Marathias Beach
Marathias Beach
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62 reviews
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Rebecca
4 contributions
Jul 2022 • Family
Aside from the natural beauty, crystal clear water, excellent snorkelling by Marathias Taverna (before the beach), it’s the memory of snorkelling straight into diesel oil that will remain. Took ages to get out of our hair but most importantly it was heartbreaking to think about the impact on marine life. Feels to make a mockery of any sort of marine designation, far too many boats in the area.
Written July 26, 2022
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backtoGreece
St. Augustine, FL173 contributions
Jul 2022
The beach is off the beaten path not too far from Keri Beach. Small road leads to area; small path takes you to the beach. Quiet and isolated pebble beach with wonderful views. Visiting in the afternoon can help avoid having to get sunbed/umbrella from unfriendly, rude local man (yes, we too witnessed his rudeness!). There is plenty of space to layout towel/beach mat.
Written July 7, 2022
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JPB
4 contributions
Jul 2018 • Family
Very nice beach with white stones and clear blue water. There is a tavern a bit up the stairs, but no service at the beach. Sun beds and umbrellas are there for 10 EUR, but the guy who rents it out is super rude and unfriendly, you don’t feel welcome at all as client.
Written July 24, 2018
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Anatolie
Chisinau, Moldova6 contributions
Jun 2021 • Family
The beach as a special nature, stone. The gentleman who puts on and takes off his umbrellas very ugly speaks to the visitors. He is very arrogant and uneducated. Payment for umbrellas to all visitors is different…. he was probably looking for a man. Trash is completely missing. Paying chesh without a check. Smell of oil, oil stains in the water. In our reply to the oil slick, asking for the money back, we were refused. I left very disappointed. We do not recommend the beach just for the simple reason, the gentleman is an uneducated pig.
Written July 28, 2021
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Onna K
1 contribution
Jul 2021 • Friends
The beach itself was beautiful and quiet, but we soon figured out why there's no-one there. The guy who rents the chairs came to stare at us for 5 minutes (we're a group of young 17-19 years old women). When he left we discussed as we felt really uncomfortable and decided to leave the beach but the guy came speeding down the small pathway with a motorcycle so we had to jump to the bushes to get out of his way. Then he went on and URINATED in front of us!! Definitely wouldn't visit the beach again, especially alone, as we felt threatened by him and disgusted by his behaviour.
Written July 17, 2021
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Nicu T
Bucharest, Romania4 contributions
Jul 2021 • Family
We went with a group of 6 adults and 3 kids and at beggining felt a smell of petrol in the water, later the petrol itself was present. The man with sunbeds was very rude, charges 10 euro for two. When I asked for a trash bin he gave me a bag from a supermarket. All in all simply avoid this place, if you need just get a pic there and go to better locations on Zakynthos.
Written July 27, 2021
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Elena K
16 contributions
Jun 2018 • Couples
Beach itself is very beautiful, but the guy who rents out the sun-beds and umbrellas is very rude. He pretends that he is a big boss there and was teaching us how we should talk to him. After annoying conversation with him we decided to leave the beach.
Written June 30, 2018
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Tigmusic
Coventry, UK30 contributions
Aug 2020 • Family
Long walk, nice water. I think this my only only negative review on trip adviser.
The guy doing the beach beds was really aggressive, not the type of atmosphere I would like on holiday
Avoid
The guy doing the beach beds was really aggressive, not the type of atmosphere I would like on holiday
Avoid
Written August 17, 2020
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Pavel Gorenitsyn
Minsk, Belarus108 contributions
Sep 2018 • Family
Okay, I never approached the rude guy in charge of umbrellas, so my review may not be fully objective. However, here's what I liked:
- Depth starts immediately
- Perfect for snorkeling - here's where I saw a small moray and a cuttlefish, among other species
- Very clean
- Few people
Cons:
- Hard to reach
- Very steep and stony descent, equally steep and dusty, exhausting ascent to the parking area
- No sand, all pebbles - make sure you wear your Crocs or something
The bottom line is that the beach is very different from other beaches on Zakynthos, and that's unquestionably good. Go there at least once to get the idea.
- Depth starts immediately
- Perfect for snorkeling - here's where I saw a small moray and a cuttlefish, among other species
- Very clean
- Few people
Cons:
- Hard to reach
- Very steep and stony descent, equally steep and dusty, exhausting ascent to the parking area
- No sand, all pebbles - make sure you wear your Crocs or something
The bottom line is that the beach is very different from other beaches on Zakynthos, and that's unquestionably good. Go there at least once to get the idea.
Written September 27, 2018
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Chara K
Athens, Greece4 contributions
Aug 2020
One of my favourite Zakynthos beaches. Should definately visit. There is good access and really few people visiting this beach. If you like privacy this is the place.
Written August 26, 2020
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Bezoek dit strand en ontmoet de meest onsympathieke beddenverhuurder van Griekenland die €10 rekent voor 2 keiharde bedden en een te kleine parasol. Advies: bekijk het mooie strandje, even lekker zwemmen en maak rechtsomkeert.
ChrisC
Kundl, Austria8 contributions
I did visit the beach and in my opinion 10€ is ok for the whole day and if one wants to have a waterbed it would be wiser to book a room in a hilton hotel. The guy is very ok we had not a single problem with him, on the contrary we had some nice conversations.
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