From Roger and Carol Burns, Derby, England - 13 Jan 2006 - We just thought we would offer a little encouragement to those who are contemplating traveling independently to Thassos. Like many contributors to the site, we have visited Thassos many times, and have got there by many various ways. Last May, we paid £600.00 to Thomsons for flight only to Kavala, actually, at this time, we met Julie Flaherty and her family, and understood how difficult it was for them to return to Thassos. We decided to try the British Airways flight to Thessaloniki, as we consider Thomsons too expensive , and were impressed. The extra leg room, extra baggage allowance, in-flight refreshments included in the price, much more pleasant than the charter flights and the budget airlines. Until such time as there is a direct scheduled flight to Kavala, we will always travel this way. The flight gets you there in plenty of time to get to the ferry the same evening, the road from the airport leads to the ring road and from there to Kavala. Without rushing,we arrived in Keramoti in less than three hours, the road is good and the scenery superb (it is worth taking a little extra time on the return journey, to be able to stop at a couple of places, as the road mostly follows the coast, the views are great). Once at Keramoti and on the ferry, Thassos is in sight, and you know you are almost home! Anyway we are returning in May going this way and look forward to seeing again, our many friends in Thassos. We had pre-arranged our hire car, it was waiting for us, so it all went smoothly.

From julie flaherty, leicestershire, England - 08 Jan 2006 - well we are returning!!
flights with BA to Thessoliniki, £119.00 return, and car hire from Potos Car Hire, in Potamia, and found a house in Potamia village 3 bedrooms and a washing machine, yippee (no returning with surf board towels after two weeks)! we are travelling on the 18th of july for 2 weeks so i think the flight prices are brill!
there are 6 of us and we have managed to do the whole holiday for £1699.00 which is brilliant, i know we will have a bit of a drive from the airport, but we cant wait!!

From Alan Rowe, Devon, England - 15 Dec 2005 - I flew from gatwick to Thessaloniki last year with BA in August the flights were £125.00 each, Car Hire about £400 for a fortnight (depending on what car you hire) accommodation is about £500.00 for a fortnight, Ferry costs about £9.00 each way for a car and 2 passengers, it will take you a tank of fuel to go to and from Thassos £40.00.
So by my reckoning you can do the trip for £1208.00 (for 2 people) in August.
Remember that you have the use of the car for your entire stay, I usually hire a car for most of the holiday anyway.
If you stay in a basic village room, you could probably knock off £150.00. there are quite a few of this type of accommodation in Limenas, the only problem being that in August it is very busy especially leading up to and around Panagia day on the 15th August.
Its not massively cheaper, but you could get the bus from Thessaloniki to Kavala which is about £20.00 return or a taxi which will cost you about £50.00 both ways (£100.00 total).
The drive is about 3 hours (comfortably) and its a nice route with very little traffic compared to England the only really busy bit being leaving thhe airport and getting across Thessaloniki.
There is no doubting that it is easier to fly to Kavala but the flights are expensive in the height of the season, Thessaloniki is usually a lot cheaper and there are a lot more flights going there from the UK.
Hope this can be of some help.

From Alan Rowe, UK - 27 Sep 2002 - "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."

From Mike & Pat Walsh, Lancs, UK - 24 Sep 2002 - "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."

From Stuart Miller, Kent, UK - 24 Sep 2002 - "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."