Thasos

Getting to Thasos

Since Thasos does not have its own airport, the connection runs through the airport Kavala (near Chrysoupolis). From there it is 12 km to the ferry at the village Keramoti (ferry time Keramoti-Limenas, 45 min). By taxi the way from the airport to the ferry costs about €20, to Kavala the cost is €40. The bus connection is bad.

Worth seeing

Most tourists rent a car at least for one day to explore the island. As there is only one ring road the villages are described starting from Thasos town clockwise. From the main ring road the mountain villages can be reached via side roads or dead-end roads. If you visit the main attractions only a tour takes from 4-6 hr.

Things to do

4WD off-road tours. Renting a 4WD off-road vehicle, you can reach some very interesting places that are prohibited for normal rental cars. Described are the sights in the respective places. Beaches: Saliara, Marbel, Vathi, Salonikos. Rachoni: Chapel; Megalos Prinos: Chapel; Kalirachi: Chapel; Maries: Waterfall, Mount Ipsaron; Theologos: Restaurant Neromilos; Aliki: Tower of Thimonia.

Where to eat

There are a lot of restaurants and fast food places around the island. Since the quality varies from season to season, it is impossible to provide reliable recommendations. It is better to ask advice from other tourists there. Places you should go to because of their nice environment are Theologos, Kastro and Megalo Prinos.

1. 01
   Pefkospilia Taverna

   Very well-known beach restaurant under pines.

2. 02
   Glifoneri

   Beach restaurant in a wonderful location in a bay.

3. 03
   Taverna Drossia

   Under tall trees with stream course next to the church.

4. 04
   Taverna Vasilis

   In Megalo Kasaviti (Megalo Prinos) in a traditional restored house with wonderful views of the valley of Prinos.

5. 05
   Kazaviti Restaurant

   Under old plane trees in the village square of Megalo Kasaviti (Megalo Prinos) in the mountains.

Getting around Thasos the local way

Two short car ferries run the mainland link – a frequent 45-minute hop from Keramoti and a longer, thinner run to Kavala – and once ashore, a single ring road, KTEL buses, taxis, and hire cars and scooters cover the island; Kavala airport and Thessaloniki are the real gateways in.

1. 01
   Keramoti – Thasos Town (Limenas)ferry

   Keramoti port to Thasos Town (Limenas), the short crossing

   Where

   Ticket office at the Keramoti quay; buy just before departure

   When

   Very frequent – roughly every 60-90 minutes across the day, with more sailings at peak times; the operator's own current schedule (9-28 September 2026) lists 13 departures a day from Limenas and 14 from Keramoti

   Fare (2026)

   Full passenger fare 6.00 EUR, child (5-10) 3.00 EUR, car up to 4.25m 22.00 EUR, car over 4.25m 27.00 EUR, motorcycle up to 250cc 6.00 EUR, bicycle 3.00 EUR; fares include VAT and tickets are sold only at the company offices just before departure, not online

   Takes

   45 minutes

   Season

   Runs year-round; this is the crossing described as short and frequent, and is why Thasos is one of the few Greek islands reachable cheaply and often rather than by a once- or twice-a-day boat. The operator's own timetable page only publishes a rolling window of a few weeks ahead (checked in September it covered 9-28 September) and returned no listing at all when a January month was requested, so an exact winter frequency could not be confirmed from a fetched source

   Booking

   None; walk up and buy at the quay

   Sources: thassos-ferries.gr (2026-09) · thassos-ferries.gr (2026-09) · thassos-ferries.gr (2026-09) · confidence high

2. 02
   Kavala – Skala Prinouferry

   Kavala port to Skala Prinou, about 20 km south of Thasos Town, the long crossing

   Where

   Kavala ferry terminal below the old town; Skala Prinou ticket office 25930 71160

   When

   Much thinner than the Keramoti run – the operator's current September 2026 schedule shows only 2-3 sailings a day each way (for example 07:15, 12:00 and 16:00 from Prinos on most days, only one or two on others)

   Fare (2026)

   Full passenger fare 7.00 EUR, child (5-10) 3.50 EUR, car up to 4.25m 22.00 EUR, car over 4.25m 27.00 EUR, motorcycle up to 250cc 7.00 EUR, bicycle 4.00 EUR; VAT included, cash at the quay only

   Takes

   About 1.5 hours (Wikivoyage's Thasos article gives this figure; not separately confirmed on the operator's site, which lists times but not a duration)

   Season

   Year-round, but at a much lower frequency than Keramoti; this is the crossing the brief describes as long and less frequent

   Booking

   None; walk up and buy at the quay

   Sources: thassos-ferries.gr (2026-09) · en.wikivoyage.org (2026-09) · thassos-ferries.gr (2026-09) · confidence high

3. 03
   AMIRA (new Keramoti-Thasos vessel)ferry

   Keramoti - Thasos Town, added to the Keramoti fleet

   Where

   One of the vessels now used on the Keramoti crossing; no separate booking, covered by the Keramoti ferry option above

   When

   Joined the existing Keramoti rotation in August 2026; not a new route

   Fare (2026)

   Same tariff as the Keramoti-Thasos ferry option above

   Takes

   45 minutes, same crossing as the other Keramoti vessels

   Season

   Added ahead of the 2026 peak season specifically to handle summer passenger and vehicle volume

   Booking

   None; walk up and buy at the quay

   Sources: naftemporiki.gr (2026-08) · en.wikivoyage.org (2026-09) · confidence medium

4. 04
   KTEL Kavalas ring-road busesbus

   Circular routes around the island's coastal ring road from Thasos Town (Limenas), serving Panagia, Potamia, Limenaria, Potos, Theologos and other coastal villages

   Where

   Bus stop/station at Thasos Town; timetables posted at village stops

   When

   Wikivoyage describes only a seasonal 'bus service during summer'; the operator's own site (ktelkavalas.gr) could not be reached to confirm current timetables or year-round service - its domain returned a DNS failure (SERVFAIL) when checked directly and via Google's public DNS-over-HTTPS resolver, not merely a blocked connection

   Fare

   Not confirmed from a fetched source for the island routes

   Takes

   Varies by village; not confirmed from a fetched source

   Season

   Described as a summer-only service on Wikivoyage; a Greek-language news search turned up a report of Maries village residents petitioning for the KTEL to reach their village at all, suggesting coverage is uneven even in season, but that report could not be resolved to a readable publisher page within this research

   Booking

   None

   Sources: en.wikivoyage.org (2026-09) · confidence low

5. 05
   Island taxisshare taxi

   Anywhere on the island, called from restaurants, bars and supermarkets in any village

   Where

   Ask at any restaurant, bar or supermarket to call one; ranks in Thasos Town

   When

   On demand

   Fare (2026)

   About 1.5 EUR per km; the Wikivoyage source is undated, so this is only known to be current as of the September 2026 fetch

   Takes

   Varies by destination

   Season

   Year-round

   Booking

   Phone ahead for late-night trips (after midnight)

   Sources: en.wikivoyage.org (2026-09) · confidence medium

6. 06
   Car hirevehicle hire

   Pick-up in Thasos Town, Limenaria, Potos and other larger towns and villages

   Where

   Multiple local agencies in the main towns; also arranged in advance from the mainland

   When

   On demand

   Fare

   No current fare confirmed from a fetched source

   Takes

   N/A

   Season

   Year-round, with far more availability and choice in the summer season

   Booking

   Book ahead in high season

   Sources: en.wikivoyage.org (2026-09) · confidence medium

7. 07
   Scooter and motorbike hirescooter hire

   Same towns as car hire; the practical way to reach mountain villages and dirt-road beaches a car cannot manage

   Where

   Rental shops in Thasos Town, Limenaria, Golden Beach (Skala Panagia/Potamia) and Potos

   When

   On demand

   Fare

   No current fare confirmed from a fetched source

   Takes

   N/A

   Season

   Year-round; most shops trade only in the summer season

   Booking

   None required, though popular models sell out in August

   Sources: en.wikivoyage.org (2026-09) · confidence medium

8. 08
   4x4 hire for the mountain and beach dirt roadsoffroad 4x4

   Off the ring road to interior villages (Theologos, the Giola pool track) and beaches reachable only by dirt road

   Where

   Same rental agencies that hire cars, a 4WD specifically requested

   When

   On demand

   Fare

   No current fare confirmed from a fetched source

   Takes

   N/A

   Season

   Year-round; the dirt-road beaches and the Giola descent are the reason a 4WD is recommended at all

   Booking

   None required

   Sources: en.wikivoyage.org (2026-09) · confidence medium

9. 09
   Kavala International Airport (Alexander the Great, KVA) as the gatewayborder crossing

   Kavala airport (near Chrysoupoli) to Keramoti port, then the ferry to Thasos; or via Kavala city and the Kavala-Prinos ferry

   Where

   Taxi rank outside arrivals at KVA; airport is about 12 km from Keramoti

   When

   The airport itself has mostly seasonal charter flights from Europe plus daily flights from Athens; there is only one KTEL bus a day from the airport to Kavala city

   Fare (2020)

   Taxi from Kavala airport to Keramoti about 20 EUR; to Kavala city about 40 EUR (figures given in the Thasos Wikivoyage article, undated within the source); Kavala's own Wikivoyage article separately gives an official flat taxi rate of 35 EUR airport-to-city as of August 2020 and warns that unregulated and unmetered taxis operate at the airport

   Takes

   12 km from the airport to the Keramoti ferry; no source found gives a taxi journey time for it

   Season

   Year-round, though charter flight volume is heavily seasonal

   Booking

   None for taxis; car rental available at the airport

   Sources: en.wikivoyage.org (2026-09) · en.wikivoyage.org (2026-09) · confidence medium

10. 10
    Thessaloniki – Kavala KTEL coach, onward to the ferriesbus

    Thessaloniki Macedonia bus terminal to Kavala, then a local bus or taxi to Keramoti or the Kavala ferry terminal for the crossing to Thasos

    Where

    Macedonia intercity bus station in Thessaloniki

    When

    Roughly hourly departures from Kavala to Thessaloniki between 06:00 and 20:40, with three daily 'Express' departures that skip intermediate stops

    Fare (2026)

    15 EUR one-way; the source does not state a year, so this is only known to be current as of the September 2026 fetch and is undated beyond that

    Takes

    2 to 2.5 hours on an Express service; up to 3 hours on a regular service that serves villages en route

    Season

    Year-round

    Booking

    None; buy at the station

    Sources: en.wikivoyage.org (2026-09) · confidence medium

Not yet confirmed: No source confirms an exact winter (off-season) sailing frequency for either ferry route: the operator thassos-ferries.gr only publishes a rolling few weeks of timetable at a time and returned 'no itineraries' when a January month was queried in September 2026. Ask at either port ticket office for the current winter schedule.; ktelkavalas.gr, the KTEL Kavalas operator site that would carry the island's ring-road bus timetable and fares, could not be reached: its domain name failed to resolve (SERVFAIL) both directly and via Google's 8.8.8.8 DNS-over-HTTPS resolver, which points to a genuine outage or a lapsed registration rather than a blocked connection. This means the frequency, stops and fares of the island bus service could not be confirmed beyond Wikivoyage's one-line 'summer service' description. Ask at the KTEL stop in Thasos Town for a current printed timetable.; A Greek-language news search surfaced a report ('Θάσος: μαζεύουν υπογραφές στις Μαριές για να φτάσει το ΚΤΕΛ στο χωριό τους' - Kavala News) suggesting the KTEL bus does not reach every village and that a signature campaign was needed to extend it to Maries; the underlying article could not be resolved from its Google News redirect to a readable publisher page, so this is recorded as an unconfirmed lead rather than a fact.; No current, dated fare or named operator was found for car hire, scooter hire or 4x4 hire on the island; several guessed local rental-agency domains failed to resolve. Ask locally or check current listings when planning a trip.; The 1h30m duration given for the Kavala-Skala Prinou ferry comes from Wikivoyage, not from the operator's own schedule pages, which list times but not journey length.; Correction to the brief: the brief's phrasing implies two separate ferry companies for the two routes; in fact a single operator, the Kavala Maritime Company (trading as Thassos Ferries), runs both the Keramoti and the Kavala-Prinos crossings.; The Kavala airport taxi fares (about 20 EUR to the Keramoti ferry, 40 EUR to Kavala city) are undated in the Thasos Wikivoyage article; the option's fare_year is the 2020 date attached to Kavala Wikivoyage's separate 35 EUR official flat rate, so treat all three figures as at least that old. No source gives a taxi journey time between the airport and Keramoti, only the 12 km distance; ask the driver before setting off..

The field note on Thasos reads this entry in full, one option at a time, with every source beside it.