Thassos shopping

Thassos shopping: Combine the exceptional local traditional products with all the famous brands in the world

Shopping at Thassos is of special value for the visitor. Due to the fact that it is the main insular destination of Northern Greece and meanwhile an island with numerous local traditional products, principally food, Thassos is an ideal place for your shopping.

Apart from local products, the visitor may find at Thassos a significant number of known items of the international market, like food, clothes, daily use items etc. The smart Thassos shopping is another motivation for visitors, aside from the blue sea and the significant ancient findings on the island.

Thassos shopping - local products

Thassos produces an impressive variety of local products. One of the island’s best markets is at Limenas, the capital of the island. There you will find shops selling the famous traditional products of the island, such as honey, wine, “tsipouro”, the local spirit, local “smashed” olives, olive oil, as well as traditional embroidery and other products exclusively made in Thassos.

You can make very good buys also at the organized beaches of Thassos. There you will find numerous small shops selling the famous traditional products of the island. It is good to know that throughout Thassos there are producers, mainly of local foodstuff, who sell their products at low prices and in big variety.

Your Thassos shopping would not be complete unless you pass by Panagia and Potamia, where you may find shops selling traditional products and items, such as sweet preserves, famous throughout Greece, needlework, embroidery and hand-made wool blankets. Furthermore, at the area of Skala of Rahoni is the seat of Thassos Apicultural Union where you can buy fresh honey.

Thassos shopping - daily use items, clothes and gifts

It is very easy to find daily use items in Thassos. There are mini markets and supermarkets in all villages and close to the organized beaches. At Limenas there is a big supermarket of a well-known chain. You may also find a big local department store on the central road of the island close to Skala of Rahoni.

Golden Beach is also one of the best places for Thassos shopping, since there are, apart from a supermarket, many gift shops, clothes, shoes and food shops, as well as greengrocer’s and butcher’s shops.

At Limenas and Prinos there are numerous clothes’ and shoes’ shops, up-to-date with the most modern fashion trends.

Shopping at Potos and Limenaria, Thassos, is very interesting too, where you find international brands of clothes, shoes, general items and clothing accessories chains. The foot-walk of Potos is in particular considered one of the most significant points for shopping in Thassos.

Eventually we should not forget that in many tourist areas there are shops selling gold and silver jewellery and precious stones, in many shapes and exceptional prices, especially for tax-free visitors, i.e. for non-European Union’s residents. Jewellery should certainly be one of your priorities in your Thassos shopping.

Thassos, as a quite big island, is a highly regarded travel destination, interesting also for those who wish to go for shopping there. Thassos shopping, featuring lots of local traditional products and items from all over the world is a nice way to spend your free time on the island.