Hands down, Proteas Blu Resort ranks among the finest properties I’ve ever checked into. The welcome set the tone: smiles all round, an free room upgrade to a suite with its own pool looking straight out over the opposite coast. The staff could not have been warmer or more proactive the entire week.
Dining was another highlight. Breakfast is a blast on the Panorama terrace, think omelette and crêpe stations plus dozens of savoury and sweet options, while dinners at the Simplicity Restaurant arrives in share-size portions. Even the room service club sandwich could feed two. Cocktails at the beach bar are poured with a decidedly generous hand.
That beach, by the way, feels practically private. Because the resort hugs a small, pebble-and-sand cove that’s tricky to reach from outside, loungers were always available and the water crystal-clear.
The property sits on steep terraces, but the electric buggies are a phone call away and zipped us from beach to lobby in minutes, great for anyone who’d rather skip the uphill workout.
Location is another plus: Pythagorion’s harbour cafés and boutiques are only about 2 km away, five minutes by a €8 taxi, so popping into town for dinner or a sunset stroll is effortless.
We also hired a car (the rental firm also kindly bumped us up a class) and explored Vathy as well as the lush Potami waterfalls on the north coast, both easy drives that round out a Samos stay nicely.
