Navagio, Shipwreck Beach Zakynthos: a beautiful beach with a striking shipwreck
Navagio on Zakynthos, better known as Shipwreck Beach, is a beautiful beach with pale blue water. Thanks to a striking shipwreck in that setting, with very high cliffs, the beach became world famous.
Navagio, Shipwreck Beach
- A quick dive into history. It is October 1980. Smugglers are sailing from Turkey towards Italy.
- The route runs through the Ionian Sea. That is where it goes wrong. The ship runs onto the rocks. The crew then flee.
As the stories go, the Greek coastguard were after the smugglers. Cigarettes, apparently. Either way, the ship was literally stranded.
And there the ship stayed. The bay is entirely ringed by towering limestone cliffs. You can only reach it by boat. The crew managed to get away all the same.
A photogenic beach with a shipwreck
Navagio is a remarkably beautiful place in its own right. As at the Blue Caves we see ravishing blue water. Pale blue, even. Zakynthos simply scatters graceful beaches and water bluer than blue about the place.
The frame of cliffs makes this sight a visual jewel. The shipwreck, the reason for the nickname Shipwreck Beach, is the cherry on the cake. Quite a cherry.
No wonder so many people photograph this beach in Greece. Which means you can easily end up in the crowds, in the afternoon especially. Consider visiting outside peak hours. Although… the sun does fall on it nicely in the middle of the day.
When you go is not a big deal if you can handlea few crowds; just make sure that you do go. Visit the jewel of Zakynthos, the most photographed beach in Greece.
The Navagio viewpoint, Shipwreck Beach
You reach that beach ‘below’ by boat from Agios Nikolaos, for instance. You can then take in the Blue Caves on the same day trip. Two sights in one day. An idea: go ‘up’ on another day, and spread it out a little.
The viewpoint at the top has a different approach road. For that you navigate to Shipwreck Navagio Beach Viewpoint and go by hire car or quad. Once there it is a matter of paying attention and enjoying yourself.
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