Limenaria Hotel Reviews

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.

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.