TRAVEL

HOW TO REACH THESSALONIKI?

By Plane

Thessaloniki international airport “Macedonia” (http://www.thessalonikiairport.com/) is the second largest airport in Greece, located 14 km of the city center and serves 3.5 million passengers per year.

It has direct flights to/from:
Amsterdam (Transavia)
Baden (Ryan Air)
Belgrade (Air Serbia)
Berlin Schoenefeld (Ryan Air, Easy Jet)
Bologna (Ryan Air)
Bratislava (Ryan Air)
Brussel Charleroi (Ryan Air)
Bucharest (Tarom)
Budapest (Ryan Air, Wizz Air)
Cologne (Eurowings)
Copenhagen (Ryan Air)
Doha (Qatar)
Dortmund (Ryan Air)
Dublin (Ryan Air)
Dusseldorf (Aegean Airlines, Eurowings)
Weeze Dusseldorf (Ryan Air)
Eindhoven (Ryan Air)
Frankfurt (Lufthansa)
Frankfurt Hahn (Ryan Air)
Hamburg (Eurowings)
Istanbul (Turkish)
Kiev Zhuliany (Wizz Air)
Krakow (Ryan Air)
Kutaisi (Wizz Air)
Larnaca (Cyprus Airways, Blue Air)
London Gatwick (British Airlines, Easy Jet)
London Luton (Wizz Air)
London Stansted (Ryan Air)
Malta (Ryan Air)
Manchester (Ryan Air, Easy Jet)
Memmingen (Ryan Air)
Milan Bergamo (Ryan Air, EAT)
Mineralnye Vody (Ellinair)
Moscow DME (Aegean Airlines)
Moscow SVO (Aeroflot)
Moscow VKU (Ellinair)
Munich (Aegean, Eurowings)
Nuremberg (Ryan Air)
Paphos (Ryan Air)
Paris Beauvais (Ryan Air)
Paris CDG (Aegean Airlines)
Paris ORY (Transavia France)
Rome Ciampino (Ryan Air)
Tel Aviv (Aegean Airlines, Ryan Air)
Stockholm ARN (SAS)
Stockholm NYO (Ryan Air)
Stuttgart (Aegean, Eurowings)
Vienna (Austrian, Lauda)

By Bus

People who wish to arrive directly to (or depart from) Thessaloniki by bus can do it from several destinations from mainly neighbouring countries:

Company Albatrans: Bilisht, Durrës, Elbasan, Fushë-Krujë, Korçë, Lac, Lezhë, Librazhd, Pajovë, Peqin, Rrogozhinë, Shkoder, Tirana

Company Intertravel: Ancona, Bilisht, Bucharest, Bratislava, Brno, Budapest, Cologne, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Durrës, Elbasan, Gevgelija, Frankfurt, Istanbul-Otogar Essenler, Iserlohn, Keşan, Korçë, Krnov, Librazhd, Lüdenscheid, Mannheim, Munich, Olomouc, Opava, Ostrava, Prague, Skopje, Sofia, Štip, Tirana, Wuppertal. Summer Routes: Hagen, Jaroměř, Negotino, Veles

Compony Olympic Lines Bulgaria: Aytos, Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Dupnica, Haskovo, Karnobat, Nova Zagora, Omurtag, Pazardzhik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Ruse, Sandanski, Shumen, Sliven, Sofia, Stara Zagora, Targovishte, Varna

Company Olympic Lines Balkan: Belgrade, Budapest, Gevgelija, Skopje, Štip

TRAVELING FORMALITIES

EU and EFTA Citizens

A passport is not a compulsory requirement for EU and EFTA citizens traveling from or to Schengen countries (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland) and there are no custom formalities.

Non-EU Citizens

A valid passport is normally required for all non-EU citizens traveling to Greece. Visa formalities may be required for visitors from certain countries (see button VISAS).