Pythagoreio

A search operation to locate a missing 64-year-old Dutch tourist on Samos has entered its third day.

The woman disappeared on Thursday morning on a hike. She had told a friend that she wanted to walk around the Eupalinos tunnel, from the outside, starting and ending at the town of Pythagoreio, where she was staying at a hotel.

Yesterday the Samos Coastal Authority detected a suspicious speedboat coming from the Turkish coast and heading towards the south-eastern coast of Samos. Immediately, a patrol boat went to the area, which spotted the speedboat and instructed its operator to stop, but he did not comply with the coast guard’s orders, resulting in a chase and immobilization.

In North Aegean Samos, enchanting coastal towns and picturesque villages blend history and nature into one captivating experience

The Samos Young Artists Festival (schwarzfoundation.com) returns for its 13th edition, gathering emerging musicians and renowned artists from around the world at the ancient theater at Pythagoreio on the island of Samos.

Police on Samos have identified four residents of the eastern Aegean island as perpetrators of acts of vandalism against vehicles and a building belonging to nongovernment organizations working with undocumented migrants on the island in the first half of this month.

It is said that good musicians perform equally well in the studio, on stage or in the shower. That tends to be true, but it's also true that some venues (such as the ancient theaters of Epidaurus and the Herod Atticus in Athens) offer so much atmosphere that they help to produce even stronger performances.

The Greek coast guard on Sunday rescued 49 migrants on a rubber dinghy off the eastern Aegean island of Samos.

All migrants were safely transferred to the port of Karlovasi on Samos.

Their nationality was not immediately known.

From May visitors will be able to visit this marvel of ancient engineering, walking along the full 1,036m length of the tunnel through Mount Ambelos.

My shoes were covered in mud. Water from the roof dripped down onto my jacket. I was walking along a 9-meter-high tunnel. My head - thankfully, I wore a helmet - bumped against the rocks several times. But I didn't mind: Visiting the Eupalinian Aqueduct is a unique experience.

The Tunnel of Eupalinos, one of the most extraordinary monuments of craftmanship and construction (1,036 metres carved inside the mountain that towers over the town of Pythagorio on Samos) will be very soon accessible.