Potamia

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Potamia Thassos

The mountain village of POTAMIA, or POTAMIAS, lies in a sheltered valley on the eastern side of Thassos and on the slopes of Mount Ypsarion, about 12km from the main resort port at Limenas.
Potamia gets its name from the stream that runs through the centre of the village. It is from Potamia that many walkers start out on paths that lead to the summit which is about 1,204m.
Paved paths lead upwards out of Potamia village before they peter out into rough tracks with wooden signposts pointing the way. The hillsides surrounding Potamia are covered in dense and lush vegetation with trees of many varieties growing on the steep slopes.
As paths wind steeply uphill walkers often find themselves at treetop level on one side of the path and the base of a cliff face on the other. Those not inclined to scale mountain tracks can follow the wide forest path around the mountain to Panagia village.
Potamia village is noted for the red-tiled roofs of the stone houses. Potamias is very much a traditional sleepy Greek village of narrow streets with a large plane tree offering shade in the central square.
Potamia was the home of the sculptor Polygnotos Vagis who was born here in 1894 and his works are displayed in a museum of the same name.