Getting from Antipaxos to Thessaloniki

If you are heading to Thessaloniki from Antipaxos you are making your way from a tiny island in the Ionian Sea to the second largest city in Greece, in the north of the country. It has a waterfront that stretches for kilometres past the White Tower, exceptional food and a history shaped by Byzantine, Ottoman and modern Greek influences.

Take the ferry

There are no scheduled ferries from Antipaxos to Thessaloniki. Antipaxos has no ferry port of its own and is accessible only by sea taxi from Gaios on Paxos. Getting to Thessaloniki means taking the sea taxi from Antipaxos to Paxos, the ferry from Paxos to Igoumenitsa and then driving east across northern Greece via the Egnatia motorway to Thessaloniki, which takes around 3.5 to 4 hours from Igoumenitsa. This is one of the more practical connections from Antipaxos as it avoids Athens entirely.

Getting there by air

Thessaloniki has an international airport with daily connections from Athens and Corfu. Antipaxos has no airport either. Taking the sea taxi from Antipaxos to Paxos, the ferry from Paxos to Corfu and flying directly to Thessaloniki avoids Athens entirely and gives a total journey time of around 4 to 5 hours. In Greece, airlines do not operate direct inter island flights.

Your best option

Take the sea taxi from Antipaxos to Paxos, the ferry from Paxos to Corfu and fly directly to Thessaloniki. It avoids Athens entirely and is the fastest approach. If you are traveling with a car, take the sea taxi from Antipaxos to Paxos, the ferry from Paxos to Igoumenitsa and drive east via the Egnatia motorway to Thessaloniki, which takes around 3.5 to 4 hours and is a genuinely scenic route across northern Greece.