{"id":8458,"date":"2024-12-22T15:04:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T13:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karits.eu\/?p=8458"},"modified":"2024-12-22T15:04:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T13:04:38","slug":"zakynthos-greece-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karits.eu\/index.php\/2024\/12\/22\/zakynthos-greece-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakynthos, Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"7662\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"15312\">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<\/script>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/zakynthos-greece-landscape-port-4873758\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Download full size image<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zakynthos<\/strong>&nbsp;(also spelled&nbsp;<strong>Zakinthos<\/strong>;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greek<\/a>:&nbsp;\u0396\u03ac\u03ba\u03c5\u03bd\u03b8\u03bf\u03c2,&nbsp;<small><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romanization_of_Greek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">romanized<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/small><em>Z\u00e1kynthos<\/em>&nbsp;<small><\/small><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/Greek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[\u02c8zacin\u03b8os]<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:El-%CE%96%CE%AC%CE%BA%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B8%CE%BF%CF%82.ogg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a2\/El-%CE%96%CE%AC%CE%BA%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B8%CE%BF%CF%82.ogg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listen<\/a>);&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italian<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Zacinto<\/em>&nbsp;<small><\/small><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/Italian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[dza\u02c8t\u0283into]<\/a>) or&nbsp;<strong>Zante<\/strong>&nbsp;meaning &#8220;amazing and loving&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\/\u02c8z\u00e6nti\/<\/a>,&nbsp;<small><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_English\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US<\/a>&nbsp;also&nbsp;<\/small><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\/\u02c8z\u0251\u02d0nte\u026a\/<\/a>,<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zakynthos#cite_note-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zakynthos#cite_note-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;<small>Italian:&nbsp;<\/small><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/Italian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[\u02c8dzante]<\/a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greek<\/a>:&nbsp;\u03a4\u03b6\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5,&nbsp;<small><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romanization_of_Greek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">romanized<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/small><em>Tz\u00e1nte<\/em>&nbsp;<small><\/small><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/Greek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[\u02c8dza(n)de]<\/a>; from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venetian_language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venetian<\/a>&nbsp;form) is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greek<\/a>&nbsp;island in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ionian_Sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ionian Sea<\/a>. It is the third largest of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ionian_Islands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ionian Islands<\/a>. Zakynthos is a separate&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regional_units_of_Greece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regional unit<\/a>&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ionian_Islands_(region)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ionian Islands region<\/a>, and its only&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communities_and_Municipalities_of_Greece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">municipality<\/a>. It covers an area of 405.55&nbsp;km<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;(156.6&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi)<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zakynthos#cite_note-stat01-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[3]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;and its coastline is roughly 123&nbsp;km (76&nbsp;mi) in length. The name, like all similar names ending in -nthos, is pre-Mycenaean or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pelasgian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pelasgian<\/a>&nbsp;in origin. In&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_mythology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greek mythology<\/a>&nbsp;the island was said to be named after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zakynthos_(person)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zakynthos<\/a>, the son of the legendary&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arcadia_(ancient_region)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arcadian<\/a>&nbsp;chief&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dardanus_(son_of_Zeus)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dardanus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zakynthos is a tourist destination,<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zakynthos#cite_note-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;with an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zakynthos_International_Airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">international airport<\/a>&nbsp;served by charter flights from northern Europe. The island&#8217;s nickname is &#8220;the Flower of the Levant&#8221;, bestowed upon it by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Venice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venetians<\/a>&nbsp;who were in possession of Zakynthos from 1484 to 1797.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Vikipedia]<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Views: 861<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"7662\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"15314\">PGRpdiBpZD0iZXJpa2stMTQxODYzMjkxOCIgY2xhc3M9ImVyaWtrLWFmdGVyLWNvbnRlbnQgZXJpa2stZW50aXR5LXBsYWNlbWVudCI+PGRpdiBjbGFzcz0iZXJpa2stYWRsYWJlbCI+QWR2ZXJ0aXNlbWVudHM8L2Rpdj48c2NyaXB0IGFzeW5jIHNyYz0iLy9wYWdlYWQyLmdvb2dsZXN5bmRpY2F0aW9uLmNvbS9wYWdlYWQvanMvYWRzYnlnb29nbGUuanM\/Y2xpZW50PWNhLXB1Yi01MDYwNzE4MDczNjIzNDE3IiBjcm9zc29yaWdpbj0iYW5vbnltb3VzIj48L3NjcmlwdD48aW5zIGNsYXNzPSJhZHNieWdvb2dsZSIgc3R5bGU9ImRpc3BsYXk6YmxvY2s7IiBkYXRhLWFkLWNsaWVudD0iY2EtcHViLTUwNjA3MTgwNzM2MjM0MTciIApkYXRhLWFkLXNsb3Q9IjQwODQwNTUyODYiIApkYXRhLWFkLWZvcm1hdD0iYXV0b3JlbGF4ZWQiIGRhdGEtZnVsbC13aWR0aC1yZXNwb25zaXZlPSJ0cnVlIj48L2lucz4KPHNjcmlwdD4gCihhZHNieWdvb2dsZSA9IHdpbmRvdy5hZHNieWdvb2dsZSB8fCBbXSkucHVzaCh7fSk7IAo8L3NjcmlwdD4KPC9kaXY+<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zakynthos&nbsp;(also spelled&nbsp;Zakinthos;&nbsp;Greek:&nbsp;\u0396\u03ac\u03ba\u03c5\u03bd\u03b8\u03bf\u03c2,&nbsp;romanized:&nbsp;Z\u00e1kynthos&nbsp;[\u02c8zacin\u03b8os]&nbsp;(listen);&nbsp;Italian:&nbsp;Zacinto&nbsp;[dza\u02c8t\u0283into]) or&nbsp;Zante&nbsp;meaning &#8220;amazing and loving&#8221; (\/\u02c8z\u00e6nti\/,&nbsp;US&nbsp;also&nbsp;\/\u02c8z\u0251\u02d0nte\u026a\/,[1][2]&nbsp;Italian:&nbsp;[\u02c8dzante];&nbsp;Greek:&nbsp;\u03a4\u03b6\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5,&nbsp;romanized:&nbsp;Tz\u00e1nte&nbsp;[\u02c8dza(n)de]; from the&nbsp;Venetian&nbsp;form) is a&nbsp;Greek&nbsp;island in the&nbsp;Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the&nbsp;Ionian Islands. Zakynthos is a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[102,322,606,113,608,604,334,327,603,312,18,329,306,326,612,250,310,609,611,156,130,607,610,234,605],"class_list":["post-8458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gallery","tag-nature","tag-beach","tag-bikini","tag-blue","tag-cave","tag-crete","tag-greece","tag-holiday","tag-holidays","tag-island","tag-landscape","tag-mediterranean","tag-ocean","tag-panorama","tag-paradise","tag-rock","tag-sea","tag-ship","tag-snorkeling","tag-summer","tag-travel","tag-turquoise","tag-turtle","tag-vacations","tag-zakynthos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karits.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karits.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karits.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karits.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karits.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8458"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/karits.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14907,"href":"https:\/\/karits.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8458\/revisions\/14907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karits.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karits.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karits.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karits.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}