Located 1km west of Thasos (Limenas), Tarsanas offers great fish and unique seafood mezedhes.
Taverna Tarsanas
Thasos
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
26.5 MILES
Founded in 356 BC by the energetic Macedonian dynast Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, this evocatively sited ancient city is on Unesco's World…
12.37 MILES
Alluring and easily accessible, the island's crown gem includes the considerable and photogenic remains of an ancient temple where the gods were once…
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1.27 MILES
Looking like an alien creature from the sci-fi movie Avatar, a 5m-tall 6th-century-BC kouros (male statue of the Archaic period) carrying a ram greets…
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12.04 MILES
Easily accessible on foot from Limenaria, this pretty cove features an elegiac retro-industrial sight in the form of a mining factory built by German…
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12.52 MILES
West from Alyki, past Thymonia Beach, is the clifftop Moni Arhangelou, an Athonite dependency and working convent, notable for its 400-year-old church …
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19.47 MILES
About 6km south of modern Abdera lies the acropolis of the ancient town, inhabited in the 7th century BC but wracked by various invasions, until it was…
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28.22 MILES
Set amid fields of cotton and mustard seed on the plain southeast of Xanthi, this is the burial spot of a dervish of the Bektashi order, the primary…
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17.8 MILES
Named for the Panagia church, this historic peninsula's narrow, tangled streets are lined by pretty pastel houses. A calf-stiffening walk leads up to the…
Nearby Thasos attractions
1.27 MILES
Looking like an alien creature from the sci-fi movie Avatar, a 5m-tall 6th-century-BC kouros (male statue of the Archaic period) carrying a ram greets…
1.29 MILES
Next to the archaeological museum stand the foundation ruins of the ancient agora, the commercial centre in ancient times. About 100m east of the agora,…
3.94 MILES
This inland village just south of Limenas is nothing if not photogenic. Its characteristic architecture includes stone-and-slate rooftops and the elegant…
4.95 MILES
Dedicated to Greek-American artist Polygnotos Vagis (born in Potamia in 1894).
5. Folklore Museum of Theologos
8.17 MILES
Thasos was an entirely autonomous statelet under nominal Egyptian rule in the 19th century, and its president Metaxas Chatzigeorgi ruled the land from his…
12.04 MILES
Easily accessible on foot from Limenaria, this pretty cove features an elegiac retro-industrial sight in the form of a mining factory built by German…
7. Archaeological Site of Alyki
12.37 MILES
Alluring and easily accessible, the island's crown gem includes the considerable and photogenic remains of an ancient temple where the gods were once…
12.52 MILES
West from Alyki, past Thymonia Beach, is the clifftop Moni Arhangelou, an Athonite dependency and working convent, notable for its 400-year-old church …