, in the lower categories, as usual where life revolves around the bar.
Locality:
Laganas is on the S-facing coast, (5½ mls SW of Zakynthos and 3 mls SW of the airport). It is a part of a sweeping bay of mainly flat land, with gentle hills to the west rising eventually to the mountains that line the west coast of the island.
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Laganas Bay has the best resort beach on the island. It is nearly five mls long, fairly narrow and with gently shelving light tan sand. Plenty of beachside restaurants and snack bars. Motorised water sports are restricted because turtles use some parts of the bay for nesting.
There are a vast number of tourist shops, minimarkets and a couple of leather and gold shops both of which are specialities of the island.
During the daytime there is not much beyond the beach. Within walking distance of Sarakina mansion ruins and some superb views. There is some horse riding and boat trips to see the turtles.
This area is suitable for the young and lively who want to dance the night away. Also for families who don't mind some noise from discos and bars. The centre of the resort is not for those who want a quiet or peaceful holiday.
The accommodation is mainly self-catering studios in abundance and a variety of hotels, in the lower categories, as usual where life revolves around the bar.
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Population: 10.668.400
Languages: Greek 99% (official), English, French
Currency: euro
Currency code: EUR
Local Times:
Greece - Athens
Country Dialling Code: +30
Voltage: 220V 50Hz
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Greece appeals to different types of tourist, and very few could fail to find somewhere to suit their taste. From bustling Athens to blindingly bright islands, ancient fragments abound - the belly button of the cosmos at Delphi, fallen columns galore on the sacred island of Delos, frescoed Minoan palaces on Crete and even, quite possibly, the remnants of Atlantis at Santorini. Greeks are fierce guardians of tradition, but that doesn't mean they don't know how to have fun. In addition, hot sun and limpid seas conspire to make Greece a perfect place to relax. Whether you're supping in a beachside taverna , sipping coffee in a shady plateia or disco-dancing till dawn.
The Olympic Games were spawned in ancient classical Greece, along with democracy and the fundamentals of philosophy, science and mathematics. Modern Greece is better known as a great place to vacation rather than a centre of learning and culture. Today the country attracts by offering simple pleasures: delicious food at reasonable prices, local wine, beautiful beaches, sunshine, quaint villages, a seemingly endless lacework of coastline and little islands full of scenic surprises.
The country exudes traditional charm, particularly on its ever-popular islands, which cling to their stereotypical architecture and way of life despite being often over-run by tourists. Black-clad women still deliver vegetables to island tavernas on panniered donkeys, while bronzed, lined fishermen sit in the sun, drink thick coffee, and play dominoes or dice. The tourist infrastructure has intruded in many respects, but the timeless aspect of whitewashed buildings clustered on hillsides around narrow pebbled alleys has been retained. The myriad islands in the Aegean Sea are easily accessible from Piraeus, the historic harbour of Greece's mainland capital, Athens, by ferry or hydrofoil, offering a unique chance for 'island-hopping'. Many of the larger islands also have airports with connections to Athens or seasonally with major European cities.
On the mainland the city of Athens in the south is sprawling, overcrowded and polluted but nevertheless enthralls visitors, while Thessaloniki in the north is vibrant and modern with a Byzantine flavour. Athens is dominated by its major landmark, the Parthenon: the remains of other wonders of the ancient Greek classical world are to be found mainly on the Peloponnese Peninsula, south of Corinth, the gateway to a veritable treasure trove of history.
Greece and Greeks welcome with open arms the thousands of visitors that flock to admire their national assets every year - no-one leaves without having been warmed, both by the sun and the hospitality. |
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