you could try the Anthis apts near pythagorion you will be upstairs in the larger rooms but we`ve had five in one the year before last. And kosta and his family are great and pythagorion is only a 20 min stroll. its in the kosmar brochure

Hello again borismab!

djsp, we stayed in Kokkari on Samos last summer. Stayed at the Kalidon Palace. Though this may not be suited to you with the children, but they have a sister hotel in the village that runs a bus to the Palace and to 2 of the nearby beaches, doing a loop every hour, and unusual for Greece it ran dead on time. The other place that had rave reviews was the Venus Hotel. I think they are only available through Thomsos.

Kokkari is a much smaller village than pythagoria and has lovely beaches a 1 - 3 minute stroll from either hotel!

If you want any more info pm me!

I would suggest a look at Kambos/Votsalakia...we have stayed here for the last 5 years. Its a quiet resort wth a very long sand/shingly beach, and very good for families. I know Kosmar are now covering this resort this year, plus manos have been there for a number of years. If booking independently try searching the web for Samos apartments/villas, a number of options will come up.

This is where we stay, and book direct with the owner..
http://www.evagelistria.gr/

other sites you might try are...

http://www.holidays-samos.gr/show_apartments.php?PHPSESSID=ba98b450fdf0e289cc2700ee05c01466

http://www.greeka.com/eastern_aegean/samos/hotels/samos-apartments.htm

hth

We were longing to go to Samos for a while. We never went because: We couldn't find any 2 bed apts, Rough guide indicated that Samos is quite expensive by Greek standards and the airport runway is at the end of the beach v close to Pythagorio.

seagull having been to Pythagorion on Samos for the last 2 years, we have found that it is no more expensive than the rest of Greece.
Thhe apts we stayed at are only 1km from the airport but you hardly hear any noise as there are so few flights

Samos is expensive compared to other Greek Islands?? Would they mean eating out, or the cost of packages?? I would say packages are expensive, but that maybe because not many UK companies go there, but you can go independently, we go in August, and do it for more than 1/2 that packages charge.
As for eating out, , certainly not in Kambos as it is not very touristy. We found it one of the cheaper places, we went to Crete and Samos last year, and Crete was far more expensive.

As for the airport being close to Pythagorio, yes it is, and a very interesting landing indeed;) but as Borismab says, there are not many flights into Samos, I cant comment about aircraft noise in that area, but there are other resorts too.
Samos Town, Kokkari, Kambos/Votsalakia, Lemonakia, Kerveli and Possidonia to name a few

Samos is beautiful - our favourite Greek island.

It even has a very nice airport with not many flights in and out.

Price wise, we stayed on the outskirts of Samos Town and found it to be really reasonable and superb quality food.

Pythagorio is very attractive - nice little harbour and a very short transfer from the airport. You really won't notice the aircraft noise.

We went with Portland although they have now handed over all Samos holidays to their sister company Thomson. It was extreme;y good value for money.

We shall most certainly return.

Pippa
Take a look at Cachet - not that cheap but supposed to be very good
http://www.cachet-travel.co.uk

DJSP

We have booked to go to Samos this year, have never been before and did the holiday independently. So much cheaper. Booked Villa Violetta (there are 10 rooms) at Ag. Nikolaos/Ag. Dimitrios on the north coast near Karlovassi. Know nothing about it, but we like a quiet location, use a car and drive to find our evening entertainment (I think Kokkari is about 15 mins drive). It was certainly very reasonably priced for double room with private bathroom right on the sea and with a pool. Just booked our flights with XL.

Now, having said this, I wonder if anyone has ever stayed here that could give me a review or tell me more about that area.

Thanks.

Chris