Holidays and Villas on Samos
The island is recognised as one of the sunniest places in Europe. Perhaps the reward of the goddess Hera, whose temple – larger than the Parthenon in Athens – once rose outside the relaxed harbour town of Pythagorion.
With the shores of Asia Minor almost in view, the island of Samos shares a rugged and mountainous interior with lush plains covered with vineyards and olive groves, and – in spring – colourful swathes of wild flowers. Its coastline curves between pine-clad cliffs with pebbled bays and long, sweeping beaches of golden sand.
The island is recognised as one of the sunniest places in Europe. Perhaps the reward of the goddess Hera, whose temple – larger than the Parthenon in Athens – once rose outside the relaxed harbour town of Pythagorion. After all, it was the Samos-born astronomer Aristarchus who first identified that it is the earth that rotates around the sun.