Thassos Travel

Information on this page falls into two areas – confirmation of what is probably already known for Package Holiday travellers – and then some suggestions for those who prefer to travel independently.

Most people travelling to Thassos from the UK do so as customers of one of the package holiday companies, the biggest operator to Thassos being Thomsons – package holiday flights land at Kavala, with transfers to the island by ferry from Keramotti to Thassos Town, with all costs included in their package price of course.

For those still looking for a packaged holiday to this area, information on which UK Tour Operators provide holidays on Thassos can be found at:

http://www.tourist-offices.org.uk/Greece/UKTO.html

The two most useful search facilities on the tourist-offices site are:

- By Area – Thassos is in Eastern Macedonia
- By Island – simply choose Thassos from the pull down list.

If required there is also a “By Resort” option.

The closest airport to Thassos is Kavala – the alternative is Thessaloniki, which is about 140 kilometers from Kavala. Completion of the journey is then by taxi to a ferry point, and then a ferry, either from Keramoti (the option for car drivers) or Kavala for the Dolphin Hydrofoil.

Finding a flight

There are flight options available from most of the UK’s airports, with both charter and schedule flights to Thessaloniki, and primarily charter flights to Kavala. Prices vary enormously, from one carrier to another, and from one airport to another. Travel dates can also make a big difference, so you have a big advantage if you can be flexible.

The other site worth having a look at is Thomsons Direct, the main and much cursed package holiday supplier for Thassos, but they do offer a Kaval flight only service, and their flight booked direct with them will mostly be cheaper than the same flight booked through a third party.

Thomson CJ Offer Portal

If you want to check out the market and search for price comparisons, try having a look at

www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Thessaloniki/

www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Kavala/

Have a look also at both the charter and scheduled flight sections of:

www.charterflights.co.uk

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Taxi – Airport to Ferry

Kavala Airport to Keramotti Ferry

Takes 20 to 30 mins. Cost about 10 Euros

Please Note

This information is

for guidance only

Times and costs

may vary

Kavala Airport to Kavala Harbour

Takes 30 to 40 mins.Cost about 15 Euros

Thessaloniki Airport to Kavala Harbour

Takes about 2 hours. Cost about £75 but
don´t forget to negotiate about the price!

By BUS from Thessaloniki Airport to Kavala

The cheapest way to go from Thessaloniki to Kavala is by bus, and the fare will be about 15,00€ per person.

The bus schedule from the airport into Thessaloniki in summertime is every 15-30 minutes and in wintertime every 30-45 minutes the bus-line 78 goes from the airport (in front of the check-in-hall) to the bus-terminal in the center of Thessaloniki (time: about 50 minutes).
You also can go by taxi to the bus-terminal (Giannitson 194). You will find the taxis in front of the international and national arrival area. The taxi take about 30 minutes to the bus-terminal.
And don´t forget to negotiate about the price!

At the bus-terminal you have two choices:
You can take the bus which drives every full hour (between 06:00 a.m. and 08:00 p.m.) via the mountains (time: about 3 hours).
Or you can take the bus which drives at 09:00 a.m., 12:00 (noon), 03:00 p.m. and 06:00 p.m. via Nea Peramos (time: about 2 hours).
The busses arrives in Kavala near the ferry boats harbour.

You can take the bus back to Thessaloniki from here also.

Ferry to the Island

Ferries operate from Keramoti to Thassos Town, which is the route used by the Package Tour operators, but also from Kavala to Thassos Town, Prinos, and one or two other places on the island.

Ferry times vary throughout the holiday season, but full details for all ferry routes are available at the Greek Travel Pages web site, linked here.

It is easiest to use the “Port Codes’ – the relevant ones being:

- Keramoti – KEH
- Thassos Town – LIM
- Kavala – KAV
- Prinos – PRI

Useful phone numbers for further information (from UK) :
Thassos Port Authority     00 30 2593 022106
Kavala Port Authority     00 30 2512 024967 & 023716
Harbour Office Keramoti     00 30 2591 051204