{"id":45682,"date":"2022-05-13T11:20:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T11:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitgreece.com.gr\/?p=45682"},"modified":"2022-06-14T11:06:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T11:06:38","slug":"visit-zante-zakynthos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/45682\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit Zante (Zakynthos)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zakynthos (aka Zante) is a verdant island endowed with fertile valleys and a temperate climate (area: 406 sq. km; coastline: 123 km). Its landscape diversity has resulted in different types of beaches: there are sandy beaches in secluded coves where the tranquil waters are deep blue on the island\u2019s southeastern part; yet, if rugged cliffs and an interesting underwater world are to your liking, try the western part of the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Venetians, who ruled Z\u00e1kynthos from 1484 to 1797, called the island \u201cFioro di Levante\u201d (flower of the East) as there are over 7,000 species of flowers on Z\u00e1kynthos. The third largest island of the Ionian Sea, after Corfu and Kefalonia, is internationally known as \u201cZante\u201d. Zakynthos is said to have been the island\u2019s first inhabitant and the ancient acropolis is attributed to him. He was the son of Dardanos who ruled the ancient kingdom of Frigia. A Venetian fort was built at later times on the site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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One could say that Zante is synonym to superb beaches, greatnightlife, beautiful scenery and ideal watersports destination. Whatmore can you ask when on holiday?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zante; the flower of the East.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Venetian architectural influence has left its stamp on Zante despite the damage sustained due to the seismic activity in the area. After the ravaging 1953 earthquake and the ensuing fire, a number of historical buildings and churches burned to the ground. Consequently, the significant treasures these buildings were housing perished. The town was rebuilt according to a plan where strict anti-seismic specifications applied and, to a large extent, respecting the town\u2019s former architectural structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Zante, great care is taken to protect two endangered animal species, namely the caretta aretta sea turtle and the monachus monachus seal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city of Zakynthos is the capital of the island and at the same time the island’s port.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zakynthos (aka Zante) is a verdant island endowed with fertile valleys and a temperate climate (area: 406 sq. km; coastline: 123 km). Its landscape diversity has resulted in different types of beaches: there are sandy beaches in secluded coves where the tranquil waters are deep blue on the island\u2019s southeastern part; yet, if rugged cliffs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-ideas","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45740,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45682\/revisions\/45740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}