Hitchhiking from Thessaloniki

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Hitchhiking to Thessaloniki

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Recent reviews mentioning Thessaloniki

41.1265, 22.55172

The spot is great (great visibility and place to stop), but I ended up waiting for quite some time to find a ride to Thessaloniki. When asking around, I even talked with a man my age who said he was going to Thessaloniki, but "refused to take strangers into [his] car because of all the problems with imigrants". Funnily enough, I was picked up by an Albanian who emigrated to Greece a few minutes later.

rating: 5/5, wait: 120 min 🪧, ride: 79 km ↘

Vojaganto, Sat 07 Dec 2024, 16:00

40.60232, 22.69835

Didnt have a sign & spot isbt too easy to reach (takes 2 hours) from thessaloniki center. Still, worked. Lots of slow traffic

rating: 3/5, wait: 80 min 👍, ride: 185 km ↙

―Anonymous, October 2024

41.1265, 22.55172

The easiest and quickest spot to go to Thessaloniki. The police at the borders and the people at the bar will tell you to take a taxi for the first town, don’t listen to them and put your thumb up, you’ll get a ride before noticing

rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min, ride: 79 km ↘

―Anonymous, June 2024

42.66517, 23.25969

We started from here to go to Thessaloniki but we wrote Blagoevgrad on our sign and someone took after waiting some time

rating: 4/5, wait: 60 min 🪧, ride: 3 km ↙

mimy7etoile, April 2024

38.17618, 23.85432

One of the best spot to go to Thessaloniki from Athens. Got a ride in 15minutes but it is illegal to hitchhike there

rating: 4/5, wait: 15 min 🪧, ride: 350 km ↑

Asdik, April 2024

40.6524, 22.82911

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I tried to hitchhike from here, there's an area where cars can stop, but not many people stop. After 3 hours, a car finally stopped on the motorway to let me in;
I strongly recommend taking a train out of Thessaloniki.




rating: 1/5, wait: 200 min, ride: 50 km ←

Melaine, April 2024

41.1265, 22.55172

200 meters after the border, I got the ride to Thessaloniki by a Turkish truck driver

rating: 5/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 77 km ↘

Kompas, February 2024

40.70718, 23.18891

best way to go to Turkey, ask the Turkish truck driver.
It may be complicated to get there from Thessaloniki city centre, you need to take the bus to Analipsi and from there walk to this rest station in about 20 mins

rating: 5/5

mattpackca_travel, November 2023

39.67089, 22.44974

Finally! Took about 2 hours and 3 different spots, but here we got a ride to Platamon. Best to walk here instead of the gas station if going direction Thessaloniki, because about half cars turn right here and go to villages, so you avoid those and only get the ones going far.

rating: 4/5, wait: 60 min, ride: 40 km ↗

―Anonymous, October 2023

39.5957, 20.86294

Waited for about 40 mins until a very friendly guy stopped and helped me go to Thessaloniki!

rating: 4/5, wait: 40 min, ride: 263 km ↗

Spyros, October 2023

41.09611, 23.47395

Gas station, not really frequented, but friendly staff. I tried to go to Thessaloniki. A bus picked me up.

rating: 3/5, wait: 40 min, ride: 83 km ↙

mokaficekhaver, September 2023

41.09927, 23.48302

I wanted to go to Thessaloniki. The traffic was not intense, and the cars had enough space no one stopped. Went further to a gas station where a bus picked me up.

rating: 1/5, wait: 40 min

mokaficekhaver, September 2023

41.37233, 23.36054

I wanted to get a ride toward Athens but after an hour it became unlikely, then tried to get to Thessaloniki. It was a bit hot in August, and the majority of the cars were full. In the end, I got a ride to Serres.

rating: 2/5, wait: 100 min, ride: 40 km ↓

mokaficekhaver, September 2023

41.12941, 22.55136

I was funnily picked up BETWEEN the Macedonian and the Greek border by two Greek guys who took me directly to Thessaloniki and were really nice. I planned on trying to hitchhike only after the border, but they just asked me pro-actively if I need a ride.

rating: 5/5, wait: 0 min, ride: 81 km ↘

zabrina, September 2023

40.69535, 22.845

Looked for a ride to Katerini since 18:30 or so, after 30 minutes a guy stopped next to me and asked if I want to come to thessaloniki and I said yes. We set for a beer with his friends.

rating: 3/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 13 km ↘

Reshef, August 2023

40.62354, 21.06051

Just after the border you have plenty of space to hitchhike, and border officers dont care. But not many cars, and the main difficulty is to make a greek car stop for a hitchhiker. I tried without cardboard and after that with a cardboard for Thessaloniki (Selaniku in Albanian, and Θεσσαλονίκη in greek (good luck to write it, plan enough space). Finally after 3hours an Albanian took me. (an other car stopped before and was going in Athens but that was not my goal)

rating: 3/5, wait: 180 min, ride: 197 km →

NotASerialKiller, July 2023

40.65302, 22.90114

Best place in Thessaloniki to get out of the town to west and east. Cars go slowly there, easy to get a chance to talk with the drivee

rating: 3/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 19 km ←

―Anonymous, July 2023

38.15499, 23.85584

It may be the best spot to get out of Athènes, but don't expect to find somebody right away. I wanted for 5 hours there. Finally got a ride to Thessaloniki.

rating: 3/5, wait: 320 min, ride: 361 km ↑

UneAntilope, June 2023

40.32998, 22.58203

It took unexpectedly long to catch a car to Thessaloniki. It might be a good idea to walk around the rest area where people stop for a coffee and some snacks. There is a free Wi-Fi available.

rating: 4/5, wait: 50 min

Imchoo, April 2023

39.48934, 20.25704

Port - Ioannina: Followed exactly what hitchwiki said, asked one driver to take me to Ioannina. She said she was going to Thessaloniki, got a ride. Split cost of lunch, had a nice ride. Very nice :)

―Anonymous, July 2016

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