We went in early September. I'm sure some of Zante is beautiful but the relentless heat, in a place that I felt I couldn't escape from, was (with hindsight) not the kind of holiday I truly enjoy. I'm a city girl at heart lol, in more ways than one. Like a bit of life and culture around me, where it feels like there's always something "new" around the next corner.I went to Zante, I think late 90`s on my own, I went in ,I think late October and the weather was perfect, the place was empty. Got a nice hotel quite cheap, it was hardly 5% full, loved the food, had a good time to be honest. Would never go there in july/aug, christ I bet its a lot hotter than here.
I'm sure some would love it there but for me it just felt like I'd been plonked on a rock with little else to do but drink and fry! ;-)