Athens to Thessaloniki ferry
Ferries from Athens to Thessaloniki start at €19.04 and take 10h 31m at their fastest.
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The Ferries from Athens to Thessaloniki starts at €19.04 and takes 10h 31m door to door, run by 1 operator over 303 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 10h 31mDoor to door
- 9h 1mMoving
- €19.04 to €36.64From
- 15:00 to 15:00First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 34.8 kgCO2
First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for September 25, 2026, across 1 services on the day.
€19.04 to €36.64 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.
Sailings on September 25, 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
15:0018:5027h 50m
BLUE STAR FERRIESVessel BLUE STAR MYCONOSDirect
PIRAEUS → THESSALONIKI
from €95.00deckseat €101.50
Fares by date
What the operator is charging, by departure date.
September 25, 2026
€95.00
BLUE STAR FERRIES
This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Blue Star | €17.94 | 10h 21m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Thessaloniki. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Thessaloniki for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Athens to Thessaloniki
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €15.5860 days
- €16.6845 days
- €13.3830 days
- €15.0321 days
- €16.1314 days
- €18.337 days
- €27.133 days
- €25.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 103 percent. The most expensive point is €27.13, 3 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €20.53Sun
- €16.13Mon
- €18.33Tue
- €18.33Wed
- €23.28Thu
- €21.08Fri
- €21.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Athens
- ATHENS (ALL PORTS)
Thessaloníki
- Karavakia - Thessaloniki Waterbus. Thessaloniki Port Stop
- THESSALONIKI
- Thessaloniki Passenger Terminal
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 303 km against 303 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Athens at 06:09 and the last at 21:20, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 56m | 2h 12m | 44m | €34.44 | 10.0 kg | 12 |
| Flight | 3h 58m | 48m | 3h 10m | €33.18 | 76.8 kg | 40 |
| Coach | 4h 46m | 4h 2m | 44m | €16.13 | 8.2 kg | 12 |
| Ferry | 10h 31m | 9h 1m | 1h 30m | €19.04 | 34.8 kg | 12 |
Questions about Athens to Thessaloniki
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Athens to Thessaloniki take?
The Ferry from Athens to Thessaloniki takes 10h 31m door to door, of which 9h 1m is spent moving. The route runs 303 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 Athens to Thessaloniki cost?
The Ferry from Athens to Thessaloniki starts at €19.04 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €20.14. 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 Athens to Thessaloniki?
1 operators run the Ferry from Athens to Thessaloniki: Blue Star. Between them they file around 12 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 Athens to Thessaloniki use?
The Ferry from Athens to Thessaloniki leaves from ATHENS (ALL PORTS) and arrives at Karavakia - Thessaloniki Waterbus. Thessaloniki Port Stop. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Ferry the best way from Athens to Thessaloniki?
Traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki by Coach costs €16.13 and takes 4h 46m door to door, against 10h 31m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Athens to Thessaloniki?
Fares for the Ferry from Athens to Thessaloniki bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 103 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Athens to Thessaloniki produce?
The Ferry from Athens to Thessaloniki produces about 34.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 303 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Athens to Thessaloniki?
Operators on the Ferry from Athens to Thessaloniki publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 31m 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Athens to Thessaloniki on September 14, 2026: 303 km of route against 303 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €19.04, and 10h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Being on the water gives Thessaloniki a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Thessaloniki and across Greece
Day trips that leave Thessaloniki in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
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