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below the streets, plus a fine archeological museum. Thássos hosts a
summer festival
(
W
thassos-festival.gr), with performances of anything from jazz to comedy at the
Hellenistic theatre, funds permitting.
The agora
Free
The largest excavated area is the
agora
, a little way back from the fishing
harbour. The grassy site is fenced but not always locked, and is most enjoyably
seen towards dusk. Two Roman
stoas
are prominent, but you can also make out
shops, monuments, passageways and sanctuaries from the remodelled Classical
city. At the far end, a fifth-century BC passageway leads through to an elaborate
sanctuary of Artemis, a substantial stretch of Roman road and a few seats of
the
odeion
.
Archeological museum
Tues-Sun 8.30am-3pm • €2
he renovated
archeological museum
, close to the agora, contains small but
absorbing displays on prehistoric finds, archeological methods and ancient games.
Pride of place goes to the 4m-tall, seventh-century BC
kouros
carrying a ram, found
on the acropolis. The courtyard contains some impressive sarcophagi and statuary.
LIMÉNAS
N
ACCOMMODATION
Acropolis
Alkyon
Kipos Studios
Lena
Possidon
5
2
3
4
1
Town
Beach
EATING & DRINKING
Iy Piyi
Simi
Syrtaki
3
2
1
Hellenistic
Theatre
Ancient Port
(Limenáki)
NIGHTLIFE
Cheers
Vertigo
1
2
Temple of
Dionysos
Taxi
Stand
Archeological
Museum
Hydrofoil
Berth
Artemis
Shrine
KTEL
MAIN
PLATIA
Agora
Castle &
Apollo Temple
Natural
Spring
ACROPOLIS
Temple of
Athena
Polyouhos
Mikés
(bike rental)
Shrine of Pan
Gate of
Zeus & Hera
Gate of
Hercules
0
200
Gate of
Silenos
Gate of
Parmenon
metres
Panayía & Alykí
