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Loutra (Therma) has decent and quick gyros and souvlaki spots, though
Paradisos Res-
taurant
(mains €5-8)
has good sit-down fare.
Kafeneio Ta Therma
CAFE $
( 6984994856; 8am-2am)
Run by the jovial Iordanis Iordaninis for more than 20
years, this is the centre of the action in Therma, with live music, impromptu vendors,
artists and dancers in the open areas around, plus coffee, beer and sweets. It is near the
baths and several trails.
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Fonias RiverΠοτάμι Φονιάς
After Loutra on the northeast coast is the Fonias River, and the famous
Fonias rock
pools
(€1)
. The walk starts at the bridge 4.7km east of Loutra, by the (summer-only)
ticket booths. The first 40 minutes are an easy well-marked track leading to a large and
swimmable rock pool fed by a dramatic 12m-high waterfall. The river is known as the
'Murderer', and in winter rains can transform the waters into a raging torrent. The real
danger, however, is getting lost: though there are six waterfalls, marked paths only run to
the first two. For hiking here and near Mt Fengari, consult Samothraki Travel (
Click
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Beaches
The 800m-long
Pahia Ammos Beach
is a superb sandy beach along an 8km winding
road from Lakoma on the south coast. In summer, caïques from Kamariotissa visit. The
boat tour from Loutra (Therma) stops around the headland at the equally superb, nudist-
friendly
Vatos Beach
.
The formerly Greek-inhabited island of Imvros (Gökçeada) - ceded to Turkey under
the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 - is sometimes visible from Pahia Ammos.
Pebbled
Kipos Beach
on the southeast coast, accessed via the road skirting the north
coast, is pretty but shadeless; it's reached in summer by caïque or excursion boat.
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