Sámos: Knowing the island of Samos

Published on 02:28pm 02/27/2008 by johngreek

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My name is johngreek. I'm 29 years old, male and currently in Athens, Greece.

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I have spent 9 months in this fairly large island. From summer to winter. The people on the island live off tourism and agriculture, mainly olives and fruit. The local wine is well known and worth a try. The ouzo also from Samos is one of the best in Greece. Samos is famous as well for its shipbuilding of Greek fishing boats the kaikis or trehantiria.

Most holidaymakers stay in Pythagoreon (which was the ancient capital of the island) or Kokkari. Both places have many shops, restaurants and bars but they have still not been over commercialised. The latter is considered a very good spot for surfing since it is situated at the windy north coast.

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