Manolates

Manolates are located in the northern side of the island, 25 km far from the city of Samos. It is a traditional village that is builted in mountainous greenery region and has immense view to Asia Minor.
It took its name from the surname Manoles, of the first family that lived there in 1794, which still exists.
Near to Manolates existed in the old days the settlements Georgates, Aggelides, Margarites, Skopelites, Karamanolides, that had taken their names from the names of their settlers or families that lived them.
In certain villages as in Margarites for example, are saved ruins of houses, streets and the church of settlement in honor of Saint George with popular murals and beautiful pictures.
In Manolates, it is worth seeing the old maintained graphic houses and their flagged streets, and the parochial church that is dedicated to Zoodochou Pigi and celebrates the first Friday after Easter.
The residents deal almost exclusively with the vine-growing. Despite the mountainous character of village, the ground is fertile enough.
The biggest social event in the village is the festival that takes place the first Friday after Easter. There are also a lot of other smaller celebrations in the many tinies chapels all around Manolates, but the most important of them is the one that is celebrated 25 days after Easter on the homonym chapel up to the mountain.

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