Thassos News

Enavlion, Thassos, Receives Certificate of Excellence

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 2024, 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 2024. In 2018, they were […]

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Increase in Sea Temperatures

Researchers have confirmed that record temperatures were recorded in the summer of 2024 in the seas around Greece, making it the hottest in forty years. The researchers, studying data from satellite observations from 1982 onwards, found that during the summer of 2024, the warmest conditions in the last forty years occurred across the entire Aegean, […]

Tips & advice

Tips & Advice

We pride ourselves on the range and detail of information we offer our readers for their holiday on the Greek islands. Not only is there an extensive range of tips and advice in our printed guides, but our website also contains the member’s section ‘Tips and Advice’ for each island, containing over 40 in-depth articles […]

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Fees for Cruise Ship Passengers

The Greek government has confirmed the disembarkation fees at Greek ports for 2025. At the major cruise ship destination islands of Mykonos and Santorini, for the period from June 1 to September 30, passengers going ashore will be charged a fee of 20 euros per person. For the months of April, May and October, the […]

Greece Getting Hotter

A study by the Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development of the National Observatory of Athens, supported by data from the European Copernicus climate change service, has confirmed that the average temperature in Greece has increased by about 1.5°C in the last 30 years, with a greater increase mainly in northern Greece, in areas […]

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EU Ban on Hand Luggage Reintroduced

Air travellers should be aware that from September 8, 2024, all airports in the European Union returned to the ban on any liquids above 100ml in volume being carried in hand luggage and the need for laptops to be independently inspected. In mid-June 2024, the UK government also announced that the ban including liquids above […]

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Warming Mediterranean

Tuesday, August 27 – The latest data on average sea temperatures in the Mediterranean show that a new record level was set in mid-August of 28.9°C. According to research, the highest temperatures have been found in the central and eastern regions of the Mediterranean basin. The sea surface temperature in these regions increased to 29°C […]

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New Requirements for Travellers to the EU

The European Union will be introducing a visa waiver for residents of most non-EU countries entering the EU from early next year, planned from May 2025. The need for a visa waiver includes UK residents holidaying in the union and will cost €7 per person. The fee will apply to anyone between the ages of […]