Xigia Beach
Beaches in Zante
Location: About 6kms northwest of Alykes just off the main road to Skinari
Getting There: Take the main road heading north through Katastari and keep going along the coast, you will see a small car park and a taverna on the right. The beach is hidden from the road until you have already gone past it
Access: A very steep and rough track leads down to the beach. Don't risk it in your rental car!
Sunbeds: No
Toilets: No
Watersports: No
Safe for Kids: Not really. The water gets deep quickly and it is quite rocky in places
Food & Drinks: No, unless you climb back up the hill to the taverna
Turtles: No
Seaweed: No
Sand or Pebbles: Course sand with pebbles in places
Car Parking: A small car park at the top next to main road. If it's full then the beach will be busy!
Beaches near to Xigia Beach:
Alykes Beach (54 Comments)  Fairly narrow in places, but quite a long beach so it only gets crowded close to the resort centre. |
Makri Gialos Beach (4 Comments)  A pebbly beach in a beautiful setting well away from the main resorts so it rarely gets busy. |
St Nicholas Beach Nth (1 Comment)  Not to be confused with St Nicholas in Vassilikos, this is a handy stopover place when visiting the Shipwreck or the Blue Caves, or even while waiting for a ferry to Kefalonia. |
Xigia Beach (4 Comments)  A stunning little beach famous for the aroma of 'bad eggs'. It's sulphur escaping from the surrounding rocks apparently! |