Brits wanted to never go to this part of Greek island - 'worst nightmare'

A pistillate warns against holidaymakers travelling to this fashionable Greek land town, known for its filthy beach, fatal accidents and drunken fights

A traveller has revealed a portion of a Greek island is similar an "alternative universe" she "wanted to permission immediately."

In a TikTok video, the vlogger posted a informing to different holidaymakers considering a sojourn to Laganas successful Zakynthos, dotted successful the Ionian Sea. The video was captioned: “Laganas was our worst nightmare”, and travelwithanika showed footage of a crowded formation followed by a dusty portion filled with sports bars. The voiceover added: “Don’t spell to this portion of Zakynthos”. Go to this part,” followed by an aerial changeable of pristine bluish coves and secluded beaches.

The creator asked successful the comments, “Can idiosyncratic explicate what the obsession with Laganas is? Omg [sic], I thought I landed connected different island…an alternate beingness and I wanted to permission immediately,” she added. Located connected the southbound seashore of Zante (or Zakynthos), Laganas is known for its agelong long of coast-line and Ibiza-style nightlife attracting thousands of young, party-mad tourists each summer.

The Greek nightlife hub was precocious listed by the Telegraph arsenic one of Europe’s ugliest seaside towns, filled with "bare-chested lads and gangs of girls clad successful skimpy bikinis." A caller TripAdvisor reappraisal for Laganas formation described the destination arsenic a “messy engaged formation that needs a bully clean” with “rubbish and cigaret butts” littered everywhere.

Another wrote: “What a seedy sexualised spot this is. It’s decidedly lone for the 20 somethings looking for a lads oregon lasses holiday. The archetypal happening we saw arsenic we entered the spot was a portion nine past nighttime clubs and tons of young women parading themselves walking backmost from the truthful called “beach” and groups of young men walking astir looking for women.” Another criticised the "stench", saying that determination was “the odor of urine connected the filthy sunbeds”.

Instead, travelwithanika revealed successful the remark conception of the video that they had near Laganas to enactment successful the northbound portion of the land adjacent Agios Nikolaos Harbour. Set successful sheltered cove, the harbour is surrounded by a quaint, lively municipality containing restaurants, tavernas and bars. There are besides regular vessel trips moving to stunning attractions specified arsenic the Blue Caves and Shipwreck Beach.

A TripAdvisor reviewer praised the town’s formation for offering “a interruption from each the different tourist-packed beaches”. For fund travellers, mid-range accommodation successful the municipality typically costs betwixt £60 and £90. The cheapest period to alert is April according to Skyscanner, with instrumentality flights operating betwixt the UK and Zante for arsenic small arsenic £75 and an mean question clip of 3 and a fractional hours.