I have been travelling to Thassos independently since 1985 and believe me it is a lot easier now than it was then. In those days you had to fly to Thessaloniki and make your way to kavala either by taxi or bus, and on getting to kavala you would have to catch the flying dolphin to Thassos.

Now with the arrival of major tour companies it is easier, you can fly directly to Kavala airport on a chartered flight which you can usually find on the internet. ( These flights are available from May until Mid October) On arriving at Kavala airport it is easy to get a taxi to the ferry port of Keramoti, this will cost around 9 euro’s and takes about 10 minutes. The ferries run frequently and as a foot passenger it will cost you less than £1.00.

There are plenty of rooms available in Limenas (Thassos town) and the only time that it may be difficult to find one is between the last week of July and the first 2 weeks of August leading up to Panagia day. This year I was told that something like 72000 people arrived on the Island in the days leading up to Panagia day and some 20000 cars (Panagia day is around 15/16th of August I am not completely sure) not including foreign tourists. The rooms are basic but clean and most have there own shower expect to pay 20 euro’s a night for a room but this is per room not per person.

I have travelled to Thassos from the U.K in the Winter this involves getting a scheduled flight from Heathrow to Athens and catching a connecting flight to Kavala. Last time I flew with Olympic and it cost around £250 for the return flights and there was very little hanging around in Athens about 1 hour before you caught the onward flight.

Thassos is a great place and I have lost count of the amount of times I have visited Thassos go on do your self a favour and give it a go.

Just got back from Thassos today after a wonderful relaxing holiday. We went independently and took ‘potluck’ as to where we would stay. We had no problem at all in getting from the airport to the ferry (taxi 9 euro) and 2.75 euro got us over to the island. We were intending to stay in Thassos town as this seemed easier but in the end we took the bus down to Limeneria as we were told this was lovely. We rolled up at the Anna Beach hotel and had a sea front studio which was spotlessly clean and the owners were very welcoming indeed. As this was our first holiday without our three children we just wanted to realax and do nothing and Thassos is definitely the Island for that. We hired a car for three days from Potos 65 euro – very cheap and drove around the whole island finding little beaches to sleep on each day.

Before we went we read all the comments on this site and found it to be invaluable information – I hope we can provide some more for would be travellers

We paid our sixth visit to Thassos on September 10th (the second time this year) and stayed for a week at the Aloe in Skala Potamia.

Having been brave enough to travel independently of the tour operators in May, we decided to repeat the exercise. We flew with MyTravel from Gatwick, landing at Kavala at 11:10 am. As soon as we retrieved our bag we went to look for a taxi and were lucky enough to negotiate a share with two very nice ladies. The taxi driver pulled out all the stops and we made the midday ferry. Consequently we were on the island by 12:45, and supping a Mythos in Megas Alexandros by 1:30.

Now, for anyone who read my previous note, it’s important to note that the ferry now comes into the port and not the town, so the bus stop is not nearby. It’s about a 15 minute walk into the town from the port. However, there are taxis at the port.

If you do want to travel independently and can’t get on a package flight, it is possible to get flights to Kavala on various airlines via stopovers in various Eurpean cities eg Munich, or Amsterdam, or Milan, or Vienna depending on the airline. The cheapest flight I found cost about £195, but due to the stopover the journey time is longer than the package flights. Failing this you can fly to Athens (I found Easyjet to be the cheapest) and there are two flights to Kavala every day costing about 60 Euros. I found all this information on the internet at eBookers and the Easyjet and Olympic Airways sites.