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This small, amphitheatrically built city is extended from the edge of the sea, where the biggest port of the island, Kato Vathi, is located, until up the hill. Up the hill you will find plenty of traditional and neoclassical buildings, traditional settlements, the byzantine temple of Agios Antonios, the “Lion” starring at the sea and many...
In Karlovasi the visitors coming from the sea are warmly welcomed by a hill with pine trees and thymes of a great scent. If you come by car, on the seaside road you will see a stone chair facing the sea. This is the chair on which the famous Greek poet Giannis Ritsos, who spent a big part of his life in Samos, used to gaze at the turquoise...
The famous ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism, Pythagoras came from Samos, and so a settlement of the island would definitely carry his name. In 1955 the beautiful seaside village on the southeast side of the island was named Pythagorio in memory of the great Samian philosopher...
The image of the region is made up of a lush slope with vines, an endless view, a cluster of roofs and the paved streets adorned with fragrant flowers. Going uphill between the tall trees in the overgrown areas of Aidonia and Platanakia, just 19 km from Samos to Karlovasi, you see the picturesque village Manolates. It was named after its first...
Marathokampos was established in the second half of the 16th century, around 1550, in a place where no settlement had ever existed before. The “heart” of the settlement used to be in the south part, around the church of Agia Paraskevi. According to the tradition, the settlement was developed near a plain (“kampos” in Greek) with many fennels...
The village is located 10 kilometers southeast of the central city of Samos and is surrounded by hills, hiding it from the sea. Mytilinioi is one of the most densely populated villages of the island with about 2,500 residents. It was most probably named after its first inhabitants that arrived from Mytilene to create the settlement. The village...
Pyrgos is located in the center of the island, about half an hour from Pythagorio and 50 minutes from the city of Samos. It is a small lush village and a focal point for the mountainous villages of the island. The most typical elements of the island are the old, well maintained houses with colorful windows and beautiful narrow streets full of...
This village with an amazing view to the Chora camp is located near Pythagorio. Crossing the village from the main street you can admire the ornate ceramics exposed in the pottery workshops and shops with traditional products such as green soap and textiles, which are abundant in this small village. Samos is one of the few places in Greece that...
The small village Drakei is located about six kilometers from Kallithea and is the westernmost village of Mount Kerkis. This village is located among dense pine forests and according to many people it is one of the most beautiful villages of Samos. A small dirt road leads to the wonderful beaches of Megalo and Mikro Seitani, which are protected...
Ampelos is a village surrounded by uncountable vineyards (“ampelia” in Greek) that gave to the village its name. It is a traditional and picturesque village on the homonymous Mount Ampelos. The village’s name was Nenedes, because of its first inhabitant who was called Nenes; but after 1974 it was established under the name Ampelos. The village...
Vourliotes has always been a beautiful and vivid village. It was built in the inland of the lush area Ampelos, during the 16th century, by Asia Minor refuges coming from Vourla. The beautiful small houses of the island stand the one next to the other, with painted doors and windows and whitewashed courtyards. Here, of course, the people are...
