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Getting to ThessalonikiBy AirBy Air Thessaloniki is linked to Athens, Ioannina, Hania, Heraklion, Lemnos, Lesvos, Rhodes and Skiathos (in Summer). The city's airport (16 km outside Thessaloniki) is international and served by many of the major airlines. You can even fly here from the USA. By Train Rail services link Thessaloniki with, Athens and the towns of Macedonia and Thrace. The line through Yugoslavia provides connections with Central and Western Europe when there is not a war. The line through Bulgaria connects to Eastern Europe and the line through Turkey with the countries of the Near East. Information: State Rail ways office at No 18, Aristotelous St. tel. 276.382 and the new railway terminal, tel. 517.517. By Bus Coach services are operated by KTEL between Thessaloniki and Athens, Larissa, Volos, Patras and Aedipsos (only during the summer). By Sea There are connections by sea with the islands Lemnos, Lesvos, Chios all year round. Also summer connections with the island groups of Sporades, Dodecanese and Cyclades. Information: Thessaloniki Port Authority. Tel. 531.505.
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