Kampi, Zakynthos, the most beautiful sunset on the island

Greece Ionian Sea Islands 18 March 2023 3 min read

Campi: small village 26 km W. of Zakynthos town (45'-50') pine-covered, built above the rocky coasts of Bay of Schiza, near the Elation of Exo Chora.

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Kambi – Bay of Schiza
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 Tavern Stavros Kampi or the Pope's Cross

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It is a popular tourist destination, mainly for sunset, with taverns serving authentic Zakynthian food.

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 Porto Schiza Tavern

Ο Bay of Schiza It is only accessible by boat and the coastline has no beaches.

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At the taverns of Kampios, with tables on the edge of the cliff, you can combine food and sunset.

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 Porto Schiza Tavern

Indicatively you will find the following taverns:

  • Stavros Kambi Tavern or «Pope's Tavern on the Cross», next to Monument of the Cross of Schiza in Kampi.
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Stavros Kambi or Pope's Tavern, on the Cross

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For a table with a sunset view, you must make a reservation by noon of the same day, tel.: 2695048481, 6973334560, https://www.kampitavernastavros.gr.

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Skewers, grilled ribs, burgers, fresh fish, traditional Zakynthian food such as braised rooster or rabbit, stewed veal (with onions), wood-fired bread, local cheese (they make their own ladotyri), and wine also produced by them. You will come for coffee from the morning until 6 pm. The tavern Kampi Cross It is open from March (only Saturdays and holidays) and daily after Easter (until the end of October).

  • Tavern Porto Schiza, in Campi, with panoramic views and tables on the edge of the cliff. You will find traditional Zakynthian food such as kokkinisto rabbit, chicken, calf, fresh fish, and wine produced by them. Open daily from the end of April to the end of October. For a table with a view of the sunset you must make a reservation (you can also do it on the same day), tel.: 6976693703. At the tavern Porto Schiza They serve coffee and sweets at all hours of the day.

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  • Michalis Tavern Sunset, tel.: 26950 48740, traditional Zakynthian food and tables with a view.

KAMPI -SIGHTS

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Cross of Schiza or Cross of Kampios, a monument for the dead of the war.

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Mycenaean Cemetery or His cemetery Cambio, 200 m. from the Monument of the Cross, on the E. slope of Vigla hill. The excavations (1971-2) brought to light 14 narrow pit-shaped tombs, carved into limestone rocks, in which very few offerings such as clay vessels and fragments of bronze weapons were found, as most of them had been looted.

CAMBI – ACCESS

  • Zakynthos Town – Loucha – Agia Marina, 26 km (has many turns but is the shortest distance).
  • Zakynthos Town – Lithakia – Kiliomenos – Agios Leon, about 32 Km (most people come from here).

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