This taverna on Zakynthos gives you a great view over the green interior

A great view: besides beautiful beaches, the Greek island of Zakynthos offers a wealth of greens. At this taverna you see something other than the Ionian Sea for once. The green interior.

Zest for life reaches further than the coast

The Dutch are generally up for a sun holiday abroad. Every summer, for instance, a caravan of caravans sets off for Croatia.

And we fly plenty too, although COVID-19 put the brakes on travel for a while. Either way, we are mad about holidays with sun, sea and sand.

• The Greek island of Zakynthos is one of the favourites. Thanks to beautiful beaches such as Shipwreck Beach (Navagio) and Xigia Sulfur Beach.

But anyone who stays only on the coast really does miss a slice of beauty. Go for a road trip. In the green interior, local places to eat are waiting.

The best view on the whole island(?)

Take a taverna. A Greek place like that usually has a terrace and an indoor space, everything set up ‘simply’.

To lure tourists away from the coast, you are allowed the odd bit of trumpet-blowing. They are very good at that at Taverna Vrahos :

• The best view of the whole island, as the pitch on their billboard has it. No doubt that is open to debate, but we admit it: the view is certainly good.

From here, at a fair height, you look out over a large part of Zakynthos. No shades of Ionian blue this time. We see the green interior, for kilometres and kilometres.

Taverna Vrahos, Zakynthos

In short, Taverna Vrahos deserves a place on your saved list of sights.

This spot is worth it anyway, if only for the route there along winding mountain roads. Leave the buildings of Argassi behind you and drive towards the green.

• Once there you enjoy fresh fish and local meat from the barbecue. And you can go at any time of day: Vrahos serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.

A break from the coast, with good food and a view all of its own… Perhaps even ‘the best view’.