Agios Nikolaos

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Agios Nikolaos beach Zante (south)

AGIOS NIKOLAOS is a beach resort in the Vassilikos area on the east coast of Zante. Agios Nikolaos has become hugely popular in recent years and is now considered one of the top watersports beaches to be found on the island.
The east coast resort at Agios Nikolaos should not to be confused with the port of the same name found in the north of the island. This Agios Nikolaos beach takes its name from the tiny, whitewashed chapel that crowns the headland above the beautiful, small bay.
Agios Nikolaos is not a very large resort; it is basically just a scattering of apartments and small hotels. Many of the apartments are modern cement blocks but at least they are quite nicely landscaped, so they don't intrude too much on the beach.
There are several tavernas and two mini-markets and that's about it. A single access road ends at a small car park.
Being small, the beach is awash with sunbeds and it can get very crowded in high summer. Most visitors are drawn by the huge range of watersports on offer - from pedaloes to scuba diving.
The sand at Agios Nikolaos beach is soft, golden and it banks gently into the sea so it is fine for families with young children. It is also usually kept very clean.
The countryside around Agios Nikolaos is starkly bare until you get a little further inland where there are plenty of walking trails through the surrounding pine forest and citrus groves.
There is a free high season bus service ito the nearby beach resort of Argassi and also to Laganas. It is run in order to to ferry visitors into Agios Nikolaos, but you can always hop aboard to get to the other resorts.