By bus
By bus
Thessaloniki is connected via the intercity KTEL bus network with every corner of Greece.
Central Intercity KTEL Bus Terminal Makedonia
OSE Travel Service
Information regarding the time-tables of foreign buses is available from OSE/HTO: +30 210 5298739, 30 210 5298740, +30 210 5135768, +30 210 5135769
By bus
The city's bus company is called "OASTH" (http://oasth.gr/index_eng.php) and runs a total of 80 different bus lines. You can buy tickets at a kiosk periptero, at an OASTH info point or inside the bus.
There are three types of tickets:
One journey ticket
Costs â¬0.80. Valid for one only journey in any busline.Two journeys ticket
Costs â¬0.90. Valid for two journeys within 90 min.24 hr ticket
Costs â¬4. Valid for unlimited journeys in any buslineTickets bought inside the bus cost â¬0.10 plus. 24 hr ticket is sold only at "OASTH info points".
They must be validated every time you get on the bus, except the 24 hr ticket, which is validated once and runs a full 24 hr, so you could explore the city in the afternoon, get out in the evening, and get to the airport next morning all on the same ticket.
1, 3 and 12-month cards for unlimited journeys are also available.
Maps of the bus routes are available on the OASTH website (http://oasth.gr/service/r...).
Bus number 50 Cultrural line follows a figure-of-8 route past all the major tourist sights. There is an English speaking guide aboard, who provides you with maps and information. The whole route takes 50 min, and it departs every hour on the hour from the White Tower. Ticket costs: â¬2.
Bus services usually operate from 5 a.m. until right after the midnight.Some lines have expanded timetables until 1 a.m.The Airport line 78 is the only one that runs all day long,from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. as 78 andfrom 11 p.m. until 5a.m. as 78N following a different routeThrough Egnatia street.78N is the only bus operating at night with buses leaving to both directions every half an hour.
By train
TrainOSE travel service
Recorded information about train departures are provided by Trainose, call 1440 for domestic departures from Thessaloniki.
Connection To The City Centre
The Central Intercity KTEL Bus Terminal "Makedonia" lies in the westside at Giannitson st 194.
The train station is downtown Monastiriou st 28
The airport is 15 km to the south. Bus number 78 is a 24x7 service which shuttles between all these points via the city centre, so it is the ideal way of getting in no matter how you arrive. Frequency is between 15 min and 30 min during the day. At night, the bus number changes to 78N and runs every 30 min 00 and 30 minutes past the hour from KTEL Bus Terminal, 20 and 50 min past the hour from the Airport.
Attention the bus number 79 from the airport does NOT get you to the city centre but to A.S. IKEA bus terminal in the city's eastside.
A ticket costs â¬0.90 see Get around: By bus. It's about a 40 min ride from the airport to the city-centre. The ticket machine is located in the bus and the machine is not giving back change.
There are tourist info and ticket booths at the the central bus stations. You can get a free busline chart there.
Tourist information office is at Tsimiski st 136, a few minutes from the White Tower. Open M-F 8AM-8PM, Sa 8:30AM-2PM, Sun closed. If you find it closed, walk up to Aristotelous and buy a map from Iannos bookshop. You can also visit [m.oasth.gr]
A taxi ride from the city center costs about â¬15-20. It's hard to find one during peak hours 7AM-8AM, 2PM-4PM and 7PM-9PM, so plan early.Also if you have a paso then you can buy your ticket at the half prase and these ticket,greeks used to call it :mathitiko eishtirio or eishtirio paso!!
By plane
Thessaloniki's international airport Macedonia IATA: SKG, lies 15 km south of the city center. It is connected directly to many national and international destinations: