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Samos Island

Description: Samos is a greek island of the eastern Aegean Sea only 3 Km away from Turkey. Samos (Greek: ... more

Samos Island ... Σάμος, Ottoman Turkish: سيسام Sisam) is a Greek island in the Eastern Aegean sea, located between the island of Chios to the North and the archipelagic complex of the Dodecanese to the South and in particular the island of Patmos and off the coast of Turkey, on what was formerly known as Ionia.

Newest Review: ... table for those of us who like the heat! August can be extremely hot but there’s sometimes a welcome breeze around and the sea has warmed up! Mid September to October are absolutely lovely, my one word description is ‘mellow’, and the sea is warm! Samos hit the news this summer when there was a dreadful fire ... more

... which raged for six days, destroying a lot of forestland in the central south of the island. Fortunately the areas where you’re likely to stay if you visit were mostly unaffected. During the winter the islanders are undertaking restoration program...more

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Samos Island: Paradise in Greece (1342 words)
by - written on 15/01/01 (Very useful, 943 readings)
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Samos is still a relatively well kept secret. For me it’s a touch of Paradise and I’m going to share a few of the secrets with you!! Let’s get THE FACTS out of the way first! Samos is situated in the North East Aegean. It is the closest Greek island to Turkey and at one point (the tiny, beautiful resort of Posidonion in the south east) the Turkish coast (this part uninhabited) is only 1,000 –1,200 metres away. You can take a day trip across to Turkey to visit the fantastic archaeological site of Ephesus. Samos is in fact the eighth largest of all the Greek islands but a long way behind such islands as Rhodes and Crete. It is ... Read the complete review

Samos - developing (572 words)
by - written on 04/09/00 (Very useful, 970 readings)
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I just spent a week in Samos, a pretty Greek island 3 km from Turkey. I had no idea what it was like, I just picked it out of a catalogue because it was a quiet island. It is! Samos is quite undeveloped but has recently embraced tourism. There are lots of new apartments being built and lots of nice restaurants, but most of it is unspoilt and very greek. It's a pretty small green island, with some mountains in the middle and sand and shingle beaches round the edge. Unless you're staying right over a club you're going to have a quiet holiday. I stayed in Kampos (be careful, there are 4 or 5 Kambos or Kampos on Samos, it just means flat place!) about as ... Read the complete review