Oh, wonderful Samos, Greek island of the loves of Zeus and Hera, that you lodged them b odes of Marco Antonio and Cleopatra. Divine island where his best beaches are in the area west, and that, unfortunately, has lost part of his delight with the terrible forest fires that have destroyed it during the 90s. Nevertheless, the island keeps on being one of the most beautiful tourist destinations of the Aegean Sea.
The ruins of the ancient Samos seem to run of here for somewhere near the whole island. It turns out to be curious to see how they are mixed by the big quantity of bars and restaurants, especially at night, when the night animation, if it was not for the neon lights and the modern music, well it might be said that it is celebrated in the ancient Greece.
The most nearby beach is that of Potokaki, which scarcely is to ten minutes on foot. It is necessary to cross the ruins of the Roman baths and the ancient port. The only negative aspect is the nearby airport, which breaks sometimes the oasis of local calmness.
For our taste, the Kokkari area is better. The fishing people is a succession of alleys that end in the bay, where the fishing ships swirl concerning the fish restaurants. It is a question of half a kilometer of beach, which spreads beautifully from the port. There is very good ambience in the night, where the people mix with those who go out of the shops.
The capital of the island is the proper Samos, a place full of coffees and restaurants along with the sea. Far from this pother, it is interesting to get lost for his cobbled streets, in search of the Archaeological museum, which there lodges an army of ancient sculptures, between which there is included an enormous statue of five meters of Kouros, who has the mystical serenity of a Buddha.
Hill below we have the charming old town of Year Vathy. It looks like a world completely apart from the terminal of ferry that has left us in the port. It is a delight to walk along the narrow alleys full of picturesque shops.
We have the cove of Psili Amnos to only one kilometer of distance, with his local bars, a place rather to sunbathe before swimming. Further away we have Kambos, a narrow stripe of sand, in which to lie down and to relax or to eat grilled squids in the night.
Samos is an island in which to be able to spend a weekend, covering his small villages, buying in the street positions. In the north of the island there are the best sceneries, to which we come across serpenteantes highways infested with vineyards. The south is more historical, with corners like Hera's Sanctum, which went so far as to have four times the size of the Parthenon, and the tunnel of Eupalinus, an aqueduct excavated in the VIth century with an incredible precision.
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