we have been around the houses about this years holiday in terms of which island (or even bit of the mainland) to try next (having been to and loved Rhodes and Kefalonia). I think we have decided on Samos but can't find much choice of reasonable priced accomadation (we like pretty simple, Greek 3*so nothing posh)with the usual suspects in terms of travel agents. Can anyone recommend anywhere other than the usual 3 I could try. Or even if its do-able in terms of booking flights and then hotel if anyone has done that

ALSO, any advice re resort- we will hire a car so can travel about but would prefer to be at least a short drive from a sandy beach (as we have a 5 yr old) and a little village that we could walk out from the hotel at night to would be great

Any other general Samos tips would be most welcomed
thanks