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Limenaria beach is a mixture of sand and shingle, with a lot of pebbles which are hard on the feet. There are lots of sea-urchins too, so it's worth investing in some beach shoes to wear while swimming to avoid incidents. The beach was filthy though - litter and cigarette ends everywhere. You can't blame the locals for the tourists being too lazy to use the bins, but it would have been nicer if the beach was cleaned every night.

There are several restaurants and tavernas in the resort, which is spread out along the sea front, so there's plenty of choice. There were lots of Greeks holidaying - this is not a very "British" resort and you won't find roast dinners, Chinese restaurants or curry houses - it's good Greek food, mainly fish, with pasta and pizza too. There is not much choice for vegetarians though, no briam or spanakopita, no hummus - mainly your options are tomato pasta, giant beans or omelette. The food was all great, but be warned that they don't really get the concept of starters and main courses - you'll be just starting on your starter and your main course will arrive. Prices aren't too bad - 4-10 euros for a main course, depending what it is, and less than 10 euros for a bottle of wine.

There are several bars and a couple of discos which seemed very loud and full of teenagers - we didn't investigate further. There are plenty of excursions available - day trips by boat, walking the gorge, shopping trips to Thassos town etc, but Limenaria is ideal for people who want to spend two weeks on a lounger working on their tan with the occasional dip in the beautiful turquoise sea.

Christos Apartments are in an excellent location, only a few metres from the beach. It's a small complex with a small pool and a few sun loungers within the complex, but there are plenty of free loungers on the beach right in front of the apartments.

The apartment we were in was small and basic - beds, balcony, table and chairs, wardrobe and some drawers. The kitchen had a fridge with icebox, two electric rings, sink and some crockery and cutlery. The room had a hairdryer, and air-con was available although we didn't use it. There are no safety-deposit boxes in the block and I think the nearest were in the post office.

The apartments are a 5 minute walk from the resort centre - close enough to be very easy to get to, but not so close that you're disturbed by noise.

Cleaning of the apartments was poor. Toilet paper was provided, which is unusual in Greek apartments; usually you have to buy your own. Sheets were changed once a week and towels 2-3 times a week. Bins were emptied when the towels were changed, which isn't enough - in Greece toilet paper is put into bins, and bathroom bins should really be emptied every day. The apartment was not cleaned at all during our stay though - it had been cleaned when we arrived, it was cleaned after we left, but not at all while we were there, so the floors got sandier and the bathroom got mankier. Maintenance seemed a bit haphazard as well - we were on the top floor and the lightbulb at the top of the stairs was broken so we were going up and down stairs in the dark at night. We reported it several times and nothing was done, it just wasn't taken seriously. On the other hand, I needed to borrow a pair of pliers to repair a damaged suitcase, and they were produced almost instantly.

The water supply was a bit variable. On our first two nights it ran out altogether when we were showering - I was standing in the shower all shampooed up and dripping wet when the water went off altogether and all I could do was stand and wait for it to come back on. Over time we realised that the water could be a bit dodgy if there was a lot of demand at once, so we began not showering until after 9, which worked better. It was too hot to eat early, anyway, so it wasn't a problem.

The cleaning and the water were the only problems with these apartments. In all other respects, they were ideal - wonderful location, friendly staff, great food in the bar at reasonable prices, and "waiter" service on the loungers at the beach

Limenaria is a lovely town with lots of restaurants and supermarkets. You can get whatever you need there. Beach is fine but there are other beaches around the island worth visiting.

Zako apartments are a great base to stay at during a holiday to Thassos. The whole family is absolutely fantastic. Paniota, mama works non stop to make delicious food and make you comfortable as well as cleaning and keeping the grounds ship shape. Costas, papa cooks a fab BBQ on monday night, which just keeps coming and then plays the bazouki. It's a great night lots of food, drink and party games! George is the person to see if you want a bike to get round the island, which is a must as there are beautiful coastal areas and mountain villages full of character. Themis is an absolute star and good friend while we were there. Doesn't usually see the mornings but when he arrives at the bar the mythos just keeps on flowing! You can be assured of a brilliant holiday if you decide to stay at Zako.

excellent holiday! loved everyday ! themis and his family are sooooooooooo lovely ! wish i where there now ! I miss you themis moro mor xxxxx

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First time to a Greek Island so disappointed, generally, with the standard of accommodation - which we were told was normal for the Greek Islands. We went self catering.

We were allocation on arrival and sent to Anna Beach Resort Hotel in Limineria. A small, ";friendly";, family run place. The initial intro talk from the hosts gave us all the information we needed. 5 Euro extra for a/c per night if we wanted it, 5 Euro to hire the safe for the week, only 6 Euro to change our money with them as opposed to the local banks, only X Euro to use the telephone, only Y Euro to use the internet service and only 3.50 Euro for the cocktails - as we were special guests. It all seemed just money, money, money. The a/c and safe were, of course, payable in advance which we took.

We were given room 204 which was a side facing apartment and quite dull and dark. The room was very basic and superficially clean. Two single beds pushed together provided our 'double' bed. Two single bed sheets provided our covers. Two out of three pillows had pillow cases and the third was absolutely disgusting. It was originally white but stained like the colour of used tea bag. After asking for 4 days we were eventually given a pillow case to cover it. I didn't dare take off the case from the two that were covered for fear of what I'd find.

We had two rings and a fridge as our kitchen area. The provision of pots, pans, plates etc was poor. One knife, one fork, one spoon - although treated to two plates and two cups (one cracked)! We asked for a change of room but surprise, surprise, none available. We called the Thompson 24 hour line for help to be told that every room in every hotel in every resort was full and we had no chance of moving. Fat load of help that was! However we were promised that on the following Sunday (i.e. 1 week later) we'd be moved by our hosts...We decided to grin and bare it for a week. More on moving later...

We had to purchase our own pan since the one provided meant the sausages and bacon we tried to cook stuck like brown stuff to a blanket.

The room was cleaned every 3 days. A wet mop slopped around the floor only served to moved the hairs and dirt from once area of the floor to another.

In fairness we were always warmly greeted by our hosts with ";friend"; this and ";friend"; that whenever we bumped into them although, to be honest, it all seemed a bit false. Their ear to ear smiles and term ";friend"; disappeared, temporarily, if we elected not to eat in their eating area of a night. We always felt so special, upon arriving back from our travels during the day, that they had a ";special table for 2 persons, friend"; reserved for us. Pressure to eat or drink with them was a little OTT. We only ate once with them which was enough for us to try other places instead.

A wander outside to the beach in front of the hotel where we ";could use the beds for free"; *gee thanks* provided us with a disappointing few square feet of beech which was packed as gave us no room to swing a cat. Lots of rocks on the sea bed. I have to say that the water was lovely though, as is all water in Thassos. Limineria resort beaches were disappointing though - generally speaking.

Since our hotel and few feet of beach were so disappointing we hired a car for the two weeks and got out and about. Thassos is very beautiful and the sea water is fantastic. So clean you could drink it. The beaches are generally small and disappointing (lots of pebbles and beaches small in size). There are some nice beaches (e.g. Golden Beach) but you'll need a car to get to them. If you're located at Golden Beach then great but if you're at Limineria you do need to get out for decent beaches.

Due to the intro of the Euro, it's a bit pricey. Food starting to get pricey and poorly presented with no thought on making it appetizing. i.e. you literally might get a huge leg of lamb with a plate of chips with rice. Certainly not Nouvo Cuisine which might interest those after quantity not quality.

After the first week had gone by we looked forward to moving rooms but alas were disappointed when the hosts told us that they'd looked at their arrivals lists for that day and that they were actually not going to move us after all since the other rooms were bigger and more suited for three people that us two!

Despite the above report sounding a bit negative we did actually enjoy our holiday very much. The car hire got us out of Limineria and to some lovely waters. Anna Beach Hotel left us feeling disappointed though and we wouldn't return.

Thassos is a beautiful island and Limenaria had everything we wanted. My daughter and I found the restuarants excellent and only had one meal where we w ouldn't return - Mouragio's by the taxi rank at the harbour end.The best restaurant was Molos, 2nd over the b ridge, but all were very good and all reasonable. The hotel was fine ( 3 floors and no lift so travel light ! ) and the pool and garden were better than the hotels on either side. The beach is literally just across the road.Theo the waiter is a LOUD character - you can hear him before you see him.

Breakfast is standard Greek but the staff are easygoing about time and when I asked if we were too late at 11am,was told 'this is not the army,you are on holday - not too late, sit down ' , so we did,under the palm trees !
The Isand Tour is worth doing and we enjoyed The Nestos Gorge and Xanthi trip. The first week ( 16th June on ) was very quiet and we had the pool to ourselves but the 2nd week was mch busier. It was VERY hot 2nd week - 37 and 38 degrees.

We had a great time, go bfore it gets more commercialised.

We have just come back from two weeks stay at the Zako Apartments in Limenaria and we have had a wonderful time! Firstly I have to say the apartments were basic in furnishings but that did not matter one bit! They are run by a lovely family Mama, Papa, Themis and George and they could not do enough for us to make our stay their comfortable, relaxing and memorable. Although the rooms were basic they were spotlessly clean and towels and sheets changed every 2/3 days (sheets were ironed) and the rooms cleaned every day. There was a fantastic pool and childrens pool which again was spotlessly clean.

Mama works hard all day and although does not speak a word of english she smiles at everyone and trys hard to understand you. Themis was just fantastic! His english is excellent and he loves to chat while he is busy in the bar. He will even ask if you need anything in the village when he scoots off on his scooter to get the shopping for mama.

Monday night BBQ night - not too be missed! It is only a small apartment block (8 rooms) and we all were there. Papa cooked some wonderful food - and then cooked some more - and more and more!!!! Mama baked cakes and prepared salad and the best cheeps in thassos (home made not oven stuff).

Limenaria was a good village, although nearly a town. We never had a bad meal while we were there. The beach by the village in very clean but we also used Trypiti beach which was a 5 minute walk from Zako this was also clean with nice sunbeds and a small beach bar.

You may find you need to hire a car or scooter whilst you are there as it is a bit far out if you want to explore (although bus stops outside). If you do hire a car speak to George he will make sure you have the BEST (so he sez).

the chritos apartments,are fantantasic,for a quiet holiday,excellent sea views,+right on the beach.(although there are steps to most apartments,so people with walking difficultys,make sure u ask for a ground floor room)the apartments them selves are basic,but modern+well cleaned!in my opinion perfect.

the resort of limenria,is quiet+very greek!the food is very good value+the poeple loverly.we spent most dinner times at the agali hotel,run by the loverly MARIA.(her feta cheese is the best i've ever tasted!)she has sunbeds+umbrellas on the beach,free!most of our main meals were at Kostis resterant,a little taverna near the harbour.the owner kostis,is a fantastic man+very generous!(espically with ouzo)try the lamb dishes!

this was my 5th time too limenaria,in my opinon its the best greek island,i have been too,2 weeks there feels like a month!remember to take a loaf,on the ferry on the way home,to feed the seagulls,it really is quite fun.i hope this imfo helps you.i will be booking again for next year!see u there!

This was our fourth time in the resort and third visit to the Thalassies.

Maria and her husband are your hosts at the Thalassies and although most of the staff have changed since we first visited Maria always seems to have a really friendly team. Maria herself is really helpful and if you need to know anything about the island - you just have to ask.

There is a pool area with taverna behind the hotel (you must try the mussels saganaki there - superb!!!) and the narrow beach is literally across the road, some 10 metres from the hotel.
There is a great selection of tavernas in the town, which is a 4-5 minute walk along the well it beachfront road past some more hotels and tavernas.

Car hire for a couple of days is recommneded and places to visit would include Thassos town (shopping and restaurants plus museum), the Monday market, Skala Marion (evening meal overlooking a beautiful little harbour, Golden beach (very steep hill to it though) and Potos (next nearest resort to Limenaria)

If you're looking for a relaxing holiday, but not somewhere too quiet then Thassos and Limenaria come highly recommended by someone who has visited a number of the Greek islands ....... oh go on then ..... just one more Ouzo !!!

The appartment was spacious with two balconies and a well equipped kitchen. It was slightly basic as one would expect in Greece but very clean and well maintained. We even had an ice box in the fridge and a sandwich toaster. The appartment was also equipped with a safety deposit box and air conditioning (there was an extra charge for this but we didn't need it as it was cool at night).

It was a bit of a walk to the resort centre and Anna Beach hotel owned by the same people. Some of the street lights didn't work so although we didn't have a flashlight I would recommend one.

All the locals were very friendly and welcoming including Matthew, Demitri and Tanya at the Anna Beach. They did some lovely cocktails which were half price in the evenings to their guests. We also found that two of the tavernas (Rodolfos and Maragios) on the seafront provided excellent food and we repeatedly went back to both in the evenings.

The pool at the Anna beach tended to be in the shade a lot of the time. The pool at the Agali a couple of doors down was smaller but lovely and we had a very warm welcome there. The owners of both hotels said we could use their sunbeds on the beach for free although the beach was rather rocky and sandals were needed in the sea because of the sea urchins. There is a nice sandy beach just outside the town near to the appartments.

Thassos has not been spoilt and over commercialised by tourism. It is somewhere one goes to see Greece rather than somewhere to go clubbing. It is a great place for a couple who want a peaceful relaxing holiday.

Limenaria does not have a good beach, but, in our view it has the best tavernas on the island (Sue and I are 48 and 50 respectively).
The main town, Limenas or Thassos Town,is, to us, preferable in the day with lots of shops and ruins. If it not too hot make sure you climb the steps to the ampitheatre and beyond to the mediaval walls.
The best mountain villages are Anno Prinos and Theologos - in Theologos be sure to eat at Costas which is the last taverna on the right hand side going up.
Fantastic hospitality and wonderful panoramic views, and the food is superb, try the goat!
The best beach is Golden Sands and be sure to eat at Fedra.
Concerning car hire, make sure you go to Speedy Rena A Car in Limenaria, Panos and Claudette are the salt of the earth.