Gorgona — Hotel in Thassos Municipality

Probably one of the very few affordable places with such a great view, Gorgona is offering a remote an quiet place to stay in Southern Thassos. For the newcomers in this region, you may want to know there are no major supermarkets within 20km, except the local Aliki beach kiosk where you can get some canned goods, cigarettes and water. ||Unlike most of the Greek pensions, Gorgona is not offering individual kichinets, instead having two fully equipped common rooms with 3 gas hobs and also two gas operated grills outside. Each room has a small fridge, enough for evening snacks and some cold drinks, and also you have a large shelf in dedicated refrigrators in the common kitchen, even half drawer in an ice freezer where you can fit so e icecream or icecubes. ||The rooms are very clean, even if a bit small, and a small private toilet with open shower, WC and lavatory. There is no terrace or balcony, just a passaging narrow balcony with a splendid view where you can take some great pictures. Instead, you have a full garden and a terrace full of tables and sunbeds, a shower and a lot of shade provided by ancient pine trees and olives.||The closest beach is on the left of the property's, 50m downhill, a bit rocky but very pleasant for snorkers since there are lots of fishes, octopus and rocky formations to track. Of course, there are the two beaches of Aliki at hand, which are, in my opinion, too crowded. Nevertheless, you may take a trip to the main beach for a traditional plates in the evening's, especially in the days they are offering the Greek night, with traditional music and affordable delicious wine. Try here the mousaka, fried octopus which is exceptional and any fresh fish they may catch during the day.||A tour to ancient Aliki quarry and temple is mandatory, it will take at least an hour, so start early and bring refreshments with you, since it might get hot pretty soon. The view on the south wall is tremendous, with the old columns collapsed into the sea and the carved platforms.||Getting back to Gorgona, the prices are fair especially if you book early. Be aware there are many traditional customers coming here every year. If you are a TV guy bring you own means, they are not offering TVs, which are also useless if you don't speak Greek. I personally travel with a small LED projector that flushes on the immaculate ceiling a perfect image with my favourite serries on an external memory. You may use a tablet or a laptop as well, but don't count too much in internet here, high speed in Greece is a very relative term, in my country I own optic fiber with gigabytes speed and zeroish latency and I can tell the difference. Be happy if you can check your mail and your banking account. In the best days, though, you may use Netflix, God knows how.||The host, Nykos, is one the best one we have ever met, very friendly and helpful. You need something, you want to know something, he helps. ||Also, he will wait you with a cold treat, either beer or water, as you prefer.||Definitely a...

The view is gorgeous, big terrace with Aliki ancient quarry view, they offer a lot for few money, including refrigerator and cooking place, barbecues, freezer, all organized by room numbers. The particularity is there is no personal kitchen, as we all are used to find in Greece's pensions. The rooms are very clean but you might find them a bit small, especially there is no personal terrace or balcony either. Fortunately, the common terrace is big enough to accommodate all the customers (I believe there are 12 rooms here). The big trick is the bathroom 😆. Here you can barely enter, because its footprint is of about 1.5 sqm. Here you have the WC, a lavatory and a open-space shower (no curtains). So, the room conditions are quite spartan. Remember, we are in Greece 😋. Also, there is no TV, but anyway if you don't speak Greek it is useless. I always carry a cheap LED projector in my holidays for binging a bit in the evenings. The internet is enough for social media and email, and even works with Netflix, but is fluctuating a lot, as mostly everywhere here. The parking is better on the side of the road unless you got a lot of luggage to unload, because there is a 30m and 30% ramp to climb after that. We liked it here, but also please note there are no supermarkets around, the closest ones are in Potos or Potamia, about 20km each. Five stars goes to Nikos, our fabulos host, and to the great view! We are great Greece lovers, for 15 years we are having our holidays here and the place is a dream. Don't hesitate to book a room here, it's not a palace but it's clean and fair and the host very helpful and friendly. We will come again, for sure, this is our first time here. (Later edit: added few 360 pics to have a better image, first is with one of the rooms, the second with the large terrace and the last one the...

This is a family-run business who are the sweetest, most gracious and welcoming hosts that one could ask for. I originally booked the room for the wrong date and the man checking me in was incredibly accommodating and also gave me the original booking rate instead of the current rate upon check-in. All the different areas as well as my room were spotless and tidy with air-conditioning and wi-fi, as well as a shared kitchen facility. In the kitchen I was dedicated a whole shelf in the fridge and the freezer, and there were 2 stoves and countertop space for food-prep. Outside were two patios covered in gorgeous grape vines and plenty of outside seating, including tables for meal time. The view from the property right across the bay was an ancient Greek temple, with Roman and Byzantine remnants littering the area and an ancient marble quarry just minutes away walking distance.

They did absolutely everything they could to make me feel welcome and comfortable including gifting me a jar of olives from their own olive trees upon check-out. There were also two of the sweetest kittens who kept me company whenever I was enjoying my time outside. If I could give more...