Yannis Divramis 
The Sanctuary of Poseidon in Thassos crowned the maritime quarter of the ancient island city, where the sea-god guarded the harbours, the fleet and every sailor who put out from the port. Poseidon ruled the waves that carried Thasian marble, gold and wine across the northern Aegean, and his precinct rose on level ground beside … Read more
Thassos shopping rewards travellers who want to carry the island home in a jar, a bottle or a block of stone. Market stalls and family shops here sell the same olive oil, honey and wine that fill the local table, alongside marble crafts and herbal soap made from island plants. The port town of Limenas … Read more
Apokries, the Greek pre-Lenten carnival, wakes Thassos from its winter quiet with three weeks of feasting, masks and satire. The season opens well before spring, filling village squares with costumed revellers and the smell of grilled meat. Households across the island mark each stage of the countdown to Lent, from the meat feasts of the … Read more
A Thassos jeep safari packs the wild interior of the island into a single guided day, trading the tarmac for rough mountain tracks in an open 4×4. A driver-guide takes the wheel while passengers ride along, so nobody navigates the loose quarry roads or the steep forest climbs alone. The convoy of jeeps leaves the … Read more
Quad and ATV rental in Thassos hands a visitor the keys to a self-drive buggy that reaches beaches, forest tracks and mountain villages a coach never touches. Rental shops cluster in the resorts of the south and west coast, renting 125cc to 350cc quads, ATVs and scooters by day or week. A quad climbs the … Read more
The Sanctuary of Artemis in Thassos, known to archaeologists as the Artemision, ranks among the oldest cult sites of the ancient island city and one of its richest. Artemis watched over Thasian women, guarded the young and protected the wider polis from a walled precinct near the heart of Limenas. Worshippers left ivories, gold jewellery, … Read more
The ancient harbours of Thassos are the twin ports of Limenas, the island’s capital, where the sea power and wealth of the classical city once concentrated on the water. Two basins served the town: an open commercial harbour, still busy beneath the modern quay, and a smaller closed harbour built for warships behind marble breakwaters. … Read more
Thassos wears a green cloak that sets it apart from the drier islands of the Aegean. Dense forests of Aleppo pine and black pine climb from the shore to the ridges, broken by sweet chestnut groves, plane trees and terraced olives. Wild oregano and thyme scent the slopes, while golden jackals, tortoises and eagles share … Read more
Fishing in Thassos works the calm, clear waters of the north Aegean, a green island off the coast of northern Greece where small harbours still send out wooden caiques each dawn. Fishermen from the coastal villages haul sea bream, sea bass, bonito, octopus and squid from grounds that sit close to the shore. Visitors join … Read more
Thassos sits just off the coast of northern Greece, yet the island carries no airport of its own, so every flight-based journey to Thassos lands on the mainland first. Two gateway airports serve the island: Kavala International Airport, coded KVA and known as Megas Alexandros, sits closest at Chrysoupoli, while Thessaloniki Airport, the larger hub … Read more
The ancient gates of Thassos pierce the marble defensive walls that once ringed the harbour city of Limenas on the northern Aegean island of Thassos. Builders cut these monumental doorways into a circuit of pale local stone in the late sixth and early fifth centuries BC. Sculptors carved gods and heroes onto the flanking blocks, … Read more
Thassos tsipouro is the island’s traditional distilled spirit, a clear and potent drink pulled from the grape pomace left after the wine harvest. Distillers across Thassos heat that pomace in a copper still each autumn, turning what most regions discard into a prized shot of village hospitality. The local Georgina grape lends the tsipouro a … Read more