\ Crete (1) / \Cyclades (2) / \ Dodecanese (3) / \ Peloponnese (4) / \ Attica (5) / \ Central Greece (6) / \ Epirus (7) / \ Ionian Islands (8) / \ Thessaly (9) / \ Evia & the Sporades (10) / \ Macedonia (11) / \ Thrace (12) / \ NE Aegean (13) /

... REGION: Thrace ... Island of Samothrace The magic island, the northern island of Greece is covering an area of 177 s.m and has approximately 3.100 inhabitants. On the island is the mountain Saos its top is 1600 m high, the myth says that this is the place from where Poseidon was observing the bloody battles in front of the Troan walls. The island has also a huge archaeological site known as Paleopolis. It is known that in the past, many centuries ago, Samothraki was the island were the “Kaveireia Mysteria” (religious ritual) took place but today only a very few things are known about them. The statue of “Niki” was also a part of the Islands history, but nowadays we can admire it in the Louvre museum in Paris. The museum and the towers of the Gateluzi are looking calmly at the Aegean Sea. In the interior we will meet the islands’ capitol, which is called Chora. The castle of the it is rising amongst rocks, it is considered as the guardian of the white traditional houses, which are build amphitheatrically on a green slope.The only link of the island to the mainland is the picturesque harbor of Kamariotissa. Here we can find hotels, rooms, restaurants, fish taverns and nightclubs. The island has several little villages that the visitor should visit some of them are the Kariotes, Alonia, Lakoma and Profitis Helias, which is famous for his grilled goat. But everywhere on the island you can find a high variety of fish and seafood that is of the best quality. Scuba diving is very interesting in the sea around island where you can see caves and beautiful underwater scenes and if you are lucky maybe a Mediterranean seal. In the interior the island is full of chestnuts, myrtle’s, arbutus platan and some other trees in general the vegetation of the island is unique. In an another village that is called Loutra we can find spa and hydrotherapy clinics.Little streams, lakes and waterfalls are giving a special character to the Saos. Those lakes are called from the locals “Vathres” and if you love the nature then you must see the “Fonias” lake a place that will offer you unforgettable experience.These are a few reasons why Samothraki is called the island of the gods.

Grecian Net © All rights reserved 2002