Athens to Thessaloniki runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 15:00 and the last around 15:00. One passenger pays between €15.03 and €34.44, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 50m over 308 km, on services run by 8 operators across 4 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 8 operators and 4 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€15.03 to €34.44
- 103%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Athens
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for September 25, 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 15:00First departure
- 15:00Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €95.00 to €101.50 on September 25, 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Hellenic Train runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Athens to Thessaloniki on your date, and you pay on their side.
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ΚΤΕΛ Θεσσαλονίκης runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Athens to Thessaloniki on your date, and you pay on their side.
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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 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 flight gets you into Thessaloniki. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Thessaloniki for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Thessaloniki and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Athens to Thessaloniki and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
308 km
303 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
664,046 → 317,778
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
4/8
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 308 km against 303 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from SKG into Thessaloniki is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Thessaloniki
Settled in advance, so the ride into Thessaloniki costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Thessaloniki
Most of the points near Thessaloniki open before the first train and close after the last one.
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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 it take to get from Athens to Thessaloniki?
The fastest journey from Athens to Thessaloniki takes 2h 50m door to door, of which 2h 12m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 7m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Athens to Thessaloniki?
The cheapest fare from Athens to Thessaloniki is €15.03, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €43.21. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Athens to Thessaloniki?
The cheapest way from Athens to Thessaloniki is by coach, at €16.13 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 46m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Athens to Thessaloniki?
The fastest way from Athens to Thessaloniki is by train, at 2h 56m door to door. Only 2h 12m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €34.44.
When should I book Athens to Thessaloniki?
Fares from Athens to Thessaloniki bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €13.38. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 103 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Athens to Thessaloniki?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Athens to Thessaloniki, at €16.13. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Athens to Thessaloniki?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Athens to Thessaloniki, at €13.38 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Athens to Thessaloniki?
8 operators sell services from Athens to Thessaloniki across 4 modes: Aegean Airlines, Blue Star, Ellinair, Hellenic Train, Olympic Airlines, Ryanair. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Athens to Thessaloniki?
Every service we sell from Athens to Thessaloniki is direct, with around 76 departures a day and a fastest journey of 2h 50m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Athens to Thessaloniki produce?
Traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki by coach produces about 8.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 76.8 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Athens to Thessaloniki use?
Services from Athens to Thessaloniki by train leave from Athina Larissa and arrive at Thessaloniki. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Athens to Thessaloniki?
3 of the 8 operators we sell from Athens to Thessaloniki allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Athens to Thessaloniki on September 14, 2026: 308 km of route against 303 km in a straight line, 76 services a day, 8 operators a cheapest fare of €15.03, and 2h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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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The two ends, compared
Athens reaches 159 places in 48 countries on services we hold, over distances from 37 to 9,125 km. Thessaloniki reaches 108 places in 30 countries, from 55 to 3,237 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Athens
- 159Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 96Operators
Arriving in Thessaloniki
Leaving Thessaloniki
- 108Places you can leave for
- 30Countries
- 52Operators