National Marine Park of Zakynthos

Shallow clear water running up to a sandy beach strip. Safe for small people. Access only from sunrise 7am to sunset due to nesting turtles 🐢. Eggs hatching from late July to October and sites are marked out. Lifeguards until 6pm. Facilities behind the beach, Kalamaki Beach Hotel direct onto beach for good lunch & refreshments. Pedalos etc, for hire, along with sunbeds,& parasols - at €20 a hit!

It's a really nice long sandy beach. It's great to laze away the day. The sea is shallow and inviting. The cliffs are interesting as they seem to have crystal inbedded in them. You might see turtle nest on the beach but do not go yo close to them as they are protected by law. ACCESS to the beach is from 7am till sunset only.

Lovely, long and wide beach. A lot of the rear of the beach is roped off where the loggerhead turtle nests are. A lot of the nests are covered with a small wooden wigwam to protect them. The sea starts out shallow so it is ideal for children. On the day we visited there were volunteers excavating a nest and there was a small turtle starting it's journey to the sea.

I can not imagine, how such a place can be called "National Park". It is dissgusting!! In front of this rubbish are turtles eggs places!! Poor. It is 21st century, and we have this??!!

Nice view of planes landing and taking off, the beach has rocks on the beach and it looks very good! When I was there few days ago the sea was nice but there was a lot of sea grass.

It's...ok. It's not the nicest beach, if I'm honest, by my opinions, it's a bit of dive (and I'm not talking with a snorkel). However, I imagine that is due to it being a nesting beach, so there is likely little you can do to it in terms of doing it up a little. It's a nice walk from one side of the beach to the other, between Kalamaki and Laganos ( I'd say about 40 minutes but feels shorter). I did also accidentally got chance to swim with two turtles one evening (they are huge) which was nice. If you're in the area, it's not a bad visit - but I wouldn't make a special trip for it.

The area included in the National Park is great! I unknowingly went on a boat trip to see turtles at see which turned into a race to harras a poor turtle. Had I known "turtle spotting" equals "turtle hunting" I would not have gone.

A bit of a climb or hike to get up here but an excellent view of the beach with all the turtle pyramid things. This is the trail dirt track that goes to either the nudist beach or a hike up the hill to the taverna at the top. Its a long walk but worth it as the taverna is really nice and has fantastic views.