Thessaloniki to Piraeus ferry
Ferries from Thessaloniki to Piraeus start at €26.74 and take 11h 33m at their fastest.
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The Ferries from Thessaloniki to Piraeus starts at €26.74 and takes 11h 33m door to door, run by 1 operator over 337 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 11h 33mDoor to door
- 10h 3mMoving
- €24.54 to €62.49From
- 06:09 to 06:09First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 38.8 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.
€24.54 to €62.49 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.
Book your crossing
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 €51.49Fri18
- about €62.49Sat19
- about €39.94Sun20
- about €42.69Mon21
- about €33.34Tue22
- about €34.99Wed23
- about €38.29Thu24
- about €29.49Fri25
- about €34.44Sat26
- about €28.94Sun27
- about €29.49Mon28
- about €24.54Tue29
- about €37.19Wed30
- about €32.79Thu1
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
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 | €21.79 | 11h 24m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Piraeus. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Piraeus for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Thessaloniki to Piraeus
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.3390 days
- €15.0360 days
- €16.1345 days
- €19.4330 days
- €21.6321 days
- €19.9814 days
- €33.187 days
- €32.083 days
- €48.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 220 percent. The most expensive point is €48.03, 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.
- €25.48Sun
- €22.18Mon
- €21.08Tue
- €27.13Wed
- €21.63Thu
- €27.13Fri
- €32.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Thessaloníki
- Karavakia - Thessaloniki Waterbus. Thessaloniki Port Stop
- THESSALONIKI
- Thessaloniki Passenger Terminal
Piraeus
- PIRAEUS
- Piraeus Ferry Port
- Piraeus Ferry Terminal
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 337 km against 306 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ioánnina, Volos, Lárisa, Kavála. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 5 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 Thessaloniki at 06:09 and the last at 06:09, across 1 departure 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | 5h 34m | 4h 50m | 44m | €16.68 | 9.1 kg | 2 |
| Ferry | 11h 33m | 10h 3m | 1h 30m | €26.74 | 38.8 kg | 1 |
Questions about Thessaloniki to Piraeus
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 Piraeus take?
The Ferry from Thessaloniki to Piraeus takes 11h 33m door to door, of which 10h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 337 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 Piraeus cost?
The Ferry from Thessaloniki to Piraeus starts at €26.74 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €26.74. 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 Piraeus?
1 operators run the Ferry from Thessaloniki to Piraeus: Blue Star. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Piraeus use?
The Ferry from Thessaloniki to Piraeus leaves from Karavakia - Thessaloniki Waterbus. Thessaloniki Port Stop and arrives at PIRAEUS. 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 Thessaloniki to Piraeus?
Traveling from Thessaloniki to Piraeus by Coach costs €16.68 and takes 5h 34m door to door, against 11h 33m 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 Thessaloniki to Piraeus?
Fares for the Ferry from Thessaloniki to Piraeus bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 220 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Thessaloniki to Piraeus produce?
The Ferry from Thessaloniki to Piraeus produces about 38.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 337 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 Piraeus?
Operators on the Ferry from Thessaloniki to Piraeus publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 11h 33m 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 Thessaloniki to Piraeus on September 17, 2026: 337 km of route against 306 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €26.74, and 11h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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