Zakynthos, nicknamed the Flower of the East by the Venetians, is the third largest of the Ionian Islands, and lies around 20km west of the Greek (Peloponnese) mainland. It has the shape of an arrowhead, with about 40km length and 20km width. The western half of the island is a mountainous plateau and the southwest coast consists mostly of steep cliffs. The eastern half is a densely populated fertile plain with long sandy beaches, interrupted with several isolated hills, notably Bochali which overlooks the city and the peninsula of Vasilikos in the northeast. Its highest point is Vrachionas, at 758 m. The capital of this island inhabited by 45,650 people is the town of Zakynthos, located on the northern coast.
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