Golden Beach Thassos resort report and satellite view

Golden Beach Thassos

Golden Beach, otherwise called Chrysi Ammoudia or Chrisi Atki is a 1km swathe of south facing sand between the resort villages of Skala Panagias in the east and Skala Potamia to the west. The beach gets better at each end with the central section mainly rock and shingle.
The approach is off the main road from Panagia and there are several tracks branching down to the beach at either end. The back of the beach is wide and flat and dotted with apartment complexes built on a grid of small roads and the occasional taverna. A small road runs along the back of the beach to link the two resorts.
The western end at Skala Potamis is by far the most developed for tourism with extensive development at the back of the beach and a string of tavernas and cafes running parallel to the shore. The beach at the eastern end has a bank of fine sand backed by trees to provide natural shade and a small offshore jetty where the daily tour boats pull in.
The trees thin out as you walk west to be replaced by flat scrub and the sand gets steadlily more scruffy with seaweed and stones underfooot until it reaches the central section where it turns to rock as it meets the road.
Beyond this the sand improves again until it reaches Skala Potamia where it deepens into a large triangle of sharp white sand and a small harbour. There is no natural shade here and it's rathere exposed but this is very much the tourist end of the beach with sun beds along the shore and an 'avenue' of tavernas and cafes along the back of the beach.