The film "Zorba the Greek" was filmed in Greece.

Filming locations:

Stavros Beach

In the movie

Scene where Alexis Zorba and Basil dance the sirtaki on the beach.

In reality

The scene was filmed Stavros Beach is located at the northernmost tip of the Akrotiri peninsula, about 20 km northeast of Chania. Its small mountain, separating the harbor of Stavros from the western beach, has been known since the 1960s because its specific shape became the backdrop for the final "sirtaki dance on the beach."