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By Air
By Air Thessaloniki is linked to Athens, Ioannina, Hania, Heraklion, Lemnos, Lesvos,
Rhodes and Skiathos (in Summer).
The city's airport (16 km outside Thessaloniki) is international and served by many
of the major airlines. You can even fly here from the USA.
By Train
Rail services link Thessaloniki with, Athens and the towns of Macedonia and Thrace.
The line through Yugoslavia provides connections with Central and Western Europe when there is not a war. The line
through Bulgaria connects to Eastern Europe and the line through Turkey with the countries of the Near East.
Information: State Rail ways office at No 18, Aristotelous St. tel.2310
276.382 and the new railway terminal, tel. 2310 517.517.
Or visit www.athensguide.com/practicalinfo
According to the schedule I have there are trains from Athens to Thessaloniki at:
6:50(IC), 7:50(ICE), 9:54, 10:50(IC), 13:23(IC), 14:50, 16:24, 19:22(ICE), 20:40(IC), 22:57 and 23:55.
The slow trains cost 15 euros and take 6 hours and the fast trains(ICE)
cost 50 euros and take 4 hours and 20 minutes. There is something in
between(IC) that takes 5 hours and costs 36 euro.
By Bus
Coach services are operated by KTEL between Thessaloniki and Athens, Larissa, Volos,
Patras and Aedipsos (only during the summer).
Visit www.athensguide.com/practicalinfo
By Sea
There are connections by sea with the islands Lemnos, Lesvos, Chios and Pireaus all year round
but only once or twice a week usually on Saturday night at midnight. Also
summer connections with the island groups of Sporades, Dodecanese and Cyclades. There
is a ferry that goes on wednesdays at 22:00 to Santorini and Iraklion
Crete and does the same thing on Saturday with a stop in Tinos.
Information: Thessaloniki Port
Authority. Tel. 2310 531.504
Where to Stay
Like any city there are hotels of every catagory. There is a youth Hostel at 44 Alex
Svolou street where beds are cheap. There is also a campground at the beach of Agia Triada, but
it's 27 kilometers away and limits your nightlife. See the Thessaloniki hotels
page or visit www.hotelsofgreece.com
For hotels, transportation and more info contact Dolphin Hellas Travel
or Mike Constantinou at Greece
Accommodations
For taxi tours and transfers see
Taxi in Thessaloniki
If
you are planning to rent a car and
drive from Athens to Thessaloniki or
touring around Greece
check out
Swift
Rent-a-Car
.
They will pick you up at the
airport or your hotel and drive
you to the National road and let
you by-pass the notorious Athens
traffic. See their website at
www.greektravel.com/swift
For organized tours of Mainland Greece that include Thessaloniki and Macedonia see www.greecetravel.com/tours/mainland
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