A Bus Ride from Thessaloniki to Kavala, Greece - An Enjoyable Trip Indeed!

After visiting Thessaloniki, our next destination was Kavala. This was our first time travelling in Greece and we found that travelling by public bus was convenient and affordable.

We used to travel to small towns in Canada by bus if we didn't feel like driving. Unfortunately, Grey Hound, Canada's major long distance public bus company went out of business during COVID. With the loss of the long distance buses, the bus terminals started to be demolished as well.

  In contrast, Greece's public bus system seemed to be doing well. The bus terminals were filled with passengers going to places.

 

 

 

  Every bus trip we took in Greece was on time; the bus companies appeared to offer many routes to their passengers taking them to various locations in different cities and villages.

 

 

 

  We were impressed when we saw how big and well equipped the public bus terminals were in different Greek cities, big and small, during our travel there.

 

 

  We liked the bus terminals in Greece as they offered much convenience to passengers.

For example, we could always buy food and beverages in the terminals' shops and restaurants. And the food offered in the terminal restaurants were not junk food or only cold sandwiches but delicious hot local dishes. We loved eating at these terminal restaurants.!

The seating in the Thessaloniki bus terminal restaurant was spacious and comfortable too, making dining on the go so much more enjoyable than in North American bus terminals! Inside the restaurant, there were ample seating as well as work stations where passengers could charge up their cell phones or work on their computers while waitig for their buses.

  The cost of a one way bus ticket from Thessaloniki to Kavala was 25 Euros and it took about two and half hours on the bus. We enjoyed the bus ride as it was comfortable and every passenger onboard was very quiet. There was no loud music playing nor was there anyone talking loudly on the phone.

The scenery on the way was spectacular! We learned that the official count by the Greek National Tourism organization gave a a figure of 6000 islands and islets in Greece with 227 of them inhabited. But we didn't realize Greece is a country with many majestic mountains as well.

After a little more than two hours, we arrived to Kavala. We found that many shops and restaurants were closed for the Orthodox Easter holiday. Noramally there would be a bus going to the village every hour, but not on Easter Sunday. ( We must make a note that buses reduce their hours during holidays next time when we travel in Greece and other parts of Europe.)

After a quick sharama sandwich at one of the few opened restaurants, we called a taxi taking us to our hotel which cost 25 Euro. But at least we could sleep in our booked hotel room instead of trying to find another hotel.

  It was well after 8pm by the time we arrived to the hotel and the front desk was closed. Only a lady in her late 60’s – 70 was there. She gave us our key plus the information on the wifi, off we went into our room.

  After getting some help with the TV, we finally got to watch the English news so we thought. However, we couldn't find any English channel. Without much English TV to watch, we went to bed early and looked forward to exploring Kavala the next day!. RT, Kavala, Greece, 042026