Port of Keramoti, Thassos, Panagia and Golden Beach
We go to the port to take a ferry to about. Thassos. This is the only way to the island - by ferry. We were lucky, the cars are already leaving the ferry and the loading of cars and people is starting. Tickets cost 7 euros in both directions. 3 deck ferry. on the second deck there is a bar and sofas, you can lie down, sit in the cool, but everyone rushes to the 3rd open deck. Feed the seagulls, enjoy the scenery. After 40 minutes we are in the port of the capital of the island, the town of Thassos (or Limenas). Only 22 km wide and 25 km long. It is also called Marble Island, Emerald. Marble is mined in Thassos. There is a lot of it here: on the beaches, in quarries and right on the roads in asphalt, which is made extremely strong and durable from this, and even off-road marble underfoot. The Thassos ring road runs along the perimeter of the island. In the very north of Greece, in the Aegean Sea, this is an amazing piece of land. Its area is about 400 sq. km, it is almost round in shape: 22 km from west to east and 25 km from south to north, with a perimeter of about 90 km. In the very center of Limenas, near the old port, in the middle of the last century, French archaeologists discovered the ruins of an ancient (4-2 centuries BC) agora (square), which was once an important trade and political center of the island. The archaeological museum was built opposite the agora in 1935. In 1999, it was reconstructed, and today the museum amazes tourists with its size and exposition. A large bright building with an excellent air conditioning system, entrance - 2 euros, open until 15.00. The most significant finds made on Thassos are collected in spacious marble halls: these are household items of numerous peoples who lived on the island, and statues of Greek deities, and much more other. Some exhibits are exhibited in the open air where in ancient times there was an amphitheater and a market. We went to a stationary place of stay on Thassos towards the Rakhoni rock to the hotel. It is 12km from Limenas and 27km from Limenaria, located in the southwest. Olives grow all around, creating a gloomy shade, the beach is compact, on the banks of palm trees, pine trees. And here it is the Aegean Sea. Crystal clear. You come in and . . slight disappointment, it is shallow near the shore. But it's nice, go 50-70 meters and there will be depth. Still warm, and the sun stops warming only after 17 hours. And so everything is fine. I got acquainted with the Aegean Sea, and with Greece to some extent. In the morning we leave for the village of Panagia to the factory-museum of olive oil. When there was no electricity on the island, oil was produced on such equipment using water. We climbed to the Church of the Virgin to the springs of Aphrodite, although there were taps in the village right by the road. I bought pine honey (they gave me a try). And at 13:00 we go to the beach. The largest in length is about 3 km (I walked along it only about 2 km, measured in steps). Sand on the shore, sand at the entrance to the sea and only in the extreme western part is a little pebbly. Restaurants, cafes along the entire beach. I did not go to the extreme eastern part, where the boats stand. Everyone took a walk and went to their hotel. Convenient - you were brought, taken away at a certain time, no need to think about how to get to the hotel. Need to know the language. The locals speak only Greek, although there are northern regions (this is Greek Macedonia) where immigrants who lived in the Soviet Union were placed. They studied at a Russian school and know Russian.
