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Half of Greece is a day trip from Thessaloniki.

Eight drives we take ourselves — with the distance, the time, the road and the car that suits each one.

The eight destinations

Halkidiki 85 km

1h 20m drive

Halkidiki

Three fingers of land in the Aegean, an hour from your door. Kassandra for life and beach bars, Sithonia for the bays that have no name.

A2 Egnatia / Polygyros road May – October
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Halkidiki
Mount Olympus & Litochoro 90 km

1h 05m drive

Mount Olympus & Litochoro

An hour south and you are at the foot of the mountain of the gods — a gorge, plane trees, and the sea fifteen minutes away.

A1 motorway (tolls) April – October
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Mount Olympus & Litochoro
Meteora 235 km

2h 45m drive

Meteora

Monasteries on 400-metre rocks. The most spectacular day trip you can make from Thessaloniki.

A1 & A3 motorways (tolls) All year
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Meteora
Vergina & the Royal Tombs 75 km

1h 00m drive

Vergina & the Royal Tombs

The tomb of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great — a UNESCO site, one hour from the city.

A1 & Veria road All year
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Vergina & the Royal Tombs
Edessa Waterfalls 90 km

1h 10m drive

Edessa Waterfalls

The only Greek city with waterfalls inside it. Green and cool even in August.

A2 Egnatia & Edessa road March – June
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Edessa Waterfalls
Thassos 155 km

2h 00m drive

Thassos

The greenest island in the Aegean, and the only one you can reach with your own car in half a day.

A2 Egnatia → Keramoti → 40-min ferry June – September
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Thassos
Lake Kerkini 100 km

1h 20m drive

Lake Kerkini

Pelicans, water buffalo and a landscape that looks more like Africa than Macedonia.

A25 towards Serres October – May
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Lake Kerkini
Pelion 220 km

2h 30m drive

Pelion

Stone villages on the mountain of the Centaurs, with the Aegean on one side and the Pagasetic gulf on the other.

A1 motorway (tolls) via Volos May – October
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Pelion

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