Samos island Greece

Samos is one the Greek northeast Aegean islands located 322 kilometers east the mainland gate of Piraeus and less than three kilometers of the west coast of Turkey. According to Greek mythology the goddess Hera on the island was carried and Zeus, father of the Gods, here connected. Anthony and Cleopatra are said to have over holidayed Samos, which gets Unterhalter of whole over the old world, it to hold maintained. In the eighties the route operators finally discovered the secret and the set of Samos over converting the island into the upper point of holiday in the Archipelago. Now arrive hordes from Paketholidaymakers here each summer, lured by the profit combination of the island of of the great beaches, which beautiful mountain landscape and the plentiful routistic service have the north and south coasts numerous sandige beaches most, which bend, in the high season to keep very pushed. But, if you are prepared to move, bicycle or 4x4 your way away from the struck are you in the situation to find calm secluded Kieselcoves. For the island forested heavily and mountain inside it forms a paradies for ramblers, hardens hikers and cyclists. Away of the busy Seasideerholungsorten you find beautiful more unspoiltgebirgsdoerfer, lushsenken, rushing rivers and the drastic ravines, those with wild flowers with carpet to be laid out and with aromatic herbs smelling. Samos has an international airport with some flights, those to and from Athens is daily and the charter flights, which get groups of season routes directly of several European north countries. The island does not have little than three gates to form it the transportation hub for the northeast Aegean group. Many visitors stop here briefly with transport with the travel between the islands Cycladic and Turkey. But, if you are an independent piece of run, which is probably it worth lasting some days, around many attraction of the island to investigate, which some fascinating old places of assembly close, excellent verge Kerkis of which the second highest mountain in Aegean is and many excellent traditional tavernas, where you know Savour the famous wine Samian. The HauptVathy, in which northeast corner of the island is, a haste haven city, which is with Waterfrontstaeben, coffee and all way of the routistic service awash. Few visitors risk Ano Vathy for the old part of the city, where 19. Century cobbled ways of the house flank quite red along bricks covered, those their way up the slope away of the Mittsommermayhem in high of degrees into the trade seafront winding brought. Pythagorio, on which south coast is, a more pictorial gate, which is called after Pythagoras, which was carried on the island in 580 BC. The large mathematician and the Mystiker knew to preference with tyrant Polykrates to find, which did not arrange the island from 538 to 522 BC. Pythagoras spent much its life into exiles in Italy, while Polykrates was endeavored, its ill gotten profits and innumerable slaves also to cause some the largest miracles of the old world. Too western of Pythagorio you can see the ruins of as soon as the excellent already area Heraion -, which is established on the orders by Polykrates, in order to be the finest and largest handle in old Greece. The handle, inaugurated Hera, was the size of the Parthenon and by a Sacred way sunk now drew four times with thousands of statues approached. The treasures Priceless, which are excavated at the place of assembly, are on announcement on the impressive archaeological museum in Vathy. Polykrates ordered also the structure of the awe spurring aquaduct 1,040-metre, that mountain water into the city of 6. Century BC to at least 20. Century got. So long, as you do not suffer from Korpulenz or claustrophobia, you can investigate for part of the tunnel, which was the work of estimated 1,000 slaves.

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