So, it's mid-January. Europe and the east coast of America are under metres of snow, and here I am in Thassos Town, looking across the harbor with my very good friends, eating the most glorious char-grilled octopus which literally until four hours ago was minding its own business and swimming around the rocks and stones in front of my apartment here in Thassos Town.

During the summer, my husband and I had often wondered why the snorkeler that we could always see had only one arm. I now realised that the other arm was underwater holding his spear, and he only really ever goes in and among the rocks and stone up to about 10 or 15 metres offshore. Now I understand why! For early this morning, at half-past eight, there was a ring on my doorbell, and my neighbour presented me with a small plastic bucket (why is it always a bucket which at some time has held paint or something equally inappropriate) containing my strangest present yet...

What did I do that was good in a previous life to enable me to be so lucky in this one?

Here I am in Thassos town, midwinter by anyone's calculation, standing on my balcony overlooking the whole of Limenas bay and opposite to Keramoti and Kavala, drinking my coffee, basking in mid-January temperatures of 15° whilst back in the rest of Europe everyone is knee-deep in snowdrifts. The air is still, the sky is blue if somewhat watery blue in comparison to the deep azure of Midsummer, the perfumed smoke from the log fires where the local people are burning their surplus olive and pine logs, rises lazily high into the sky as there isn’t even the slightest breeze.

The ferries come and go with precision and majesty as always, the local people stroll by, stopping to chat or popping in for coffee into the local bars and cafes, as January is time for relaxation and just be and enjoying the beauty of Thassos Island in winter...

Spring is finally in the air on Thassos. The temperatures are starting to rise and flowers are starting to bloom. In no time, Thassos will come back to life as businesses begin preparing for the 2009 summer holiday season.

For the last few months, Thassos has been very quiet as the locals enjoy the quiet that the winter brings. On the other hand, we at Go-Thassos have been quite busy preparing all winter long for the debut of a fresh new look for Spring 2009. After many months of work, we're almost ready to present the new and updated look of Go-Thassos. We aren't going to say much about the newest feature of the site...that will be a surprise, but soon you will see what it is.

Be on the lookout for a bold new look as we welcome you to Thassos on the internet. Will you be ready?

    The Greek island of Thassos is an undiscovered paradise for many of the Greece- bound tourists. The island receives significantly less promotion world-wide than other islands such as Crete, Rhodes, Santorini, Mykonos and Corfu, yet it offers a whole lot more to its visitors than most of the Cyclades, Dodekanese and Ionian islands do. There is so much to explore and experience on Thassos that it's almost overwhelming. Visitors to the island tend to come back over and over again because they do not have enough time to see and do everything that they would like to. If only there was a way that one could discover everything that Thassos has to offer before they even came!

    Unfortunately that has only been a dream for many people. Until now!