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Churches & monasteries · Mytilinioi
Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) Monastery
The youngest monastery on Samos, built in 1824 in the Katrafili area near Mytilinioi.
Churches & monasteries · Vlamari (Vathy)
Agia Zoni Monastery
A 1695 monastery at Vlamari, minutes outside Vathy, with 17th-century wall paintings.
Churches & monasteries · Koumaradei
Megali Panagia Monastery
A 1586 monastery outside Koumaradei, with the grandest church on Samos and 16th-century wall paintings.
Churches & monasteries · Pythagoreio
Monastery of Panagia Spiliani
Pythagoreio's cave monastery: 95 steps drop into a vast cavern with a small chapel built inside the rock.
Churches & monasteries · Vourliotes
Vrontiani Monastery (Moni Vronta)
Samos' oldest monastery, founded 1566, high among plane trees on the slope above Vourliotes.
Churches & monasteries · Karlovasi
Profitis Ilias Monastery
A quiet 1625 monastery in the hills above Karlovasi, home to a single monk.
Churches & monasteries · Mavratzei
Timios Stavros Monastery
A 1592 monastery just south of Mavratzei, known for its carved iconostasis and gilded pulpit.
Churches & monasteries · Kamara (Vathy)
Zoodochos Pigi Monastery
A convent high above Kamara, with a sweeping view across to Cape Mykale and the Turkish coast.
Churches & monasteries · Kallithea
Panagia Makrini
A 9th-century Byzantine chapel built inside a cave high on Mount Kerkis, above Kallithea village.