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The Folk & Ethnological Museum of Macedonia
Vasilíssis Ólgas 68 • Mon-Tues & Fri-Sat 9am-3pm, Wed 9am-9pm • €2 •
T
2310 830 591 • Bus #5
In the southeast of the city, the
Folk & Ethnological museum
is housed in the elegant
early twentieth-century mansion of the
Modiano
family, one of several Jewish-built
residences in the district. It is one of the best of its kind in Greece, with well-written
commentaries (English and Greek) accompanying temporary exhibitions on housing,
costumes, day-to-day work and crafts.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
THESSALONÍKI
By plane
Thessaloníki “Makedonia” airport
(
T
2310 985
000,
T
2310 411 977 for flight information,
W
thessalonikiairport.gr) is located
15km south of the city
centre. City bus #78 shuttles back and forth from the
airport to the KTEL bus terminal via the town centre once or
twice hourly all day, and #78N goes once an hour through
the night. A taxi ride into town comes to €14, plus extras.
There are numerous flight connections with major
European cities and destinations all over Greece.
Domestic flights
Athens (12-14 daily; 50min); Corfu (4
weekly; 1hr); Haniá, Crete (1-2 daily; 1hr 30min); Híos (4
weekly; 1hr 10min-2hr 45min); Iráklion, Crete (2-4 daily;
1hr 15min); Lésvos (1-2 daily; 1hr-1hr 50min); Límnos (5
weekly; 50min); Rhodes (2-4 daily; 50min); Sámos (4
weekly; 1hr 20min).
By train
The train station is on the west side of town, with
convenient bus links and a taxi rank. If you want to buy tickets
or make reservations in advance, the OSE office at Aristotélous
18 (Mon & Sat 8am-3pm, Tues-Fri 8am-9pm) is far more
central and helpful than the station ticket-windows.
Destinations
Alexandhroúpoli (2 daily; 5hr 45min-6hr
15min); Athens (7 daily; 4hr 15min-7hr); Édhessa (8 daily;
1hr 35min); Lárissa (20 daily; 1hr 20min-1hr 45min);
Litóhoro
(13 daily; 1hr); Véria (8 daily; 1hr);
Xánthi (2 daily;
4hr 15min-4hr 50min).
By bus
Most KTEL buses arrive at the main terminal
(“Makedonia”), 3km west of the city centre at Yiannitsón
194 (
T
2310 500 111,
W
ktel-thes.gr); local buses #1,
#31 & #78 go to the train station and Egnatía. All
Halkidhikí buses leave from the dedicated KTEL
Halkidhikís (
T
2310 316 555,
W
ktel-chalkidikis.gr), 8km
east of the city; take #36 from the Voulgári terminal at the
eastern end of the #31 route or from IKEA, the terminal
for a number of routes.
Destinations
Alexandhroúpoli (6 daily; 5hr); Athens (11
daily; 7hr); Édhessa (hourly; 1hr 30min); Ierissós (7-8
daily; 2hr 30min); Ioánnina (6 daily; 7hr); Kalambáka (4
daily; 4hr 30min); Kassándhra (various resorts; 3-10 daily;
2-3hr); Kastoriá (8 daily; 3hr); Kavála (hourly; 2hr 15min);
Litóhoro (5 daily; 1hr 30min); Ouranoúpoli (7-8 daily; 2hr
45min); Pélla (hourly; 1hr); Sithonía (various resorts; 3-6
daily; 2hr 30min-3hr 30min); Véria (half-hourly; 1hr
15min); Vólos (4 daily; 4hr).
By ferry
All ferries leave from the port located at the
western end of the seafront. The most convenient all-round
agent, selling tickets for all companies, is Zorpidis, near the
port at Salamínas 4
T
2310 555 995,
W
www.zorpidis.gr.
Currently, only one reliable route operates
to: Límnos,
Lésvos, Híos and Sámos (1 weekly).
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INFORMATION
Tourist o
ce
Visit Greece at Tsimiskí 136 (Mon-Fri
8am-3pm;
T
2310 221 100) gives away adequate maps of
the city and Greece, as well as timetables and brochures.
The websites
W
saloniki.org and
W
travelthessaliniki.org
are reasonable resources. The tourist police (daily
8am-2pm; plus Tues, Thurs & Fri 5-9pm;
T
2310 554 871)
are at Dhodhekaníssou 4, off Platía Dhimokratías.
GETTING AROUND
By bus
The local bus system (
W
oasth.gr) is very
comprehensive and user-friendly; from a booth or
períptero
single-ride tickets cost €0.80, while a €0.90
ticket allows multiple transfers for up to ninety minutes;
each ticket type costs €0.10 extra from machines on
board; a 24hr pass costs €3. Useful lines include #10 and
#11, both of which ply the length of Egnatía/Karamanlí.
From Platía Eleftherías, just behind the seafront, buses
initially run east along Mitropóleos; line #5 takes you to
the archeological and folklore museums, and #23 heads
north through Kástra to the highest quarter, known as
Eptapýrgio.
By taxi
Taxis are plentiful and reliable; an average trip
across the town centre will cost €3-5.
By car
If you have a car, it's best to use the attended fee-
parking area that occupies all of Platía Eleftherías, where you
pay on exit. Otherwise, finding a kerbside space is tough, even
in the suburbs; most city-centre street parking costs €1.70 per
hour from 8am-8pm Mon-Fri and 8am-3pm Sat - buy
stripcards from a
períptero
. Nearly all streets are one way. Most
car rental agencies are clustered near the fairgrounds and
archeological museum on Angeláki, which is a good place to
compare prices. The leading multinationals here have kiosks at
the airport too, but you will get better deals from local firms,
