March 2013
With Orthodox Easter being late this year, the lively pre-Lentern Carnival, known in Greek as Apokries, falls well into March. Various parades, events and performances help to liven up the town and pave the way for the tourist season.

October 2012
The big annual celebrations for Ochi Day on 28 October, commemorated in honour of Metaxas' refusal to surrender to the Italians in 1940, are centred on Zakynthos Town with a huge parade of mainly school children.

June 2012
The resort of Agios Nikolaos, towards the southern end of the Vassilikos Peninsula, is a good place to head for all sorts of watersports, from banana rides through windsurfing to parasailing.