Beach with: Pebble
Distance from Zakynthos (Zante) town: 23 klm
Rate:  9/10
Resort:  Volimes
Area:  Xigia
Belongs to:  Municipality of Elation
Other nearby beaches: Makris Yialos, Aghios Nicolaos in Volimes
Subeds & Umbrellas no available for rent 

Xygia beach, is a very smal picturesque beach, with a characteristic smell of sulfur, coming from a sulfureous source found in a cave nearby.
Because the content of the waters in sulfur, the surface of the waters reveals white shaddows, that resembe to grease.

The residents of the area believe that the waters there are healing and are recommended for the treatment of the athritis.