Chóra
in Samos Prefecture of North Aegean, Greece
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Samos Airport (1 mi) - Ikaria Airport (31 mi)
- Leros Airport (36 mi)
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Adnan Menderes International Airport (43 mi) - Milas Bodrum International Airport (52 mi)
- Çiğli Airport (56 mi)
- Imsık Airport (57 mi)
- Kos Airport (64 mi)
- Dalaman International Airport (124 mi)
- Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (189 mi)
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos (Unesco heritage, 2 mi)
- The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos (Unesco heritage, 34 mi)
- Delos (Unesco heritage, 92 mi)
- Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape (Unesco heritage, 99 mi)
- Medieval City of Rhodes (Unesco heritage, 113 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 37.704 and 26.905 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 37° 42' 13" and E 26° 54' 16"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Modern Greek, English, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 05:43 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/Athens
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:53 am and 5:00 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -27.600 and -144.317 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Area - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Greece.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Greece. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Delve into Chóra
Chóra in Samos Prefecture (North Aegean) with it's 1,218 habitants is a city located in Greece about 175 mi (or 282 km) east of Athens, the country's capital town.
Current time in Chóra is now 05:43 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / Athens with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 10 airports closer to Chóra, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in Greece is Samos Airport in a distance of 1 mi (or 2 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Greece is Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos in a distance of 2 mi (or 4 km), East. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Samos, Megalo Chorio, Atburgazi, Kusadasi and Davutlar. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 18°C / 64 °F
| Morning Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Night Temperature | 16°C / 60 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 2% |
| Air Humidity | 70% |
| Air Pressure | 1016 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
12°C (53 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
11°C (52 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Doryssa Seaside Resort
Hotel Cattleya
Summer Memories
AEOLIS HOTEL VATHY
Mirini
Kokkari Beach
Princessa Riviera Resort
Samos Sun Hotel
Galini Pension
Emily
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Transavia vlucht Samos SMI
Vlucht van Amsterdam (AMS) naar Samos (SMI). Zowel in de cockpit van de Boeing 737-800 als buiten de Boeing 737.
Landning Samos
Planespotting
Amasing takeoff from Samos...
Takeoff from Samos Airport
with Flynikis Embrear 190. The weather was very cloudy and windy, so the tower changed the takeoff direction.
Wannabe divas at the beach - Χαζές τουρίστριες στην παραλία
Drinking their ice tea... Με το ice tea στο χέρι...
Opstijgen Boeing 737 vanaf Samos Griekenland. Take off Boeing 737 from Samos Greece.
Opstijgen Boeing 737 vanaf Samos Griekenland. Motorgeluid. Take off Boeing 737 from Samos Greece. Jet engine sound.
TUI 737-700 landing at Samos september 7th 2009
Very windy landing.
airberlin - Airbus A320-214 - D-ALTD - Start in Samos
Start in Samos (SMI/LGSM) in Richtung Düsseldorf (DUS/EDDL) am 16. Juni um 11:58 Uhr auf der Startbahn 09. *Cockpit-Sicht*
Hotel Maritsa Bay i plaża k. Pythagorio
Hotel "Maritsa Bay" i plaża k. Pythagorio, wyspa Samos, Grecja.
Rundreise Samos: 5* Luxushotel Doryssa Seaside Resort
http://www.reisedoktor.com/hotels/griechenland/samos/doryssa-seaside-resort/ auf Visite in Samos: 5* Doryssa Seaside Resort.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Heraion of Samos
The Heraion of Samos was a large sanctuary to the goddess Hera, in the southern region of Samos, Greece, 6 km southwest of the ancient city, in a low, marshy river basin near the sea. The Late Archaic Heraion of Samos was the first of the gigantic free-standing Ionic temples, but its predecessors at this site reached back to the Geometric Period of the 8th century BC, or earlier.
Tunnel of Eupalinos
The Tunnel of Eupalinos or Eupalinian aqueduct (Modern Greek: Efpalinio orygma, Ευπαλίνειο όρυγμα) is a tunnel of 1,036 m length in Samos, Greece, built in the 6th century BC to serve as an aqueduct. The tunnel is the second known tunnel in history which was excavated from both ends, and the first with a geometry-based approach in doing so. Today it is a popular tourist attraction.
Samos International Airport
Samos International Airport (also known as Aristarchos) is an airport on Samos Island, Greece. The airport is named after Aristarchos of Samos, an ancient astronomer and mathematician, and lies within 5 km from the nearby town of Pythagorio. The airport features a single runway serving both arrivals and departures. During the late 1990s/early 2000s, the terminal was renovated to increase size and keep it modern. The old terminal remains there unused at the side.
Pythagoreion
The Pythagoreion is an ancient fortified port in Samos, Greece. A nice and tranquil city with charter- and yacht tourism as its main industry today. It has three ports with a new marina and a dock for ferrys and passangerboats to other islands like Pathmos and to mainland Greece and Turkey. I contains ancient Greek and Roman monuments and a famous ancient tunnel, the Tunnel of Eupalinos or Eupalinian aqueduct.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Chóra.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Khóra, Chóra, Χώρα, Chora
