Çeşme to Thessaloniki ferry

Ferries from Çeşme to Thessaloniki start at €43.24 and take 12h 12m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Çeşme to Thessaloniki starts at €43.24 and takes 12h 12m door to door, run by 3 operators over 599 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 12h 12mDoor to door
  • 9h 50mMoving
  • €43.24 to €82.84From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 38.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€43.24 to €82.84 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €82.84Tue15
  2. about €65.24Wed16
  3. about €75.14Thu17
  4. about €59.74Fri18
  5. about €71.29Sat19
  6. about €60.84Sun20
  7. about €60.29Mon21
  8. about €47.09Tue22
  9. about €43.24Wed23
  10. about €50.94Thu24
  11. about €52.04Fri25
  12. about €48.74Sat26
  13. about €54.79Sun27
  14. about €48.19Mon28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€28.94
  1. Hellenic Seaways HS989807:308h 7m15:37CESMEPIRAEUS
  2. ΚΤΕΛ Θεσσαλονίκης S-614317:214h 28m21:49Piraeus KTELThessaloniki Makedonia

Changes at Piraeus, with 104 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 15h 26mCO2 37.6 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€58.64
  1. Hellenic Seaways HS671907:307h 21m14:51CESMEΛάντζες Ρούσσης
  2. Hellenic Train HT583816:062h 29m18:35Keratsíni stationThessaloniki

Changes at Keratsíni, with 75 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 12h 12mCO2 40.3 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Hellenic Seaways33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets
Hellenic Train140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
ΚΤΕΛ Θεσσαλονίκης72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi

The ferry gets you into Thessaloniki. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Thessaloniki for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Çeşme to Thessaloniki

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €46.5490 days
  2. €31.1460 days
  3. €33.8945 days
  4. €27.8430 days
  5. €28.9421 days
  6. €48.1914 days
  7. €60.297 days
  8. €75.143 days
  9. €82.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €27.84.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 198 percent. The dearest point is €82.84, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €54.79Sun
  2. €48.19Mon
  3. €47.09Tue
  4. €43.24Wed
  5. €50.94Thu
  6. €52.04Fri
  7. €48.74Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Çeşme

Ferry
  • CESME
  • Ulusoy Çeşme

Thessaloníki

Ferry
  • Karavakia - Thessaloniki Waterbus. Thessaloniki Port Stop
  • THESSALONIKI
  • Thessaloniki Passenger Terminal
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 599 km against 387 km in a straight line, a detour of 53 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Keratsíni, Piraeus. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Çeşme at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Çeşme to Thessaloniki

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki take?

The Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki takes 12h 12m door to door, of which 9h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 599 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki cost?

The Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki starts at €43.24 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €43.79. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki?

3 operators run the Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki: Hellenic Seaways, Hellenic Train, ΚΤΕΛ Θεσσαλονίκης. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki use?

The Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki leaves from CESME and arrives at Thessaloniki. Allow about 1h 7m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki?

Fares for the Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €27.84. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 198 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki produce?

The Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki produces about 38.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 599 km, which works out at roughly 65 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki?

Operators on the Ferry from Çeşme to Thessaloniki publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Power sockets, Restaurant, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 12m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Çeşme to Thessaloniki on 14 September 2026: 599 km of route against 387 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €43.24, and 12h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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