The old harbour
A small round basin with fishing boats and tavernas.
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**The capital of Thassos and its main port, a town built inside an ancient city** — on the north coast, facing Kavala. What marks it out is that **the ruins and the town interlock**: the ancient agora sits **right in the town centre**, the city walls run between the houses, **and the modern harbour uses the same ancient basin**. ✅ **It has two harbours**: the small round **old harbour** — fishing boats with tavernas around it, and the prettier of the two — and the larger **ferry port**. ✅ **Getting here is exceptionally easy**: a **ferry from Keramoti** (about 40 minutes) or from **Kavala** — ⚠ **and they carry cars**, so you arrive with your own vehicle without flying. ⚠ **The town itself is ordinary** for the most part — commercial and practical. ✅ But it is an excellent base for the island.
A small round basin with fishing boats and tavernas.
A wide ancient square in the middle of daily life.
The facing coast and the Macedonian mountains across the strait.
Limenas, 64004 Thassos, Greece
**By a short car ferry — which makes it the easiest of the Greek islands.** ✅ **The two routes**: **Keramoti → Limenas** — about **40 minutes**, **and the most frequent** (many crossings a day in season); and **Kavala → Skala Prinos** — about **an hour and a quarter**, useful if you are in Kavala itself. ✅ **Both carry cars** — **so you arrive with your hire car or your own, with no domestic flight and no second rental**. ✅ **The nearest airport**: **Kavala (Chrysoupolis)**, about 15 km from Keramoti — **very close by island standards**. ⚠ **Booking**: **crossings are not normally booked for foot passengers**, ⚠ **but at the August peak** the car queue is long — **arrive an hour early**, or check whether advance booking is possible. ⚠ **Sailings can be cancelled in strong wind** — rare but possible. ✅ **Timing**: **June and September are best** — warm water and fewer crowds; ⚠ **July and August are very busy** with Balkan visitors arriving overland. ✅ **May and October** are lovely for walking and the villages, ⚠ but the sea is colder and some facilities shut.
