Shipwreck Navagio Beach Viewpoint, an impressive lookout on Zakynthos

The viewpoint on Zakynthos is Shipwreck Navagio Beach Viewpoint. From here you have the best view of that world-famous beach below. But beware: not many people manage to find the right spot.

Anyone visiting Zakynthos should not miss Navagio . This graceful beach offers a photogenic melting pot of high cliffs, the bluest water and a shipwreck.

Down below the setting already feels special. From above you really see how beautiful it all is. What a view. Do sit down for a while and gather your thoughts. At moments it feels surreal.

The ‘official’ and ‘unofficial’ Shipwreck Navagio Beach Viewpoint

Unfortunately many tourists experience it quite differently ‘by accident’. Because sitting there quietly is not always possible. The ‘official’ viewpoint comes as a sort of fenced walkway and terminus after a large car park full of queues and food stalls.

And from there you do not spot that famous viewpoint you mostly see on Instagram: sitting on the cliff edge with the ship almost opposite you. That unique, rustic vantage point is hidden.

But you can find that spot. Leave the car park and walk over the rocks on the right-hand side towards the Greek flag. Here and there you see paths already trodden flat.

It promises to be anything but a pleasant stroll. Expect heat, scrub and possibly impassable sections. It is clear: your own responsibility, your own risk. Consider yourself warned.

The viewpoint at the top: the true beauty of Navagio

• Honestly, you are rewarded with a glorious view if you follow the Greek flag despite everything.
• The cliff in front of that flag is nothing but beauty. This is it, that breathtaking perspective.
• You share this view with few others, as most tourists stay on the asphalt.

Which is understandable enough. This cliff further on is dangerous; a memorial is a reminder of the risk of falling.

So this glorious place has a golden and a black edge at once. An astonishing view with a warning. Living on the edge does not always end well. So do take care.

Shipwreck Navagio Beach Viewpoint and Instagram’s smoothie illusion

With that in mind we ‘laugh’ at the ‘smoothie illusion’. As an editorial team we are entirely smooth about smoothies, delicious. Because of certain photos on Instagram it looked as though you could get one just around the corner.

Reality turns out, as so often, to be a little different. Staging dream pictures may be fun sometimes, only this looks very dedicated:

• those influencers walked a wretched distance with that smoothieby now nearly boiling… But hey, it looks good!

We were happy to skip all that fuss. Here is our own take on Instagram of ‘the photo’ at the Navagio viewpoint. The unofficial viewpoint, that is. With or without an overheated smoothie, the view stays fantastic.