The Cave of Pythagoras stands on the southern slopes of Mount Kerkis, high above the village of Marathokampos on the southwest coast of Samos. A marked footpath climbs through pine to a pair of rock openings, where the small cave-chapel of Panagia Sarantaskaliotissa sits beside a deeper cavern. Local tradition ties the site to the … Read more
Mount Kerkis, known in antiquity as Kerketeas, is the highest mountain on Samos at about 1,434 metres. It rises steeply over the southwest of the island, straight from the sea above the beach villages of Votsalakia and Kampos. Bare grey limestone, deep gorges, caves and hidden chapels give the peak a wild character unusual for … Read more
Potami is a green river valley and beach on the northwest coast of Samos, a short drive west of the town of Karlovasi. A signed path leaves the beach and follows a permanent stream into a shaded forest gorge. It passes a small Byzantine chapel on the way to a waterfall and a cold rock … Read more