Kalamaki Beach Hotel - (Accommodation in Kalamaki)

John W           

If you can handle basic accomodation....youll love it.Room was cold & smelled damp when we arrived at 6am,hotel staff were very good & offered us a room next day (but veiw of carpark wasnt what i want so we opted to let them freshen room up the first room more) Only 2 single creaky wood beds & a table.Standard toilet for Greece (yup no shower curtain so floor soaked all time & bucket for ur waste toilet paper- you get used to it)Lots of mosquitos around & wasps so be ready.Oh and the walls are paper thin..to all you lovers out there!
Hotel is clean but again very basic-no entertainment at hotel day/night. So Laganas is best option (5mins by taxi-price @6E)
We hired a car for 3 days which is good to go & find secluded beaches.Drove all round island & offroad too.The blue caves are nice as is the shipwreck veiw from cliffsides on west side.
Beaches at Kalamaki are nice & safe for kids but cig ends mess at road end (move up towards cliffs cleaner.) We wont be back to Zante but for a cheap break in the sun it was ok.We got 4 lovely days of hot sun.I think some people were bit shocked at low standards here,maybe they too used to Spain.I travel regular & have seen far worse & of course far better accomodation.The Sun Appolo (think it was called across road from this hotel was far better looking)
Most places closing for end season now.So bit of ghost town.The planes do fly overhead but you ignore them after a while

Kalamaki Resort - (Resorts in Zante)

John W           

Very basic & most closing down for the winter.Go at this time if you need a quick break in sun.Keep mosquito repellent handy though & plenty wasps too.Get a hire car & go off roading if you are there.Food is ok,shop around for cheapest(same offered in all restaurants)