God’s Lair – Samos & Patmos

Samos is the place where, for sure, Pythagoras and, probably, goddess Herra was born. The island is filled with ruins, the largest being the Hereion, an extensive temple built by the tyrant Polycrataes, and dedicated to the goddess. Besides the Hereion, Polycrates, ordered the construction of an one km tunnel that brings the water inside the city, remarkable work of engineering for that time and a large jetty on which stands a monument dedicated to the famous mathematicians Pythagoras, located in the island city that carries its name, Pythagorio. Hoping in a hydrofoil we move to the Dodecanese island of Patmos, a small and charming island that was the exile place of St. John the Evangelist ordered by the Roman Emperor Domitian. Here, living in a cave, Saint John wrote the Book of the Apocalypse. From the island’s monasteries, perched on top of the hill, we descend into the main town and harbor of the island, named Skala.