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How to get to Alexandroupolis:

From Athens International airport to Alexandroupolis International Airport "Democritus".

For flight tickets you can check:

Olympic Air

Aegean Airways

Athens Airways

 

By bus

 

From Athens

There is one bus connection, departing at 17:00 from Athens to Alexandroupolis.

The trip lasts about 11 hours and the bus fare is approximately 40-50 euros.

 

If you decide to reach Alexandroupolis by bus from Athens, you should go from Athens airport to the Athens central long-distance bus terminal (named Kifissos station).

You may either get a taxi (cost about 30 Euros) or use the X93 express bus line (bus is 3.50 Euros).

 

From Thessaloniki

There are eight daily bus connections (departure times: 07.30 – 10.00 – 12.00 – 14.30 – 15.45 – 17.00(express-except for Saturday) – 19.00 – 23.30) from Thessaloniki to Alexandroupolis.

The trip duration is about 4-4,5 hours and the bus fare is approximately 30 Euros.

 

If you decide to reach Alexandroupolis by bus from Thessaloniki, you should go from Thessaloniki airport to the Thessaloniki central long-distance bus terminal.

You may either get a taxi (taxi fare is about 15 euros) or use the Number 78 bus line (bus fare is 0.50 Euros; buses are leaving from the terminal every hour) that connects the airport with Thessaloniki's central long-distance bus terminal.

 

By train

Alexandroupolis is connected by rail to Athens and Thessaloniki.

The journey by train from Athens lasts about 9 or 12 hours, depending on the train you want to catch.

From Thessaloniki, lasts about 4 or 6 hours.

The train terminal in Athens is called "Larissa station" (Stathmos Larissis).

In order to get to the Larissa RAIL STATION (Stathmos Larissis) in Athens, from the Airport.

1. You can use the metro from the Airport to Syntagma. It leaves every half hour.

When you get to Syntagma you change metro line, from blue line to red line and you get down at Larissa Rail Station (Stathmos Larissis)

The ticket costs about 6 euros and you need about 45 minutes to get there.

2. You can use the bus X95 from the Airport to the city center (Syntagma Square) and then you take the metro (red line) to Larissa Rail Station (Stathmos Larissis).

The bus ticket cost about 3,50 euros and you can use the same ticket for the metro. You need about 1 hour for Larissa Rail Station (depends on the traffic)

 

If you want to catch the train from Thessaloniki:

You can take a taxi or a bus from MAKEDONIA airport to reach Rail Station.

 

For information about the timetable of the trains that leave from Athens or Thessaloniki, please visit the official website of Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) http://www.ose.gr/

 

 

By boat

From the Greek Islands: Chios, Kalymnos, Kos, Lesvos (Mytilini), Limnos, Rhodes, Samos, and Samothraki.

Trying to help you in making your visit in our country an "easy story" :), we are giving you some useful information about your trip from ATHENS TO LARISSA and from THESSALONIKI TO LARISSA.

362 Kilometers Northwest from Athens and 153 Kilometers Southwest from Thessaloniki

Bus connection

Info about travelling by bus

you can also visit http://www.ktel.org/ and http://www.ktellarisas.gr/

From Athens to Larissa and from Thessaloniki to Larissa

Info about the train's itinerary

After arriving at the International Airport of Athens named "Eleftherios Venizelos", you can use:

1. TRAIN TO LARISSA.

Departures to Larissa with the fast train (Intercity) as following:

06:50, 07:50 (Express), 10:50, 13:20, 15:45, 19:22 (Express), 20:40

Departures to Larissa as following:

07:30, 10:00, 13:00, 15:00, 16:30 (only Friday and Sunday), 18:00,19:00 (only Friday and Sunday), 22:00

Please check in advance for changes in the timetables!

3. Of course in any case you can rent a car from the Airport, and drive to Larissa. All the big Companies are represented. The distance is about 360 Km and it will take you almost 3,5 hours.

1. You can use the metro from the Airport to Syntagma. It leaves every half hour.

When you get to Syntagma you change metro line, from blue line to red line and you get down at Larissa Rail Station (Stathmos Larissis)

The ticket costs about 6 euros and you need about 45 minutes to get there.

2. You can use the bus X95 from the Airport to the city center (Syntagma Square) and then you take the metro (red line) to Larissa Rail Station (Stathmos Larissis).

The bus ticket cost about 3,50 euros and you can use the same ticket for the metro. You need about 1 hour for Larissa Rail Station (depends on the traffic)

1. You can use the metro from the Airport to Syntagma. It leaves every half hour.

When you get to Syntagma you change metro line, from blue line to red line and you get down at Attiki station.

From Attiki metro station you follow the exit to LIOSION street. After a short walk you will find the LARISSA BUS STATION (KTEL).

The ticket costs about 6 euros and you need about 1 hour to get there.

2. Also you can use a taxi from the airport or from Attiki Line.

You can take a taxi or a bus from MAKEDONIA airport to reach Bus or Rail Station.

Departures as following:

1. TRAIN TO LARISSA:

07:20 (Express), 10:20, 11:45, 14:50, 18:50 (Express)

2. BUS (ΚΤΕL) TO LARISSA:

08:00, 09:30, 10:00 (only Sunday), 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00,16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 20:30, 21:45

Please check in advance for changes in the timetables.

3. In this case, you can also rent a car from Thessaloniki. The distance is about 170 Km, and it takes almost 2 hours.