I agree - everyone is entitled to an opinion. I am going to Zante in July and I will be going to Mermaids, so I will give you my unbiased opinion :-)

Is there two Zepos Tavernas in Kalamki as I agree with the previous writer that it is at best an average restaurant.

Firstly the postitives, the setting was nice and the staff were really friendly. The food also arrived fairly quickly.

I had grandmothers chicken, which I think had been recommended on this site and it was admittedly very nice, but it came with chips, which were horrible and a salad smothered in vinegar dressing. My girlfriend had grilled prawns and there were hardly any of them and certainly not worth 11€.

We only went the once so may have gone on an off night, but based on my experience 5/10 seems fair to me.

This was by far the best restaurant we tried, we went there 4 or 5 times, having something different each time and the food was lovely. The manager (I am assuming that is who it is) always made a point of coming out and shaking our hands as were leaving each time and the other staff were nice as well.

They also do takeaway food and we had pizzas a couple of times when we couldn't be bothered to eat out.

Definitely recommend this to anyone!

Oh dear....I'm finding it hard to put into words what a hell hole Zante airport is, so I may as well start at the beginning.

When we arrived in Zante it wasn't too bad, we were the only flight in and got our luggage pretty much straight away. I remember looking through to the departure lounge and being glad I wasn't in there though.....

On the day departure we were picked up 4 - yes 4! hours before departure for the 20 minute transfer to the airport. When we got there we found that there was 2 other flights all waiting to get checked in so we had to stand in the blazing sun for half an hour before we got moved into the shade but still outside with the flies.

When we finally got into departures this is the point where words fail me, so I will try and express myself in a few bullet points.

- Flies
- Cheese and ham sandwich (inedible) and sausage roll (inedible) = 10€
- Even more flies
- Boiling hot
- Nowhere to sit
- Toilets that should have been condemmed, simply for the number of flies in and around the toilet bowls.
- Surly staff.

I think that about covers it apart from to say that we had an aftershock from an earthquake that morning and I think more than a few people were a bit worried being stuck in there (I certainly was)

As other people have said though Zante is lovely and the airport shouldn't put you off. I would go back, but my girlfriend is not too keen simply because of the airport.

Useful hint though if you want to avoid the queues, simply get a taxi in (7€ from Kalamaki) and you can go straight in and not have to stand in the sun!

Only went there once, was empty and the beer was like p**s. Cave Bar, Mustang and Cavo Doro MUCH better!

We went on the full day trip, scenery was nice, but a bit boring after a while. Smugglers cove was amazing though, but make sure you bring some trainers to go on the beach as the stones really hurt!

We were disappointed with the blue caves as well and loads of people got stung by jellyfish at Keri, so be careful!

If I was to do it again, I'd probably do the half day one.

We thought Cavo D'Oro was great! we stayed in a studio in the new block and we had a sun terrace on the top floor with a sea view. Cleanliness was fine and the maids soon got the message that we were never out of our apartment by 9.30 and did other apartments first!

One thing I would say though is that the pool area is quite small and by the end of the holiday we were really annoyed with the number of people who put towels on the sunbeds at 8.30 and then didn't come down to the pool until 2 (or sometimes not all). A couple of times we moved the towels and had to listen to snidey remarks when the original people finally came down. I think there should be a rule that if a sunbed is untouched for more than an hour then you can move the towels cos' it is really annoying.

Apart from that it was fine though. The pool is very deep and not really for none swimmers. Harrys bar and the hotel bar are good as well and the food in Harrys is lovely, especially the BBQ on a Friday.

It is a nice beach, but the number of cigarette ends on the beach is ridiculous. Sea is really shallow and if you want to do any snorkeling you have to go out for miles!

We went there the first night and it was nice. Unfortunately we didn't go back because we wanted to try other places.

We stayed at Cavo D'oro in the centre and we liked Kalamaki, it is quite quiet but there is a good mix of couples and families with quite a few bars and if you want really lively nightlife then Laganas is only a 6 euro taxi fare away.

We really liked this place. First time we got the jeep up and sat actually in the cave. Second time we got a horse and cart (10€ from Down Under, which is a bit expensive but fun!) and we sat in the terrace, which had a great view. Drinks were fairly reasonable. This seemed to be the poshest bar in Kalamaki!

This was probably our favourite bar in Kalamaki. The staff were really nice and seemingly at random they come round with trays of shots for everyone in the bar. They do some LETHAL cocktails as well. One I had consisted of gin, tequila, vodka, some other spirit, cherry liquer and apricot liquer. Can't even remember what it was called, must bave been p**sed!

This was our hotel bar, so we always stopped of there before going to other places, although sometimes we didn't get very far. Staff were really pleasant and drinks prices were reasonable.

It sounds sad, but we had a right laugh a couple of nights playing the winner takes all/ bingo card thing. The bloke who does it is great (turn it over, you don't need that anymore he he he!) and we were well chuffed as we won 50 euros in total (although we probably spent about that!). If they have karaoke on though run as fast as your little legs will carry you as we walked past when it was on and the person singing must have been tone deaf!

We went here every lunchtime from the pool for something to eat and it is great to step in from 40 degree plus heat into air conditioning. The food is really nice and the drinks are reasonably priced as well although for some reason the bottles of pepsi smelt of fish (?)

The BBQ on a Friday is great as well, it was our first night when we went and the greek dancing is a good laugh - eat as much as you want for 5€, which can't be bad!

forgot to mention the girls in the supermarket are really, really nice and they recognised us after the first night and were always really chatty!

Second day we had an amazing thunderstorm, last day we had an earthquake followed by a series of aftershocks. Apparently rain is supposed to prevent earthquakes, but it didn't work in this case!

In between the weather was great, really hot during the day, but nearly as hot at night!