Thassos - comprehensive tourist guide

    summer 2010 thassos
    Updated December 25, 2020.

    Summer 2010, Thassos

    After a little time off here I am again! I hope that you are ready for the summer 2010. I know I am :) We don't need visas anymore so everything will be much easier. You will be able to choose the dates, number of nights, accommodation... Travel agencies will no longer...

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    A must see/do on Thassos 1
    Updated April 21, 2020.

    A must see/do on Thassos

    If it is your first time on the island and if you are not from tourists who repeat destinations, here is advice about what you must visit, try and where to swim. Of the major places visit Potos and Limenas in the evening because the beaches are not interesting enough to...

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    Climate on the Thassos during the winter 2

    During the winter, there is usually no rain, the temperature goes down to zero, rarely below. The average temperature during the winter months is about 10 degrees. If by any chance drops below zero, schools and shops are closing, and you can rarely see someone on the streets. The days...

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    telefon
    Updated April 21, 2020.

    Important telephone numbers

    If you call the numbers in Greece from abroad, you must first enter the exit code (00) and country code for Greece (30), followed by a four-digit or five-digit number for a place in Greece (Thessaloniki is 2310, Kavala 2510, for Hrisoupoli 25910, and for Thassos is 25930), and then...

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    zevs i evropa
    Updated April 16, 2020.

    Mythology of Thassos

    According to the sources of the famous, ancient historian Herodotus, the island is named after Thassos, the son (or grandson) of the Phoenician King Agenor, who arrived on the island in search of his sister Europe as part of an organized, rescue, ship expedition, abducted by Zeus, that he had...

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    Fauna of Thassos 1
    Updated April 16, 2020.

    Fauna of Thassos

    Thassos is dominated by amphibians, reptiles and birds. There are no wild mammal species. Rare are those who say they have seen rabbits here and some deer. Sheep and goats are often, going around on the slopes of Thassos. However, cats are the most represented ''domestic animals'', as on the...

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    Geography and Demography of Thassos 1
    Updated April 16, 2020.

    Geography and Demography of Thassos

    Thassos is the northernmost island of the Aegean archipelago, located very near the eastern coast of the Greek Macedonia area, 6 nautical miles (about 8km) from the port of Keramoti, 12 nautical miles (about 22km) from the town of Kavala, 27 nautical miles (about 50km) from the Holy Mountain (Mount...

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    weather in preseason time
    Updated April 16, 2020.

    Weather in preseason

    One of the most common questions we are getting is related to weather in June and September. If we neglect the fact that it is impossible to give the right answer to the question because there are simply no rules when it comes to the climate, and especially in the...

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    bus thassos
    Updated April 15, 2020.

    Touring the Thassos island on a bus

    If you do not have your own or rented vehicle in Thassos, you will be able to take buses that are going around the island, from place to place in a well-defined timetable. These buses are not like standard city buses, but rather look like a tourist, air-conditioned buses of...

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