Hitchhiking in Greece
Hitchhiking to Greece
Recent reviews in Greece
41.37438, 23.3612
Great place, drivers are going by slow and have an opportunity to stop. A lot of people going to Thessaloniki. I got a ride to the center of the city
―Dace, April 2026
40.69544, 21.63963
Not a lot of traffic, but I got a ride to the border crossing at Niki relatively fast. I was able to walk through the crossing to North Macedonia easily. Just go up to the booth directly
―Anonymous, April 2026
40.69558, 22.84493
It is a bit difficult to get there. Not evey comfortable. But it is possible to get a ride towards North Macedonia. Do use a sign. I was advised to use Skopje instead of NMK
―Anonymous, April 2026
40.12804, 22.5495
I arrived via train then walked up North towards Litochoro. I got very lucky as someone recognised me from the train. They brought me straight to the trailhead. We passed by two other hitchhikers who did not get picked up. I don't know if you can call it a good spot, there's not much traffic. Maybe it was just luck. Probably best to ask around at the station if you time it right.
―Anonymous, April 2026
39.37452, 22.9581
A lot of cars drive here, and thanks to the traffic lights, everyone has plenty of time. But despite a sign (direction Larisa) and a smile, no one took me with them
―Jesse, April 2026
39.71752, 19.84417
Just go down and hitchhike
―McKloc, April 2026
39.81641, 22.50849
boy and girl got picked up in 20 minutes, waiting just behind the turn in to the service station. lots of traffic going far south
―cap174, April 2026
39.06319, 22.88898
Waited 40 mins. For a Car to Thessaloniki. Quite some Traffic
―Anonymous, March 2026
38.73974, 23.02664
Saturday at 9.00 really Low Traffic. Found da Ride that took us 5 minutes
―Anonymous, March 2026
40.71915, 22.73089
Little amount of cars from the village, but nice place were hitchhiking to Thessaloniki!
―Frizzyhippie, February 2026
40.60239, 22.69807
So fastly a ride to litochoro
The guy was going to athens. The place is not beautiful, but worth to try :)
We were two 25 yo girl and guy hippie
―Frizzyhippie, February 2026
40.10631, 22.51125
Little travel for 20 minutes direction to the south
Probably just for going to the sea and highway super practical:)
―Frizzyhippie, February 2026
39.62916, 22.43301
Super ride direct to Athens
Probably we were lucky, most of the cars do locals trip
We were in 2 25 yo guy and girl
―Frizzyhippie, February 2026
39.98149, 22.62302
Excellent spot to go north and south!
―Frizzyhippie, February 2026
39.70512, 21.62193
Nice people but only local traffic. Ended up taking a bus to catch the ferry
―Otto05, January 2026
38.89628, 22.36387
Almost got a fine for hitchhiking here. And people were mostly going towards Athens, I was trying to reach Trikala…
DO NOT RECOMMEND
Avoid this city
―Julia, November 2025
41.1659, 22.79594
Ride to Thessaloniki
―milesandtrials, November 2025
41.17959, 22.76458
Had to wait a little bit, I walked across the border from Macedonia, but eventually got picked up
―milesandtrials, November 2025
38.91364, 20.88982
Good spot at the gas station to get north, everyone was quite friendly
―Anonymous, November 2025
38.34041, 21.76052
Not the best spot for cars to stop, we were heading towards Preveza and got a ride until Missolonghi after waiting for some time
―Anonymous, November 2025
Recent reviews mentioning Greece
40.87551, 26.63337
The best Place then you want to go to Greece
―Jesse, April 2026
41.39651, 22.60791
Hitch to Dojran lake on the border with Greece
―milesandtrials, November 2025
40.64425, 20.80558
There is some place for cars to stop, good spot for going Greece, but i dont suggest, i did mistake with it.
―Trio525, October 2025
46.18981, 19.99441
Stood with a sign saying SRB, an Estonian guy driving to Greece took me all the way to Novi Sad and gave me 20€ and an apple
―Arphile, October 2025
38.08734, 23.78836
Many cars passing by, nobody stopped for hours. One guy stopped and wanted to give me 50€ for the bus. Then a local guy who saw me 1,5h earlier stopped and took me even though he didn't even needed to go my direction. Friendly people in Greece but they just don't get the concept of hitchhiking.
―Mo, September 2025
43.38256, 21.80804
If you're heading towards Sofia/Istanbul, this is an average spot for hitchhiking; more drivers head towards Greece/Macedonia. We tried to hitchhike at a gas station for 2.5 hours, then moved directly onto the highway. After 45 minutes, a driver heading to Pirot stopped us. I don't know if we were unlucky or if it's actually a bad spot. It's hard to say. (Perhaps we should ask the drivers at the Nais Hotel on the other side.) Overall, it's a good place for a wild camping trip – there's a quiet meadow behind the fence, and if you need one, there's a shop and a toilet.
―Moonhans, September 2025
41.98239, 19.54225
Was given a lift by two Albanian dudes heading toward Greece.
―Vagabond, August 2025
55.561, 12.22974
Perfect, some greek/Albanians took me, they were going in vacation in Greece from Sweden. Lots of nice and no so nice people here !
―Lesmateloc, July 2025
41.1424, 22.53316
We have up after two hours and walked back to the North Macedonia-Greece border And hitched from there.
―simsvob, July 2025
40.71569, 22.96333
Very nice woman, hitchhiking in Greece seems hard though
―Anonymous, July 2025
44.66333, 20.61238
Waited with a sign Nis, right on the highway just after the barriers (I saw two policemen looking guys hitch the same way). Hungarian driver going to Greece took me, Lots of traffic and no problem for car to stop directly on the road since the ones behind have to stop for the toll barrier anyway. Took bus 493 from Sava Centar in Beograd to get there, public transport is free (for now).
―Anonymous, July 2025
40.79591, 21.44397
I don't like hitchhiking on the highway, but there's literally no other way I could find out of Florina deeper into Greece. Got a ride pretty quickly. There's a place to stop for brave drivers, traffic doesn't go very fast and drivers see you from far away
―bogdanpanov, June 2025
42.65535, 23.2312
good for greece, easy to get by buss and lot of space for others
―Anonymous, May 2025
39.87474, 20.02964
A guy and a girl, it was raining.
We had a sign that said "Patras".
An albanian guy brought us to the border with Greece. Cars go slow and there is space to stop :)
―PeffePeffo, April 2025
41.94156, 21.62028
Perfect place to leave from Skopje towards Greece. It is a bit tricky to get there with the Skopje local bus - only go from the Skopje central bus station, do NOT try other bus stops because it is a fucking chaos. If you get to the Petrovec toll gate, everybody is going the right direction and it is fairly easy to get a ride.
―Piterpiter, April 2025
39.87304, 20.01358
Many cars stopped. The people are very nice. We had a car directly for Greece.
―Anonymous, March 2025
37.69262, 21.40183
Caught a ride halfway to Patras. Greece can be tough, but with some patience you'll get there. Good luck.
―Gaialove, March 2025
39.16071, 21.01275
The crossroad seemed like a good spot, although not many cars were going north. Also got advice from a van driver to not be close to the highway gates for a police might fine me, so I moved further to the island of the crossroad and later indeed police showed up and gave me warning not to be close to the gates. There was cafe near where lady gave me free bananas and could use a toilet for free (kinda jackpot in greece). There was no shade on the street so i had to take breaks.
―samuel, January 2025
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.
―Vojaganto, December 2024
41.72314, 21.78766
Decent enough spot. Cars go slowly and it's close to the highway. The roundabout has two lanes, with most cars only using the inner one, leaving the external lane empty for people to stop. There wasn't much traffic though (December 2024). I ended up waiting for 2 hours with no luck (going south towards Greece). I ended up taking a bus for 440MKD since it was already dark.
―Vojaganto, December 2024