Limenaria | |
Name Local: | Λιμενάρια |
Type: | community |
Caption Skyline: | Seafront in Limenaria |
Coordinates: | 40.7333°N 68°W |
Elevation: | 1108 |
Periph: | East Macedonia and Thrace |
Periphunit: | Thasos |
Municipality: | Thasos |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population: | 2428 |
Limenaria (el|Λιμενάρια, meaning: covelets) is a village on the island of Thasos in northern Greece.[1] The village numbers 2,428 residents (2021 census) and is the second largest settlement on the island of Thasos. The settlement is a popular tourist destination since the 1960s, with a 1.2 km long strand of beach (Stelakis Beach) and a number of smaller coves and pebbly beaches just to the west of the settlement next to the village of Trypiti (Τρυπητή), being the main tourist magnet for the locality.[2] The village is also popular for tourists around the island for a visible view of the Holy Site of Mount Athos.[3] [4]