7Zakynthos

Nicknamed the “Flower of the Levant”, Zakynthos is the third largest Ionian island and home to the famous Navagio beach – also known as shipwreck beach – where you’ll find a shipwreck from 1980 in an exposed cove.

During World War II and the German occupation of Greece, a famous Mayor and Bishop refused orders to turn in a list of names of the town’s Jewish residents for deportation to the death camps.

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