Ag Ioannis

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Greece, NE Aegean, Samos

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A Barefoot reporter declares that this resembles paradise.

It is located in the most SW part of the island. Take a road from Votsalakia. There must be a monastery somewhere nearby, but my reporter didn't see it. The last kilometre is a dust-road, but a rented Matiz made it without problems.

You will see a small bay with a tiny island in the middle. You have to pass a few metres through a sort of a jungle. There you will find a small, seemingly deserted house and a wonderful bay. Small, white pebbles. You can get as much shade as you want. Entry in/out of the water is perfect.

Ag Ioannis

10:41 am, Dec 7, 2025

15°C

broken clouds

Humidity: 65 %

Pressure: 1009 mb

Wind: 2 mph

Wind Gust: 2 mph

Clouds: 52%

Visibility: 10 km

Sunrise: 7:15 am

Sunset: 4:54 pm

Temperature
Precipitation
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Wind
Humidity
Pressure

11:00 am

15°/17°°C 0 mm 0% 2 mph 65% 1009 mb 0 mm/h

2:00 pm

16°/17°°C 0.23 mm 23% 4 mph 66% 1009 mb 0 mm/h

5:00 pm

16°/17°°C 0 mm 0% 7 mph 68% 1009 mb 0 mm/h

8:00 pm

16°/16°°C 0.2 mm 20% 9 mph 73% 1010 mb 0 mm/h

11:00 pm

16°/16°°C 0 mm 0% 8 mph 72% 1011 mb 0 mm/h

2:00 am

15°/15°°C 0 mm 0% 12 mph 75% 1012 mb 0 mm/h

5:00 am

15°/15°°C 0 mm 0% 13 mph 77% 1012 mb 0 mm/h

8:00 am

15°/15°°C 0 mm 0% 14 mph 76% 1013 mb 0 mm/h

2009 July: very good and directions nearly as described above, all I would add is head for the village of Palaiochorion, but don’t enter the village as just before it take the left road at the top of the hill. The beach where the monastery referred to is, is in the next bay; just continue driving up the hill a little more and park on top and you're overlooking the bay. Shelter if required, using the cave nearby. No private or commercial boats are allowed into this bay. Would rate this beach as 80%. Unfortunately I did not take any photographs of this beach.

2018 July: The beach with the boat on the picture is actually Klima Beach, next to Ag Ioannis. There a more of these small beaches here as can be seen from above. Not sure how to get there, by boat or car.
I am surprised that someone did it with a rented Matiz. With a mountain bike I went down using only my brakes, going up I could only walk, it took 45 minutes. Nobody there of course.