11 BIG Reasons to Go on Holiday to Samos
In September I went on holiday to Samos, in Greece. Lurrved it.
The sunshine, the views, the villa we had, the hotels we saw, and the ease of life on the island mean I definitely want to go back.
Add to that the fact that my new sister-in-law is from there, and you know I actually will.
We were there for the wedding of the year. Not Meghan and Harry, or those other royals that tied the knot, nope, my brother and Xanthi, together in holy matrimony. The wedding was brilliant, more on that some time.
But first, this Samos holiday had been in the calendar for at least a year and it was destined to be epic.
We’d heard about how great Samos was / is since we first met Xanthi, born and bred there, a few years ago. And now was our time to travel to Samos, and see if she was actually telling the truth.
SPOILER: turns out she most definitely was.
Reasons to Visit Samos
Samos is the 9th biggest island in Greece, and before it came into our lives, I’d never actually even heard of it despite having been to Greece a few times. Obviously holidays to Samos aren’t as common as to the likes of Crete, Santorini and Mykonos.
This is a good thing. A little slice of a Greek island not overrun by us Brits come June.
I thought I’d take you through some of the many reasons to love Samos, to tempt you away from Corfu and Kos for your next Greece holiday.
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Where is Samos?
Samos is in the North Aegean group of Greek islands, just one km from the coast of Turkey. In fact, when I was out on my boat trip I got charged by my phone company for being in Turkey, rather than Greece. Keep that in mind!
Map of Samos island
Our villa was just by the airport and we spent most of our time around there, and Pythagorio. We only really ventured as far round as Vathi, the capital, and Kokkari.
SO much more to see.