14 May 2023

The program “Students, Ambassadors of Samos in Greece and the World” is an initiative of the University of the Aegean and the Municipality of Western Samos, in collaboration with businesses and organizations on the island.

The action aims to prepare a group of selected students who volunteered, by exposing them to the island’s sights, teaching them its history, and providing knowledge of its development prospects – elements that will forever serve as tools for the new “ambassadors” who will complete the program.

As part of the program, today, Sunday, May 14th, a group of 50 selected students visited various villages of Samos, folklore museums, archaeological sites, tourist attractions, and businesses on the island.

This first educational trip included the following activities:

• Introduction to the history of Samos, from ancient times to the present (lecture and discussion)

• Visit to the village and folklore museum of Pagonda

• Supervision of the archaeological site of the Heraion and the Sarakini Tower

• Visit to the Eupalinian Aqueduct and the Pythagoreion Museum

• Pythagoras, and his role in ancient Greek philosophy, science, and literature (lecture en route)

• Alternative forms of tourism in Samos: Visit to a diving school (Kokari)

The program was supported organizationally and financially by the following organizations and individuals:

• Municipality of Western Samos

• Central Multipurpose Space, Karlovasi

• Lyberis Bakery, Karlovasi

• Folklore Museum of Pagonda

• Archaeological Museum and Eupalinian Aqueduct, Pythagoreion

• Samos Sub Diving School, Kokari

• SAMOS TV and ERT SA

• Samos Police Administration

• Dimitrios Thrasyvoulos, Philologist / Historian