Shipwreck Bay on Zakynthos Island

Photogenic beach area with the dramatic cliffs surrounding the secluded beach which faces the Ionian Sea.

Zakynthos Island is off the eastern side of the Peloponnese, below Kefalonia Island (which is directly north).

The famous "shipwreck beach" on Zakynthos, reached by boat. See the photo enlarged.

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