Getting to Alexandroupolis

How to get to Alexandroupolis:

By Air

From Athens International airport to Alexandroupolis International Airport "Democritus".
For flight tickets you can check:
 
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.

If you want to catch the train from Athens:
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.

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