SALAMINA | The Greek Island That's Closest to Athens

[@jennifergala]

Mitsotaki give this man a Greek Passport.

[@user-sn6dz2ie4k]

No joke he definitely should.

[@jalalal-haddad7414]

Agree 100%💙💙

[@wildrose2662]

It's very different living in Greece. Being part of a static local community is different to travelling through so many different places...

[@GeorgeRaptis-t3m]

Gabe is one of us.

[@conmihelis7692]

​@wildrose2662 I disagree. Living in the place you love doesn't restrict you from travelling. It may however stop you from searching because you have found it. I think Gabriel was Greek in a past life.

[@deanpapadopoulos3314]

The Greekest person in the world. I’m learning a lot from you about my country of origin.

[@SueB369]

Gaberial , You Must have Been a Greek Warrior in Your Past Lives ... The Way You Enjoy the Life in Greece is So Passionate !!! Enjoy Your Travels Where You May Go . Bless Your Heart💜☸️

[@liana5139]

On this island the naval battle of Salamis took place between Greeks and Persians in 480 BC. of great importance, because it stopped the expansion of the Persians throughout Europe. There is the tomb of the Salaminomachians, but also the cave of the great ancient tragic poet Euripides. Enjoy Gabe!

[@stankormy5717]

It is all good in Greece!!

[@rumik-stahnke6512]

Glad to see you again in beautiful Greece bro 🤗Thanks for sharing and all the best 👍😁

[@SiXiS4]

Yey back to greece

[@betsabeabarleycorn]

Loved the sight of the greek flag! Thanks for sharing this trip to Salamina Island. Kalo Taxidi!

[@kirschakos]

Nice to see you back in Greece! Looking forward to the next video! :)

[@JayZen707]

He's there every other week. He must have a punch card. Get the 10th one free.

[@zisikaragiannis2390]

Another great video! Incidentally, on the island they found The Salamis Stone which has carvings on it of ancient units of measurement. Vitruvius, a Roman architect described the stone in his book De Architectura. Leonardo Da Vinci read the book and was inspired by the description of the stone and that influenced his drawing Virtruvian Man.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Wow, very interesting.

[@katleenmstut4622]

You have that elated Greek experience smile on your face again 😂

[@southpawjab4749]

It's going to be a sad day when Gabe completes the 227 inhabited Greek Islands... Well, there's always the uninhabited ones to charter after that 😁

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

It took me 34 years to visit 59, so I guess I need about a hundred more years.

[@southpawjab4749]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos You got this!

[@joeb5080]

83% of the country is a peninsula.

[@kenmasters2034]

Welcome back Gabe.🫡

[@johncopeland3826]

One of the most decent ,honest and authentic bloggers out there , that's Mr Traveler. What he doesn't know about travelling the world ,you could write down on a postage stamp ! Another superb entertaining video on a day in the life of a guy who tours the globe trying to make a living . One of the very best you will find .. anywhere !

[@elenidrogaris6645]

Hi Gabriel, if you haven't been to Kythira, you should definately go. Easy drive from Athens to Neapoli to grab the one hour boat trip, though there's also an airport. Hands down one of the most authentic islands, has fantastic local food & produce, its own water sources, amazingly varying landscape, waterfalls, monasteries, the white beach at the port (Diakofti), the beautiful tiny fjord-like bay of Avlemonas and the very dramatic views from Kastro towards Kapsali. Lots to see on the island of Aphridite. This should be combined with Elafinissos, the small island just north of Kythira, some of my favourite beaches in Greece, the underwater ancient town of Pavlopetri...Elafonisos is 5min by boat from Pounta.

[@wildrose2662]

Sounds wonderful!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yeah it sounds great, definitely plan to visit it sometime.

[@agreed2413]

I love the Greek travel videos!

[@jacksoncornbreadmcbride6763]

I don't 👎

[@UffeUlferts]

👎👎👎

[@EvaTheodoridou-48]

we are happy that you came back Gabriel stay forever in Greece. My greetings from nothern Greece Edessa. 💙🇬🇷💙

[@ErvuJukl]

We are not happy. Redundant content 👎. 🇹🇷

[@Allexander9880]

Καλωσόρισες back Home Gabe! 🎉

[@ErvuJukl]

👎🇹🇷

[@deepakbhana8937]

Gabriel, a very good presentation showing Salamina.

[@thrivingnow7843]

Loved it. Thanks

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Sweet, glad to hear it.

[@zarzas22]

Everybody.. Please welcome, Γαβρήλος Μορρισόπουλος!!👏👏👏👏👏

[@aokiaoki4238]

It's Γαβριήλ, not Γαβρήλος

[@kostastsol]

Haha, they' ve already found a greek name that is more relevant to the one in English.

[@greekveteran2715]

I've setved for 20 months on that Island.Never been there since 2001 so thanks for the ride man!!!

[@jalalal-haddad7414]

This man made me love tourism and travel, I consider him one of the most important global travelers 💙💙💙💙💙

[@springgingerla]

Given that you are in the area, maybe you might enjoy visiting the Eleusis/Elefsina archeological site. It is where most noteworthy Greeks of ancient times were initiated into the Eleusian mysteries (which sadly remain that, as taking about it was punishable by death). Some say, this might have involved hallucinogenics in a drink called kykeon. I don't think there's too much vlogging content on it and I think the museum has been redone when it was European capital of culture in 2023.

[@janakotrcova2790]

Gabriel,your video made me revise my knowledge of history,the battle of Salami somehow slipped from my memory.A picturesque island!👍

[@UffeUlferts]

Unfortunately the battle of Salami has long been forgotten. No one speaks about it anymore. In the early 2000s it was a hot topic at most dinner parties.

[@ErvuJukl]

No one thinks about the battle of Salomi

[@janakotrcova2790]

@@ErvuJukl ,,Everything is different,,said the wise rabbi.😊Thank you!👍

[@janakotrcova2790]

@@UffeUlferts Then I can easily forget it again!😊Thank you!👍

[@UffeUlferts]

@@janakotrcova2790 да, it's another thing you can forget.

[@MichaelKilby]

I just returned from the Greek islands. Crete was my favorite. Agia Triada Monastery is amazing!

[@sarseer6722]

Hey Gabriel, so happy to see you back in Greece again. Hope you have a great time visiting. Not sure if you’re still there now but there are some KZbinrs called “Athens Wives” who are based in Salamina and make content related to places to visit and eat at in the general Athens/Salamina area. Also, not related to anything concerning this content, but as an House music fan, I really enjoy many of your music intro choices, Jones Meadow is the shizzz. Enjoy your 59th & 60th Greek islands 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@PrasadiBandularatne]

Wow from Egypt to Greece

[@fleuromeara4924]

Love the music. So slow and relaxing.

[@movementii]

Hell yeah! I really wanted to visit Salamina on the last day of my Greece trip this year, but got super confused about the buses to the "different" port (Perama) in Athens so ended up not going. Can't wait to watch this!

[@End_Illegal_Apartheid_israhell]

epic. many thanks

[@VolkerHelmich]

Nothing "epic" about this, just a typical boring Greek vid.

[@angelostsirimokos8104]

Paloukia, which is indeed the landing port's name, means 'pickets'. Poulakia means 'little birds'! St. George used to be a quarantine station, whih explains the 19th-century buildings. It is now used by the Greek Navy, which has a base both on Salamis and at Perama on the mainland.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I see, good to know.

[@nikosniko7092]

Wow 🤩

[@nikostheodoridis5305]

Hello Gabriel, if I was to see you by chance in the line 1 of metro, I would lose my mind. Enjoy your stay sir!

[@donniesilver4270]

Truly a big adventure again, and more over, so much different this specific island, compared to all the previous ones ... 🤣👍 ... But, we missed the cookies and crackers this time 😭

[@craigleewhite6317]

Plenty of good energy, what with some good scran:) Marvelous to see you Gabe. Alexanda The Great conquered the world. Why? Because he was unwavering. Look forward to more of Greece. From Craig. Have a marvelous time.

[@rajm2626]

The somewhat dryness of much of the land surrounding the Mediterranean is very beautiful and interesting 🤩

[@anonymous-qc3sy]

Gabriel, you must be one of very few tourists in salamina, that's why there aren't the usual touristy amenities. Due to its proximity to Piraeus it's just used by greeks as a land with cheaper rent than Athens and they commute through the ferry to Athens every day to work. It's the last island i would recommend to a tourist

[@pavloskaisseris7587]

Welcome home Gabe ❤🇬🇷

[@AudiophileTubes]

Back to Greece! YEAH BABY!

[@maranakiegw]

Welcome back!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@annobrien8387]

One island in the saronic gulf I haven't been to! I'm travelling to Kos om the 22nd October hope the weather holds up!

[@FakeNews_Ignored]

Gabe is a definition of living well. Safe travels my friend.

[@jacksoncornbreadmcbride6763]

What's your bag, bro?

[@cindybruin4888]

Great video G😊

[@donpietro9040]

🇬🇷❤️🇬🇷❤️🇬🇷❤️🇬🇷❤️🚀💯❤️

[@UffeUlferts]

👎👎👎

[@marafarnham595]

Awww 😊 Gabriel in Greece! 😎☀️🌊😊❤

[@JNorth87]

Salamina also a cool town in Colombia

[@kostastsol]

Salamina is more known as a historical site rather than a touristy place...In terms of tourism it is the most unexploited island among those of the Saronic bay (Hydra, Spetses, Aigina, Agistri).Also, in the island is located a military base (a headquarter of the navy) and this is an additional reason for being such frequent ferry routes, given that many people in a daily basis commute from Athens.And the piece of cake, many locals and greeks call it as salamykonos instead of Salamina haha..

[@ErvuJukl]

Greece has navy? Bahaha 😂 🇹🇷

[@kostastsol]

@@ErvuJukl let your navy try to cross the Aegean sea and you will find it out..

[@ErvuJukl]

@@kostastsol You will cower behind your British ⚓ mama. Bahaha 🇹🇷

[@ErvuJukl]

@@kostastsol Your German 🇩🇪 papa still gives you allowance 💰? Bahaha 😂

[@kostastsol]

@@ErvuJukl what about you?Will you get permission from your Mongol parents?

[@helencarandreou7368]

Around 1965 my boyfriend and I used to go to Salamina on a short boat ride from Piraeus for fishing. It had serenity and crystal clean waters. Nothing like this. I am sorry to say there in nothing nice about the place now.

[@wilfredotorres6628]

Hi Gabriel, it was an enjoyable day trip out on the island of Salamina. At this time, I thought you would be a friend showing her around the Greek islands, possibly later.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I mentioned at the beginning that I was meeting her the next day and then heading out to the islands.

[@zoeknows]

Geia sou Gabriel! Welcome. So close but we didn't bump into you in the city center...maybe will make it next time! Enjoy this lovely night in Sikinos....a wild guess...never been -on my list - so I 'll be happy to see you there.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

You were in Athens at the same time?

[@zoeknows]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Actually I live in down town Athens

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I see. 👍

[@StartLivingNow1963]

🙂💙👍Thank You Gabriel Another Awesome Adventure love following you on your Amazing Adventures and seeing places I may never get to see otherwise.🙂💙👍Safe Travels.🙂

[@greekveteran2715]

Have you been to Chios? (Χίος) Very underrated,beautiful Island!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Not yet, sounds like a nice one.

[@laudermarauder]

29:51 or "Zíto i Elláda" (Ζήτω η Ελλάδα), which is the Greek for "Long live Greece!"

[@pavelavietor1]

great cinematography, great view . saludos

[@pavelavietor1]

@@ElginHuttlesford The world is recognizing you delussionalism, by reading you delusional version of the word "" panorama "" ( is a technique you say jaja ) , my version is different, '''''' panorama """ an unobstructed and unlimited view by an observer in all direction, saludos mi Chino

[@pavelavietor1]

@@ElginHuttlesford yes you are correct , you think I do not understand videography. I would love to meet you abuelita. saludos Mi negrito chino

[@pavelavietor1]

@@ElginHuttlesford OK if you say so, I didn't know you are a travel agente, saludos

[@pavelavietor1]

@@ElginHuttlesford thank you for inviting me, you are the best, saludos

[@DeputyDog-mh1yo]

I think that his panorama will be in Cuba not Mexico 🇨🇺

[@dailyrider6330]

Gabe if you visit salamina again try the south part of the island. You gonna need a car for that part since buses not covering those parts. You should visit kanakia beach and village.its isolated and you ll be alone on the beach this time of year.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Right on, next time.

[@tasossaridakis3379]

Τhe nicest part of Salamis is in the south . The best way to travel in the islands is by motorbike BUT IF you're not experienced can be dangerous ! Enjoy it and be safe .

[@jucuyo1]

Back in Greece again 🫵🤣

[@MitsosG-wi8fd]

Unbelievable! welcome to Salamina. Salamina has almost no foreign tourism at all, but it is perhaps the island with the largest number of visitors throughout the year. It is the island where middle-class Athenians, mainly from Western Athens, have their summer residences. we are talking about tens of thousands of houses near the beaches of the island, I also have a summer house there. There are no hotels in the center of Salamis, maybe one or two. You might have noticed the large number of ferries over forty which shows the large number of Athenians visiting their holiday home. The island is quite large and you need a car or taxi to see the beauties of the island. The ferry route is exactly the point where the most important naval battle in history took place. The island of Agios Georgios belongs to the navy and used to be an asylum for psychopaths.

[@vikith1]

I've read that the island of Agios Georgios was a place for mandatory quqrantine of travellers , refugees and others, back in the day.

[@MitsosG-wi8fd]

Mainly during the 19th century it was used as a quarantine for people coming from countries where cholera was rampant at the time.

[@ValentinaMitchell1]

Wahhhhhoooooo yea haw!

[@theVeryFirstRayOfLight]

Iran would love to welcome you 💪🏻 Oh man! Life just started, finally❤ Khoda haFISH.

[@ErvuJukl]

Iran has other concerns

[@theVeryFirstRayOfLight]

@@ErvuJukl NOPE.

[@3dScience_uk]

love you 🇬🇷

[@georgeelgreco450]

I'm surprised that you picked up the slang while you're on the island. Mouki is actually not far from where you were.. You missed the bar area and Beach area which would have been down another road from Koulouri towards Aianteion there you could have taken a swim the water is quite nice.. if you plan on coming back in the future let me know I'd love to show you around. someone whose family has been on the island since the 1960s

[@goodchess]

i follow you for some years.....why you dont have more vews??? the videos are very good!!!!!

[@LV-gf3ev]

Gabriel there is only one way to reach Mathraki, Othonous and Erikousa and that is from Agios Stefanos sea side place North of Kerkira. Agios Stefanos is also quite a nice place.

[@mesaekso1443]

Com' on man,you got to apply for citizenship,already!Dual citizenship,no big deal!

[@ggboxerina]

Ελλάδαρα μας ❤❤❤

[@irinigago]

🤗 γειά σου φίλε. Σαλαμίνα, υπέροχο μέρος. Καλά νά περνάτε. Κάνε μία στάση καί στα Σελίνια.

[@rundbaum]

great haircut! what a wonderful colour tone u have--"hennah brown."

[@Polychronisdrone]

Wow You're back in Greece! 😮 Amazing. By the way, in one of my previous comments I gave you the tip of the Diapontian Islands north of Corfu. I don't think anybody was missing there. Have you been to Kythera, anti-kythera or Kassos?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

No, I haven't been to any of those islands yet. An American man died on the island of Mathraki near Corfu: www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/16/tourist-dead-greek-island-near-corfu

[@bettycasteel7267]

Gabriel what Island would you see for the first time? Thank Betty Jean

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Santorini, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Corfu, Zakynthos are all good choices.

[@BZ-zl4xb]

Some islands you might have forgot to mention that you haven't visit are isolated like Agios Efstratios (west and south of Limnos), Anti Kythira (south of Kythira) and beautiful like the Symi island Kastelorizo (South east of Rhodes)

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yes, those are a few more.

[@Tomga-sr7vb]

Hi Gabriel. You probably found a rental already. Thx for video. Very informative & relaxing.. 😊

[@georgeelgreco450]

Welcome to my Greek island Gabriel..

[@claudiaberger9639]

You left the Schengen zone a few months ago to meet a friend. Did it work?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yes, she'll be in the next video.

[@michaelbanfield8968]

Did you make it to KOS island 🏝️ one of my fav 🇬🇷

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yes: www.youtube.com/@GabrielTravelerVideos/search?query=Kos

[@swordsman3951]

All is quiet on Greek islands

[@user-ed2go3zv8x]

Hi Gabriel.Yoy should go rather to Aggistri or Poros.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I've been to both, there are videos on my channel. ✌️

[@Seanney25582]

I doubt the Greek PM or President or their tourist minsters has been to as many Greek Islands as you Gabriel 😆

[@ErvuJukl]

Seanney

[@ΜάκηςΠερισσιος]

Οι Έλληνες πολιτικοι είναι λαμόγια.....

[@dekenlst]

59 islands! Only 5.941 to go 😅

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Haha. Not trying to visit every little rock that sticks up out of the sea. 😛 Supposedly there are 227 inhabited islands, but looking at the map I'm having a hard time seeing how they get to that number. The 59 I've visited covers almost all the major as well as many of the minor islands, so I don't know where the other 168 are hiding.

[@peterhadley1654]

Guess you never found Comfort Stay Studio Apartments on Expedia. If you use cost filter at $100. Max it pops to top of list. Free transfer from airport. Cheers.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I wouldn't stay right near the airport unless I was arriving in the middle of the night or else flying out super early. ✌️

[@peterhadley1654]

Agreed. We had early flight next am . Just something to keep in back pocket. Naxos was great. Got to see 6th century church with art up in the mountains, and 2 marble quarries with broken kouros statues. Marble at Delos came from there!!

[@peterbedford2610]

Its like a vortex

[@rajanimenon1780]

I'm seeing the video here for the comments, some of you guys here have a real sense of humor 😅.

[@greekspets5032]

Are you still in Athens Gabriel?

[@junefirst500]

Good morning as Beautiful as the Sunshine Island Gabriel! Geography & Religion brings Blessing & Crisis. Egypt???

[@UffeUlferts]

No need for blessings, or religion 👎

[@georgeelgreco450]

Paloukia is just the name of the port area the main town is koulouri .. if i knew you were coming i would show you around..

[@annebarr9314]

There are also little boats from pireuas every hour.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

You mean ferries to Santorini? They aren't necessarily little or every hour, but yes there are ferries to the islands.

[@georgegeorgakopoulos5956]

Gabtrav after visiting Salamina you should apply for greek citizenship...

[@Dr.Mzungu]

What happened to the friend you were suppose to visit Greece with? That nice restaurant suggested she might not want to be on video?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I mentioned at the beginning that we were meeting the next day.

[@UffeUlferts]

Mr Magumba, is this the same lady that is getting ready?

[@mohsenfarhadi-lb4bo]

❤❤❤❤

[@annieis300]

💙🤍💙

[@conniedean3787]

Gabriel I have been to Athens, and the greek islands of Poris, Hydra and Athena, but the past few years I was in Edinburgh, Scotland, Brussels , Belgium, Zagreb, Croatia, Slovenia, Budapest, Hungary, when was in Croatia I had a beautiful hotel the restaurant overlooking the main square, I think I caught crusted scabies which turned into Cellulitis, it was April 2024, and I cannot seem to get rid of it.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Damn, I don't know what that is but it doesn't sound fun.

[@conniedean3787]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Out of all the countries you have been too have you caught anything like a rash or disease. or allergy

[@rajm2626]

That's so sad... Have you spoken to a doctor about this? Scabies are parasitic mites that burrow into your skin; if they're still there after 6 months, that's very serious.. it sounds like you haven't gotten an official diagnosis though, which should be very easy if you truly do have scabies, as all the doctor needs to do is pull a mite and/or it's egg out of your skin and examine it under a microscope to confirm...

[@conniedean3787]

@rajm2626 thank you I am finally seeing a dermatologist on October 15,

[@rajm2626]

@conniedean3787 that's great!! I wish you the best :)

[@mesaekso1443]

Should you have done a bit of "homework" prior to the salamina trip you could have visited the grave of Georgios Karaiskakis.

[@satanjibsinha128]

Love all your videos till date..❤ from Kolkata West Bengal India 🙏

[@georgesbogiatzis3168]

Poli skupidi eki. Aman!!!

[@UVF79]

😀👍🏻

[@geon565]

also called Koulouri and Salamykonossssss

[@azdbuk]

A bit of a confusing summer for me following GT. Usually I almost can guess where he is at what point, this Adriatic bounce back from Africa starting in Europe threw me off a bit. That's good though. Enjoy Greece.

[@helenbantis9132]

you could have made Leros your 60th island, so close to where you are.

[@pasqualeabarno]

👍👍👍

[@ErvuJukl]

👎👎👎🇹🇷