Skala Rachonis

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Skala Rachonis Thassos

SKALA RACHONIS, also called SKALA RACHONI or just plain RACHONIS, RAHONI or RAHONIS is a beach resort and fishing harbour on the north-west coast of Thassos.
Skala Rachonis is the first real beach resort you get to when heading west out of Limenas or Thassos Town. It's well signposted off the main road that encircles Thassos and a small concrete road leads down past a hotel and a few tavernas to a small harbour.
Skala Rachonis is the fishing harbour for the mountain village Rachoni which sits above in the pine-clad hills several kilometres inland. Villagers would flee up into the hills at the first sign of pirates and legend has it that there are secret tunnels connecting inland homes to those on the coast.
The area around Skala Rachoni is very flat and fertile and there are many olive trees and citrus orchards here. Skala Rahonis has become very popular with package holiday companies in recent years and a number of apartment blocks have been built on former scrubland behind the beach.
Though they are no more ugly than other modern apartment blocks, some of them have been built overlooking Skala Rachonis beach and give it a hemmed in feel, a little as though you are sitting in someone else's garden.
That aside, Skala Rachonis beach is pleasant enough with a small wall separating most of it from the apartment blocks and occasional trees to provide some natural shade.
The shore at Skala Rachonis is sandy and clean and the water shallow, making it good for families with children. There are sun beds strung out over most of the beach.
The small harbour to the north of Skala Rachonis adds interest and the sand stretches right around the bay to a prominent headland where there are a couple of small stone jetties and some small sheltered strips of sand to be found.