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Krinidon Clay Therapy Centre (Thassos)

The totally renovated Krinidon Clay Therapy Centre, located near the town of Krinides, situated 17 km northwest of the mainland city of Kavala, reopened to the public in June 2025. The centre offers a number of natural therapies, including clay therapy, hydrotherapy and massage. Clay therapy is based on the use of “mature” clay. The […]

Enavlion Receives More Awards, Thassos

The Enavlion Boutique Hotel’s renowned restaurant, ‘La Terrasse’, has once again been awarded TripAdvisor’s ‘Travellers’ Choice Award’ and the ‘Certificate of Excellence’ for 2025, continuing to place the restaurant in the top 10% of venues in the world. In addition, the hotel itself was awarded the ‘Certificate of Excellence’ for 2025. In 2018, they were […]

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Safe Swimming for Seniors

Each year in Greece, an average of 340 people lose their lives during recreational activities in the sea, pools or lakes, 70% of those through drowning. Of those deaths, around 88% are over the age of 60. In 2025, the total water-related deaths recorded were 388, with approximately 83% of victims being over the age […]

10 Greek Foods Not to Miss

When travelling, one of the things you are bound to look forward to the most is the food. There are so many different tastes, smells and spices around the world; life is certainly too short to eat the same food all the time. This advice is perhaps especially true in the nation of Greece, with […]

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‘Blue Flag’ Beaches on Thassos 2026/27

The Greek Society for the Protection of Nature (HSPN), the organisation responsible for the awarding of the International Program of 'Blue Flags' in Greece, has announced the list of beaches on Thassos that have achieved 'Blue Flag' status for 2026/27. 'Blue Flags' are awarded on the basis of a number of criteria, including cleanliness of […]

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Traditional Greek Village, Thassos

For those who would like to visit a traditional Greek village, we recommend a trip to Theologos in the mountains on the south of the island. This pretty village was once the capital, and its myriad of small alleyways, traditional schist-roofed houses, a folklore museum and a stream running below the village. One of the […]

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Air Fares to Stay High

The Director General of the International Air Transport Association, Willie Walsh, has stated that although some airlines have been lowering fares due to the present drop in bookings, higher ticket prices in the medium to long-term are inevitable due to the high cost of jet fuel, stating that even if the war ended tomorrow, the […]

Tips & advice

Dangers of Eating before Swimming

It takes about four hours to digest food. However, on holiday with the temptation of the sea or even the pool near us, we forget this instruction. And yet, in these 4 hours, the body’s processes are heavily involved in digestion, with a high percentage of our oxygen and energy being directed to the stomach. […]

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On this Website

If you wish to get a feel for the wealth of information that is available to you on this website, free of any charge when you purchase one of our unique travel guides, please read on. For example, in just one member’s section, ‘Travel Information’ (under Travel Club), there is over 50 holiday issues covered […]

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Island Photos

Most travel guides ‘pad out’ their printed publications with pictures of nondescript alleyways and unnamed beaches that are of little help to the reader. We wanted to offer much more and at a higher quality than is possible in our paperback book format. So, to achieve this and at no extra cost to the book […]