Holidays in Samos Greece

Samos is one of the top vacation spots in Greece, located between Chios to north and the group of Dodecanese islands to south. As one of the top travel destinations amongst Greek islands, Samos offers accommodation in a wide range of hotels and villas for rent, many of them featuring luxury amenities and offering convenient vacation deals. Because of this cost-effective packages and the awesome natural environment more and more people decide to spend relaxing beach holidays on this Greek island!

Samos is one of the most fertile islands in the Aegean Sea. It is occupied mainly by the Kerketeus mountain range, of which highest point is the peak Vigla, at 1,433 meters (4701 feet) above the sea level. Because is so fertile a great part of its area is covered by vineyards and the wine made around Vathy, from a special variety of grapes, is popular worldwide.

Holiday Attractions & Hotels in Samos

With the neighboring islands of Icaria and Fourni Korseon, island of Samos is administered as part of the Samos Prefecture. The capital city and main port is Vathy, most commonly called Samos. Other ports & vacation resorts on the island are Karlovasi and Pythagoreio, formerly known as Tigani. The main villages are Kokkari, Manolates, Khora and Pagondas.

The ancient Samos was center of Ionian culture and renowned for wines and red pottery. The most famous building of Samos was the archaic temple of goddess Hera - the Heraion. During the age of the great migrations to the island came a Ionian population. In the 7^th century B.C. Samos become one of the leading commercial centers in Greece. Tradesman of Samos developed an extensive overseas commerce, making transactions even in regions of Black Sea and Egypt! About 535 B.C., when the existing oligarchy was overturned by the tyrant Polycrates, Samos reached the highest point of prosperity and the Samoan navy dominated the Aegean waters.

Nowadays the main occupation on Samos is tourism. As a top vacation spot, on Samos come many tourists looking for relaxing holidays in Greek islands and as result there have been developed excellent vacation resorts which offer accommodation in hotels and rental properties. Relaxation on gorgeous beaches and the water sports represent the main daytime activities, the most active vacationers having numerous opportunities to practice scuba diving, parasailing, jet-skiing, snorkeling, swimming and others.

Featured Hotel Resorts in Samos

Doryssa Seaside Resort

Arion Hotel

Ino Village Hotel

Gagou Beach Hotel

Hotel Glicorisa Beach

Emily Hotel

Kerkis Bay Hotel

Kerveli Village Hotel

Mirini Hotel

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