Aliki Archaeological Site — Attraction in Thassos Municipality

We visited in off season, without any ticket and crazy loud tourists. The site is very well restaurated. There is a nice path that guides you through different historical periods of the peninsula, from 600 BC till the modern age, from hellenistic time till the egyptian rule. There are several points where you can read interesting facts about local marble excavation, byzantine basilica structures, ancient erotic graffities, cave systems etc. At first sight you would think it's another place where you find some old stones all over, won't understand anything, made just for crazy archeologists that can see the invisible and you will be fed up in a half an hour boiled on sun, but you might be wrong, cause in reality it's a very nice trip that can be done in an hour or if you take it slow in 2-3. I wouldn't recommend visiting with children under 7, it might be too long for them and risky because of sharp edged...

Aliki is a small fishing village located on the eastern tip of the island of Thassos, about 30 km from Limenas. On a rocky promontory (known as the "sacred rock of Thassos"), there are ancient marble quarries, as well as the remains of a pagan temple and many other buildings dating from the 7th century BC. According to legend, in ancient times Aliki was an independent kingdom with a significant population and was a large port. In 1896, archaeologists discovered in Aliki a well-preserved full-length statue of a naked young man, typical of the archaic period of ancient Greece. Today, the statue is on display in a museum in Istanbul. In the 7th century BC a sanctuary dedicated to the god Apollo was founded on the east coast. On the highest spot, there are the remnants of two palaeo-Christian basilicas of the...

Go trough the archaeolocigal site (with information boards on english) and see ancient monuments while are you taking a walk trough a hill and pine and olive trees. During your walk you can see a marble clifs and beautiful seaside panorama. A way trough site is circular so you can take a whole circle starting from one beach and finishing it on the other way and getting to a beautiful Aliki beach where you can eat in ethnic tavernas. Parking was free at the time we visited this place during our holiday in july 2019. Also it is free entrance in site. There is no...