Samos was our final Greece Island stop before heading to Istanbul. This just so happened to be the birthplace/home of the famous Mathematician Pythagorean and Aristarchus who was the first person recorded as claiming that the Earth revolved around the sun.

Even though the island is only 8 miles wide and consist mainly of mountain terrain, it is well known for its wine production. The customs office as soon as we got of the ship had three wines already advertised. The one on the left was okay, very drinkable. The middle and right one had way too much sugar, if you are in to sweet wine them give them a shot.

Right around the corner to the left is a small park that overlooks the bay called Coastal Park and is a great place to snag some photos.

This church is called Agios Theodoros and is one of FIVE churches on the island dedicated to St Theodor Tiron. Built in 1838 on top of the foundation of a previous monastery.

Next on our self-curated walking tour was an interesting find. It’s a Holy wine distributor, you know the wine that is used for communion during church. This one depicts an image of St Tryphon who is considered the protector of fields and crops or in this case, grape vines!

Before continuing on, we had to grab some lunch and found a small town square known as Pythagoras Square. Just look for the lion statue in the picture and you know you are in the right spot! It has plenty of eateries in it. We ate at the shop in the back corner called HAP Snack Bar. Highly recommend, the food and staff were great. Here is a google map link: click here.

Love an island where you can see the locals living out their daily lives and not just catering to tourist. I was lucky enough to grab this shot of a fisher man preparing his nets. I assume he is packing them away based on the time of day.

In front of the Greece and European Union flags is a statue of Themistoklis Sofoulis. He served three times as the Prime Minister of Greece.

After lunch we found this really neat park that had a lot of local art on its grounds. After researching the area much later, I found out that it was much more massive than we thought. It is the Samos Public Park and had a zoo in it! We didn’t’ see it, but please check it out if you ever stop by.

The Church of Agios Spyridon is a newly built structure (1909) and we were told that the inside is absolutely stunning. We added it to our self-guided tour… but they were closed to the public when we showed up! If you get a chance to see the inside, please send me a picture! Apparently there is a giant silver candelabra from India, I really wanted to learn more about its origin. Some other time, I guess.

We headed into the mountains a little bit to get away from the tourist scene, but we didn’t find much else away from the part of the city we were in.

We got about as far as we could before it was time to turn back. Managed to get a shot of the bay area form up high. There is a lot of this island to explore.