The new 2012 guide book
The ‘A to Z Guide to Thassos’ is a comprehensive, accurate and impartial book, which covers all aspects of the island, its history and the many attractions to be found both on Thassos and the neighbouring mainland.
Thassos book cover
Tony Oswin the author of the ‘A to Z Guide to Thassos’, is a British expatriate now living on Thassos. He realised the need for such a book during his many visits to the Greek islands, finding it always difficult, costly and time consuming acquiring accurate information locally. With this in mind his objective has been to create a series of guide books that accurately cover all the subjects of interest to the holidaymaker and general traveller, to help make their stay more enjoyable and problem free. These include:
- History & mythology of Thassos
- Local culture and customs
- Different ways of visiting the island
- Hotels, studios and apartments
- Camping on the island
- Places to visit
- Organised trips
- Activities for the younger visitor
- Beaches and resorts
- Archaeological sites on Thassos
- Visiting Kavala (mainland Greece)
- Visiting Philippi (mainland Greece)
- Visiting the Alistrati Cave (mainland Greece)
- Eating and drinking out
- A guide to Greek food
- Sports & recreation on the island
- Car & Scooter hire
- Public transport
- Bus information
- Ferry information
- Weather facts
- Local products
- Carnivals and religious events
- Money matters
- Health facts and contacts
- Simple advice on bugs and critters
- Shopping guides
- Hints and tips for the visitor
- Map of Thassos island
- Map of Thassos Town (Limenas)
- Map of the archaeological sites
- Map of the agora
- Map of Aliki
- Map of Philippi
- Map of ancient Greece
- 2012 Calendar
- Greek glossary
The book has been revised for the 2012 season with all the latest facts, money saving tips and comprehensive information on both the beautiful island of Thassos and the nearby mainland.
The ‘A to Z Guide to Thassos 2012’ is published by Arima Publishing and is priced at £9.95
Printed with a monochrome interior and full colour cover, 200 pages.
ISBN-978-1-84549-530-5
You can order the ‘A to Z Guide to Thassos 2012’ from all good book stores. However, if you want to be guaranteed the very latest edition, you can purchase the book online from our publishers Arima, or our eBay site below.
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THASSOS QUICK FACTS
• Known as the ‘Emerald Island’ due to the lush vegetation
• Receives the highest number of return visitors of all the Greek islands
• Little known to Western Europeans
• Historically famous, known as the ‘Athens of the North’ in ancient times
• Many archaeological sites
• Nearby mainland airport
• Many secluded beaches and coves
• Near to the mainland attractions of Kavala and Philippi
• Still traditionally Greek
• Not a venue for the ‘clubbing’ fraternity
OUR TOP FIVE RECOMMENDED ATTRACTIONS FOR THASSOS
1. Thassos Town
2. Island boat trip
3. Aliki
4. Ancient history and museum
5. Trip to Kavala and Philippi
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19 Comments
Wonderful book, looking forward to using it on holiday.
(Feedback on Ebay)
Lovely book, great website and even better discount scheme. We hope to see you on Thassos in June!
An excellent guide to the Island and now it comes with a discount scheme to help you get 10% of a range of products, car hire, restaurants and hotels, excellent. Well done, a terrific read and good value.
(Amazon.co.uk review)
Hi Tony
Just a note to thank you for your help for our visit to thassos.
We absolutely loved it and travelled the whole island twice and will return when we can.
Your book was extremely useful and was our constant companion.
Many thanks and much obliged
Scott and Janice
(Received by email)
Best guide book yet, wish I had bought this series years ago.
(Posted on eBay for the A to Z Guide to Thassos)
Hi Tony
Many thanks for your excellent book which we find to be very reader friendly and informative.
We are visiting Thassos for the 1st time in September and already feel sure that after reading your book, this is a place for us.
Your website is excellent too.
We have tried to locate a copy of the detailed Thassos map on the web to purchase without any success and wondered if you could advise where we could obtain a copy from.
Also, are there any trail or walking books that you would recommend for Thassos?
Many thanks for your excellent work
Steve and Janice
(Received by email)
Dear Mrs. Willis
Thank you for your review. Regarding the hydrofoil, early this year rumours started to spread on the island that the service would be terminated. I was then in regular contact with the owner of the hydrofoil company to ascertain the true picture. However, it wasn’t until the middle of May that a final decision was made to cancel the service. Even then there was talk of another company stepping in to reinstate the service to Kavala, sadly by early June this also had not materialised. As soon as I was confident of the position, I immediately posted a news item here, but I was too late to revise your edition of the book.
There is still talk that the service may resume in 2012….we will see! One positive point is that the ferry from Skala Prinos to Kavala now seems to complete the journey in record time (1 hour 20 minutes rather than the 1 hour 35 minutes prior to the loss of the hydrofoil).
I hope this explains the situation and once again, thank you for your review.
Tony Oswin
Excellent Guide.
This was a very helpful guide and made all the difference to our holiday. The only disappointment was that we wanted to get the hydrofoil to go to Philippi but they were not running for some reason.
(Amazon.co.uk review)
Dear Tony
We have just returned from a wonderful holiday on Thassos. We bought your book and whilst there took advantage of the A to Z Discount Scheme. In the first two days the book paid for itself and from then on gave us extra cash to spend. The restaurants and bars on the scheme were first class and our trip on the Eros II was a special day out! Overall we estimate we saved over 100 euros, so thanks for a great idea. We look forward to returning to Thassos in the future.
(Posted comment)
This is the best guide to a Greek Island of the many I have bought. I will be visiting the Island in mid July and this Guide to the history and places of interest and particular aesthetic attraction has not only wetted my anticipation but will aid me in achieving the maximum enjoyment from my time there. Anyone descrying this book must be looking for a ‘best pubcrawl’ type of publication and will be dissappointed. You will need to decide which category you fall into!
(Amazon.co.uk review)
I bought this book for our early 2011 holiday to Thassos. I found the guide informative and impartial. With lots of history (which is my thing) I learned much about the Island which I couldn’t find in other guides. Written in a straightforward manner the book is a well structured and great guide to Thassos. I think it is well worth the money and would recommend to people visiting this lovely Island.
(Amazon.co.uk review)
Fab item, well packaged and fast delivery. GREAT Ebayer
A to Z Guide to Thassos 2011, incl. Kavala and Philippi
(Feedback on eBay.co.uk)
We went to Thassos in 2009 and bought the A to Z and found it brilliant. We are fans of the guides as we went to Santorini last year and that edition was so useful. This year we are returning to Thassos in July as it is such a beautiful island and we didn’t see everything in just a week last time. We went on the A to Z Guide website and found this a tremendous help with planning this year’s holiday. We also realised that as the book is updated every year we should get the 2011 edition. We are glad we did! Much more information, maps and a great discount scheme to help our money go further! Out of all the guide books available, the A to Z’s are the best!
(Amazon.co.uk review)
We went to Thasos a couple of years ago and bought Mr Oswins Guide to Thasos and found it extremely useful so my wife bought his guide book to Santorini for recent our hols. It was equally as useful.
Thanks for the book and info on the web page
(Amazon.co.uk review)
have just purchased this book via amazon on the recommendations seen. we are visiting again in may 2011.
(Posted Comment)
I read Tony’s book prior to visiting Thassos this summer, as it had been recommended to my wife and I by a well travelled friend. Not only was the book interesting and informative, but everything made a great deal more sense when we eventually toured this beautiful Island. We had the pleasure of meeting Tony one evening during one of the ‘History Shots’ shows about the Island and this quite simply was the icing on the cake for us. Tonys knowledge and his enthusiasm know no bounds. Excellent value for money, but make sure you eat before hand if you go to History Shots, as its a long one, but absolutely facinating.
Thank you Tony for everything
Best regards
Mike & Chris (the couple with all the questions!!)
(emailed and Amazon.co.uk review)
An excellent guide to the beautiful Greek Island of Thassos. Very informative and well written.
(Amazon.co.uk review)
I’m going on holiday to Thassos this year. The author is British who has gone native and writes in plain language and tells you everything you want to know in good detail. It tells you about places to see, where to eat, entertainment and local customs. I feel like I know the island already. There is a small vocabulary section. This guide is superior to any Berlitz guide as its written personally. The author even tells you where you may find him if you wish to ask any questions. No colour pictures but this is explained that it keeps the printing costs down so that the book can be updated frequently.
(Amazon.co.uk review)
Excellent book for both the independent and package holiday traveller. Packed with unbiased advice and a great all round guide to the Island. The book does not promote certain hotels or restaurants and this is, in my opinion, a positive thing. I always feel that if hotelier and restaurateurs are patronising the author you are less likely to get a balanced view.
The guide to the beaches was my favourite part and will be used again this year on our return to Thassos.
Also the sections on Phillipi, on the mainland, is excellent when you choose to visit the site under your own steam rather than as part of a group.
(Amazon.co.uk review)
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