We stayed in the Filoxenia Hotel, which was an all-inclusive resort. The staff were all incredibly friendly, and worked insanely long hours. Dennis and his wife Sophie were lovely, as were Gerry, Grammas, Luca, Anna, Costas, Phillip, and the maids that worked there. They made us feel so welcome, and even made my brother a cake on his birthday! We did a few trips whilst there, including a jeep safari where we went to the highest point of the island, and saw some breath taking places, such as the blue coves on a boat trip. We also went on a turtle trip, where we saw one real life turtle, and we also visited the water park.
At the hotel, there were also two guys called Walid and Slim, who ran the animation team and did activities through out the day, such as water gym, a midday game, volley ball, table tennis and football. Volleyball was my favourite, but I was awful and my dad is so competitive. He won literally everything there. Even the bingo. It was ridiculous.
We went out for dinner on two occasions. We went to this restaurant called 'Family' which was really sweet, we sat outside, and although the food (as a vegetarian) was very similar to the stuff I ate at the hotel, the staff were really friendly, and inside on the wall behind the bar they had a massive collage of family photos which I thought was a really cute idea. We also went to Zorbas, which was really yummy. I had a margarita pizza and it was the nicest pizza ever. I had the nicest meal on holiday there!
The holiday overall was really nice, but two weeks I feel was quite long. Because the island is so small, there wasn't really much to do. We were going to hire a car, but there really wasn't much point. We didn't venture into Zante town though, which may be a bit more lively. As lovely as the hotel was, we wouldn't visit Zakynthos again purely because there isn't much to do. We could have done a boat trip to Kefalonia, which is the next nearest island, but it was nice just to relax by the pool.
I don't have much else to say about my holiday, but I will add some photos now, and if you have any suggestions of places to go, I'm all ears! I think next summer we are going to do a cruise around the Caribbean, and stop at Miami and go to Disney World. But I don't know for sure.
This was a photo I took that turned out well, but I literally had to chase the butterfly around the hotel looking like a crazy person.
There were loads of stray cats around, and this one was asleep under the sofa Rachel and I were sat on, and it just looked so cute!
On the same day as the jeep safari, taken where we stopped for lunch.
One evening we walked to the beach, and took a cheeky family selfie which turned out to be a cute photo.
This was taken from the boat during the turtle trip. We saw hundreds of coves like this one.
Ben, Rachel, Gerry, me and Elliott behind the bar for a pic with Gezza.
Basically everyone I met on holiday!
I hope you've been having a fun summer, and if you got results, you were pleased with them! Follow my blog if you enjoy my posts, and comment a hello if you like!
Thanks for reading, love Megan x
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