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Istanbul to Thessaloniki

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 07.

Getting from Istanbul to Thessaloniki

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Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Turkish Airlines IST → SKG 493 km non-stop 738 in the air 2 h 37 est. rate not held 442 km/h average

Other ways to reach Thessaloniki

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Thessaloniki without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Limnos Island – Thessaloniki 45 min Big Sky Airlines

Skiros Island – Thessaloniki 46 min Big Sky Airlines

Kerkyra (Corfu) – Thessaloniki 51 min All America

Spata-Artemida – Thessaloniki 52 min Aegean Airlines

Katerini Olympus Plaza South – Thessaloniki 55 min FlixBus-eu

Mytilene – Thessaloniki 56 min Aegean Airlines, Hellenic Seaways

Chios Island – Thessaloniki 57 min All America

Kalamata – Thessaloniki 59 min All America

Samos Island – Thessaloniki 1 h 05 All America

Belgrade – Thessaloniki 1 h 09 Air Serbia

And other ways to reach Istanbul

Altıntaş – Istanbul 50 min Turkish Airlines

Constanța – Istanbul 56 min Turkish Airlines

Gaziemir – Istanbul 57 min Atlasjet

Ankara – Istanbul 58 min Ariana Afghan Airlines

Denizli – Istanbul 1 h 00 Turkish Airlines

Isparta – Istanbul 1 h 00 Turkish Airlines

Çorlu bus station – Istanbul 1 h 00 FlixBus-eu

Kastamonu – Istanbul 1 h 02 Turkish Airlines

Otopeni – Istanbul 1 h 02 Tarom

Bodrum – Istanbul 1 h 04 Atlasjet

Where else these quays go

Also from Istanbul

Aalborg · Abidjan · Abu Dhabi · Accra · Ad Dammam · Addis Ababa · Aden · Adıyaman · Aktau · Alexandria · Algiers · Almaty · Altıntaş · Amasya

Also from Thessaloniki

Alonissos · Amsterdam · Belgrade · Bremen · Budapest · Bâle / Mulhouse · Charleroi · Chios · Chios Island · Copenhagen · Düsseldorf · Evdilos · Fournoi · Frankfurt am Main

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Istanbul–Thessaloniki crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.