The Alykanas Beach Village has very good quality accommodation, and great facilities, especially if you have children. HOWEVER it can be very noisy. We went last week in Sept/first week Oct 2003 and were surprised at how many school aged children there were!!. We originally had a room at the back and complained about the noise so were given a sea-view room overlooking the beach 2 days after arriving which really made the holiday.
I have to say that I fear that this development and the one next door (Alykanas Beach Apartments) spell the beginning of the the end for Alykanas in its current idyllic form. The complex is massive by Zante standards and is totally out of keeping visually and architecturally with the rest of the surrounding countryside. In fact you can see the apartment blocks from many miles away along the coast. I cannot imagine how permission was ever granted to build this size of complex in its location. Externally it is a complete eyesore on the landscape.
The beach now has barely a metre of sand not occupied by sunbeds and umbrellas and in the busier periods would be very crowded especially if any further similar developments are constructed
The older part of Alykanas is much more peaceful and pretty.

Just returned from our third trip to Zante and our first to Alykanas.
This is a delightful resort, especially the older area furthest away from Alikes. It is also ideally placed to travel to other parts of the Island. I stayed at the Alykanas Beach Village, and although I enjoyed it, I fear that this type of large development will be detrimental to the resort as a whole. Together with the Alykanas Beach appartments next door, it is out of keeping with the surrounding area and other accommodations. I hope I am wrong, but I think the writing is on the wall. If this continues, Alykanas will be a different place in 5 years time.