Samos is one of the larger and beautiful south Aegean islands and is close to the Turkish coast. It's quite mountainous, very fertile and a big wine and olive producer. Although tourism plays a big part in the economy, people who take a summer holiday to Samos are surprised by how traditional the island has managed to stay under the onslaught on resort development. It's not the pace for wild party vacations but a Samos summer holiday is a delightful retreat appreciated by families and couple who want to relax and get away from it all to a place of towering hills, lush forests, bijou villages, medieval churches, fabulous beaches and secluded coves.

On a summer holiday to Samos you'll have a choice of a number of beautiful resorts; Samos Town is in a pretty horseshoe bay and a well developed waterfront or there's pretty Potami or Ano Vathi and if you have a passion for small working fishing ports your summer holiday to Samos is best based in somewhere like Kokkari. You might also like to take a day trip across to ancient Ephesus, in Turkey.

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Today the squares are quaint, cobbled, set with pavement cafes and dinky churches and you’re far more likely to find a Samos summer holidaymaker than a Greek with an abacus.