Svala Beach at Vathy
Exploring Samos Sailing Holidays area
The beach of Svala is a long (up to 1,5 kilometers) pebbly beach, with big pebbles, situated at the northern coast of the island, some 19 kilometers northwestern to the town of Samos, a bit off the northern circular road connecting the town of Samos with Karlovasi and Aghios Constantinos. The sea is deep and very clean but the beach is totally unprotected from the northern winds, which raise huge waves when blowing. Accommodation facilities are available close to the beach and in the area around, and a cantina at the beach offers snacks, coffee and refreshments. The beach is sufficiently organized, offering facilities for swimming and sunbathing (umbrellas and sun beds). Access from the town of Samos is easy by private means (car and motorbikes).
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The monastery of the Holy Cross is located in the east-central part of Samos island. First built in 1582, the monastery is one of the oldest religious constructions of the Island.
Lemonakia (the word means small lemons in Greek) is a rather small beach, 400 meters long, with pebbles; the sea is not very deep and very clean but, as it happens with many of the beaches at the northern coast, it is not protected from the northern winds that raise high waves when blowing. The beach is found at a distance of some 12 kilometers northwestern to the town of Samos, a bit off the circular road of the northern coast connecting the town of Samos with Karlovasi, in short distance after Kokkari and beside the beach of Tsamadou.
The 400-meters-long pebbly beach of Tsamadou is situated some 12,5 kilometers far from the town of Samos at the Northwest; the sea is very clean and not very deep, but it is not protected from the northern winds that raise high waves when blowing. The beach is found a bit off the circular road of the northern coast connecting the town of Samos with Karlovasi, in short distance after Kokkari.
The small beach of Avlakia is situated at a distance of some 15 kilometers northwestern to the town of Samos. It is a beach with deep and very clean sea, open to the north and affected by the northern winds that raise high waves when blowing.
Tsambou is a small beach only some 350 meters long, with big pebbles, deep and very clean sea, open to the northern winds which raise high waves when blowing. The beach is situated at a distance of some 15 kilometers northwestern to the capital town of Samos and 3 kilometers before arriving to Aghios Constantinos, a bit off the circular road of the northern coast connecting the town of Samos with Karlovasi.
The tiny beach of Kambos (meaning “plain” in Greek), a beach with coarse pebbles, is situated at a distance of some 16 kilometers northwestern to the town of Samos; the beach has deep and very clean sea and it is open to the north and affected by the northern winds that raise high waves when blowing. It is found some 2 kilometers before arriving to Aghios Constantinos, half kilometer off the circular road of the northern coast that connects the town of Samos with Karlovasi.