| ROUTE AND
ITINERARY FOR ZAKFARI
1.SARAKINA MANSION (LAGANA)
MEETING POINT FOR ALL VEHICLES AFTER MORNING PICK-UPS.LITTLE
BIT OF HISTORY OF ZAKYNTHOS , SAFETY BRIEFING, AND GOOD
VIEWS.
ROUTE PAST KERI LAKE AND KERI VILLAGE TO:
2.KERI LIGHTHOUSE
VIEW POINTS –NORTH ALONG DRAMATIC CLIFFS
AND “DIRLIDANIS” LEAP AND SOUTH TO ‘MYZITHRES
ROCKS’
ROUTE BACK ALONG ROAD THEN NORTH ON TRACK TO:
3.DODECHA PIGADIA (12 WELLS) AND DAMIANOU CAVES
DRINK WATER FROM THE WELLS AND HEAR STORIES OF
LEGENDARY GIANT ‘ANDRONIOS’ AND THE ‘OUZO
WELL’
ROUTE THROUGH AGALAS,KILIOMENOS ,AND AGIOS LEON TO:
4.GYRI VIEW (KAKI RAXI)
GYRI VILLAGE IS HIGHEST ON ISLAND, WE GO PAST
THE VILLAGE,
OFF ROAD TO A FANTASTIC VIEW OF THE WHOLE ISLAND FROM THE
IDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
ROUTE BACK THROUGH LOUHA, THEN THROUGH EXO HORA,MARIES,AND
ANAFONITRIA
5.LUNCH AT ANAFONITRIA (NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE)
PLEASANT LITTLE TAVERNA DOES GOOD FOOD AT CHEAP
PRICES,GUESTS CAN BRING A PACKED LUNCH IF THEY WISH AND
STILL SIT IN THE TAVERNA.
ROUTE THROUGH ANAFONITRIA TO
6.SMUGGLERS WRECK VIEWPOINT
A SHORT WALK AROUND THE CLIFFS TO THE BEST VIEW
OF THE SHIPWRECK (LIKE THE POSTCARDS).HEAR THE STORIES OF
THE WRECK,TAKE PHOTOS AND THEN STOP FOR A QUICK DRINK OR
ICE CREAM AT THE TAVERNA THERE.
ROUTE BACK TO ANAFONITRIA FOR:
7.LOCAL SHOP (OPTIONAL)
GUESTS ARE ASKED IF THEY WISH TO STOP FOR 5-10
MINS.AT LOCAL SHOP SELLING RUGS,LACE,CARPETS,WINE,HONEY,HERBS,ETC.
ROUTE THEN ACROSS ISLAND TO:
8.XYGIA BEACH(DEPENDS ON WEATHER)
SMALL PICTURESQUE BEACH WITH SULPHUR IN THE WATER.
VERY THERAPEUTIC,AND VERY SMELLY!GUESTS CAN SWIM HERE AND
RELAX ON THE BEACH IN SUN OR SHADE.WE TAKE THEM INTO TWO
CAVES DEPENDING ON THE SEA CONDITIONS, ‘THE DEVILS’
THROAT AND ‘THE WHITE CAVE’ WHICH IS THE SOURCE
OF THE SULPHUR.
ROUTE THROUGH ALIKES TO:
9.MONISPILIA (CAVE MONASTERY) ONLY IF WE DON”T
SWIM!
SMALL CHURCH INSIDE A CAVE IN THE HILLS BEHIND
TSILVI.THIS WILL NOT BE USED VERY OFTEN AS IT CAN ONLY HOLD
TEN PEOPLE AT A TIME!
BRING WITH YOU
CAMERA FILM,SWIMWEAR/TOWEL,SUN
LOTION/HAT,SENSIBLE SHOES(TRAINERS,NOT FLIP-FLOPS OR WEDGES),MONEY
FOR FOOD/REFRESHMENTS AND SOUVENIRS,COAT/JUMPER IN BAD WEATHER.
SUITABILITY
FOR GUESTS
FOR ALL GUESTS,BUT
NOT WITH ANY WALKING PROBLEMS.WE DO NOT WALK FAR BUT IT
IS OVER ROUGH GROUND.ALSO IT IS NOT A ‘LIVELY’
18-30 STYLE DAY OUT!!! NO CHILDREN UNDER 4, AND DEFINITELY
NO BABIES!!!
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