Cheapest€29.49
- Blue Star BS323706:0914h 41m20:50Karavakia - Thessaloniki Waterbus. Thessaloniki Port StopIZMIR (ALL PORTS)
Door to door 16h 11mCO2 52.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Thessaloniki to Izmir ferry
Ferries from Thessaloniki to Izmir start at €29.49 and take 16h 11m at their fastest.
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The Ferries from Thessaloniki to Izmir starts at €29.49 and takes 16h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 459 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 16h 11mDoor to door
- 14h 41mMoving
- €32.79 to €98.24From
- 06:09 to 07:30First and last departure
- 3Per day
- 52.8 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€32.79 to €98.24 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.
Blue Star runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €98.24Thu17
- about €75.14Fri18
- about €71.84Sat19
- about €56.44Sun20
- about €50.94Mon21
- about €41.04Tue22
- about €51.49Wed23
- about €52.04Thu24
- about €43.24Fri25
- about €48.74Sat26
- about €44.34Sun27
- about €47.09Mon28
- about €32.79Tue29
- about €42.14Wed30
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Lowest CO2€39.38
- Blue Star BS446107:3012h 25m19:55Karavakia - Thessaloniki Waterbus. Thessaloniki Port StopALIAGA
- İZBAN ZB585220:5727m21:24Aliağa railway stationIzmir Basmane
Changes at Aliağa, with 62 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 15h 1mCO2 50.1 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Blue Star | €29.49 | 14h 47m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Izmir. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Izmir for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Thessaloniki to Izmir
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.7990 days
- €28.9460 days
- €35.5345 days
- €36.6430 days
- €36.0821 days
- €42.1414 days
- €51.497 days
- €71.843 days
- €98.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 239 percent. The most expensive point is €98.24, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €44.34Sun
- €47.09Mon
- €32.79Tue
- €42.14Wed
- €52.04Thu
- €43.24Fri
- €48.74Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Thessaloníki
Ferry
- Karavakia - Thessaloniki Waterbus. Thessaloniki Port Stop
- THESSALONIKI
- Thessaloniki Passenger Terminal
İzmir
Ferry
- IZMIR (ALL PORTS)
- Izmir
- Izmir Alsancak
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 459 km against 437 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Aliağa, Mytilene, Kuşadası, Volos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Thessaloniki at 06:09 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Thessaloniki to Izmir
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 Thessaloniki to Izmir take?
The Ferry from Thessaloniki to Izmir takes 16h 11m door to door, of which 14h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 459 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 Thessaloniki to Izmir cost?
The Ferry from Thessaloniki to Izmir starts at €29.49 for one passenger, as of September 16, 2026. A typical fare is €39.38. 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 Thessaloniki to Izmir?
1 operators run the Ferry from Thessaloniki to Izmir: Blue Star. Between them they file around 3 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 Thessaloniki to Izmir use?
The Ferry from Thessaloniki to Izmir leaves from Karavakia - Thessaloniki Waterbus. Thessaloniki Port Stop and arrives at IZMIR (ALL PORTS). 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.
When should I book the Ferry from Thessaloniki to Izmir?
Fares for the Ferry from Thessaloniki to Izmir bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.94. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 239 percent, measured on September 16, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Thessaloniki to Izmir produce?
The Ferry from Thessaloniki to Izmir produces about 52.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 459 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 Thessaloniki to Izmir?
Operators on the Ferry from Thessaloniki to Izmir publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 16h 11m 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 Thessaloniki to Izmir on September 16, 2026: 459 km of route against 437 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €29.49, and 16h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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