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Under local government reform in the late 1990s, the entire island became a single municipality.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <br> <P>   Thassos is served by ferry routes to and from Kavala and Keramoti. The latter is a port at the eastern portion of the prefecture, close to Kavala's airport, and has the shortest possible crossing to this beautiful touristic area. The construction of hotels and roads, the frequent service with ferries and flying dolphins, contribute in the economical development of the island.</P> <P>   Gradually, Thassos began to regain its previous glory and once again turned into the wonderful paradise that Constantine Mellas and many Greek and foreign writers, poets and travelers have written about.</P> <br> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%"><tr><td><IMG style="LEFT: 692px; TOP: 191px" height=200 alt="Panoramic view of Limenaria" hspace=0 src="../../images/Limenaria-Panorama.jpg" width=300 border=0></td> <td><IMG style="LEFT: 183px; TOP: 1532px" height=200 alt="The port of Thassos in Limenas" hspace=0 src="../../images/Thassos-Limenas.jpg" width=300 border=0></td></tr></table> <P><CENTER></CENTER></P> <table width="100%"border="0" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr align="middle"> <td><a href="../thassos-antiquity" title="Thassos Antiquity" target="_parent"><font size="1"><b>Antiquity</b></font></a></td> <td><a href="../thassos-roman-era" title="Thassos Roman Era" target="_parent"><b><font size="1">Roman Era</font></b></a></td> <td><a href="../thassos-ottoman-era" title="Thassos Ottoman Era" target="_parent"><b><font size="1">Ottoman Era</font></b></a></td> <td><a href="../thassos-balkan-wars" title="Thassos During the Balkan Wars" target="_parent"><b><font size="1">During the Balkan Wars</font></b></a></td> <td><a href="../thassos-world-war-2" title="Thassos During World War II" target="_parent"><b><font size="1">World War II</font></b></a></td> <td><a href="../thassos-modern-history" title="Thassos Modern History" target="_parent"><b><font size="1">Thassos Today</font></b></a></td> </tr> </table> <br> </TD> <TD vAlign=top width="20%" align="center"> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <script type="text/javascript">document.write('<a style="display:block;width:100%;height:1px;" class="aff-ad-none"></a>');window.AFF_ONLOAD = window.AFF_ONLOAD || [];window.AFF_ONLOAD.push({lkid:"20479610",affid:"10144185",size:"300*250",type:"2",uid:"427775",language:"en",web_id:"40",version:110});var aff_s = document.createElement("script"),aff_h = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];aff_s.charset = "utf-8";aff_s.async = !0;aff_s.src = "https://js.affasi.com/affasi_js.min.js";aff_h.insertBefore(aff_s, aff_h.firstChild);</script><table> <tr><td align="center"> <IMG height=180 alt="The city of Kavala while approaching the harbour" hspace=0 src="../../images/kavala-from-sea.jpg" width=120 border=0> </td></tr> </table> </TD> </TR> <TR vAlign=center align=middle> <TD colspan="3"> <table align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"> <iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FThassosIsle&width=190&height=250&show_faces=true&colorscheme=light&stream=false&border_color&header=true&appId=278637755502875" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:190px; height:350px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> </td><td align="center" valign="top"> <div id="fb-root"></div> <div id="fb-root"></div><script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#appId=APP_ID&xfbml=1"></script><fb:comments href="http://www.thassos.net.gr/thassos-history/thassos-modern-history/" num_posts="5" width="490"></fb:comments></div> <script type="text/javascript">document.write('<a style="display:block;width:100%;height:1px;" class="aff-ad-none"></a>');window.AFF_ONLOAD = window.AFF_ONLOAD || [];window.AFF_ONLOAD.push({lkid:"20479585",affid:"10144185",size:"468*60",type:"1",uid:"427775",language:"en",web_id:"40",version:110});var aff_s = document.createElement("script"),aff_h = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];aff_s.charset = "utf-8";aff_s.async = !0;aff_s.src = "https://js.affasi.com/affasi_js.min.js";aff_h.insertBefore(aff_s, aff_h.firstChild);</script> </td><td align="center" valign="top" width="185"> <div align="center"><a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/Thassos_Greece" data-widget-id="298086693976805376">Tweets σχετικά με @Thassos_Greece</a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script> </div> </td></tr></table> <div align="center"><table height="5%" width="100%" align="center"><tr><td valign="middle" align="right"><br><br><b>Make Money - Get Paid to Click Ads - Best PTC Sites Here:</b></td><td width="37%" align="left"><a href="http://moneymakeronline.eu/" TARGET="_blank"><img src="http://moneymakeronline.eu/images/banner3.gif" title="Get paid to view advertisements! 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