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AttentionThis route is widely perceived to be difficult. If you are lucky it can be easy if you get to a Turkish truck. Take bus #27 from the centre (e.g. Kamara) until the very end of the line. [UPDATE: The Jetoil rest area is now rebranded bus #83 no longer starts where bus #27 finishes. Instead ask your #27 bus driver where to get off for bus #83] Switch to 'bus #83 and go a few stops until you see the motorway . Get off at Filothei (Φιλοθέη) when you see a BP Oil' in green colourrest area on the other side of the motorway. They told me Just follow the bus and go under the motorway to reach the other side. Once you are there, rally the petrol station personnel to help you . Show them your Istanbul (July 2016or Kavala or whatever) sign and ask them to tell you if they notice someone going to Turkey. Be prepared to convince the paranoid drivers that they changed you are not wanted by the name last yearpolice and show them your passport. I met Getting a spanish hitchhiker who was asking me for ride can take anything between one minute and five hours. If it just does not work at the petrol station see the options below (thumbing up on the Jetoilroad etc). Also, there should be a toll station (peage) about [http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?place=6374 15 km east of Lagynas], by near Analipsi (where bus #83a is supposed to go). When you get to the border you might want to switch to a passenger car because the time we both didn't know that we were already truck could be stuck in the right placecustoms for a while.

Another option: Bus #83 goes all the way to Lagkadas(Λαγκαδάς). If you stay on the bus until it reaches this small town, you can try hitching out in the direction of Kavala, Istanbul, etc.

*"I've also followed Update (July 2022): the intructions and waited several hundred meters after JetOil. It wasn't railly easy to hitchike in a freezing weather and nobody has stoped for about 2 hours than a turkish truck driver stopped options listed above are extremely outdated and we've driven to the direction of Malakanot very helpful.So what I can highly recommend you This route is: Go to the truck station in Thessaloniki, where you can also drive by 83. There is certainly some Turkish trucks who drives to the direction of Turkeystill difficult, but on the border because of the strikes or controls you might have to wait more than 7 hours. There I'd advice you to pass the bridge with a truck from the front of the queue. If it is evening mostly the drivers would sleep in Keşan. So just try to speak to car drivers on the Turkish borderthere are better options. 2012 Arsen

*1) with bus number 83 you can get to Laguna from where there''I followed s about 20 minutes walk to the instructions knot that ties local road 2 and went highway 2. Here you can get directly to JetOil and got the personnel to help, but it turned entrance of the highway for Kavala where you filter out to be quite hard to get a ride any cars not going eastyour way. Even though a lot of The traffic is very slow but the cars and trucks do can stop there, the cars appeared to be going local and the trucks were heading towards Athens. After half an hour, I decided to move on and got they get a short ride to the highwaygood look at you. After 5 minutes There's a trucker, who was on his way to Iran, stopped for me. So even though I do not recommend thumbing up on the highway, it does work some time. December 2010, Lana''gas station about 30km down before Evangelios

*''I tried the recommended way of asking around at the JetOil trying to get out of Thessaloniki, with no luck. It seemed all the truckers were either sleeping, 2) The highway entrance after BP near Megalohare kantina is still very local, or going to Athens. Also, they were not that keen on taking hitchhikers anyway. After a few hours, I went to the highway right next to the station (but there is an opening in the fence, you just have to look for 's enough traffic so it), and got a ride halfway to Istanbul within 10 minutes. It surprises me how closed-minded the original post is, being that it is entirely 's possible, and quite easy to get a ride on the highwayhitch longer rides. Just a lesson that you should never take anyoneSince Greeks don's recommendation as absolute truth. I would personally recommend getting the personnel at the station t stop often we opted to ask around go for you (they were incredibly friendly), and stay within clear sight on the highway in case they get you a first ride before you do. February 2011, Jon''which brought us to the 3rd option

*''First of all: it's not easy at all to hitchhike in Greece btw Thessaloniki. We spent one day and two hours 3) 40,7214723, 22,9740939 or the next day in that area to get a hike in spot right after the direction to Turkeyexit for Laguna is risky. If you take the bus #83 from town The cars drive fast so be prepared that it careful and there'''doesn't''' stop on s a high probability the highway. We drove patrol tells you to the next station and waited for the bus #86 to drive backget off. The whole in the fence is an option but However we hitched a bad one because the cars are driving fast and they have almost no space to stop. We got ride within 5 minutes with a hitch at the drive-up, direction Kavala. It is wide and the cars sign as there are driving slow. If you come with the bus and go under the highway you'll find it on your left hand side. 250m a lot of Turkish truck drivers going from Athens to walk from the JetOilIstanbul. Good Luck! July 2011, Timo''

*''In Thessaloniki Kamara you can take bus 83. There is no need to take bus 27 and change to 83. The ride towards None of these options are perfect, but they seem way more likely than the HH point takes about 20 to 30 minutes. The bus will drive on the highway. Stay on the bus until it leaves the highway and continue for about 5 minutes on the local road. Leave the bus when you see a petrol BP station on your right. Walk for 100 metres until the traffic light where you will find some shade from trees. It is so hot between 12 and since 4. 500 metres further from the traffic light is the highway. I first tried there but all the traffic was heading for Thessaloniki. So I went back to the traffic light. The cars are local but -5 hours of hitchhiking there are several trucks yielded only 2 rides going to TurkeyKilkis. They take the national road to avoid the toll from the highway. Try to get the attention of the trucks. I used Since we changed strategy we only needed about an hour and a cardboard written Kavala-Turkey. The truck took me to the border and there I slept half in the truck with the driver. At the border change to a car. The waiting time for the truck was about 40 minutes. The waiting time for the car was 5 minutes. May 2012total. Len''Good luck!

*''Spent a full day trying === North-West to get a ride from the area where bus 27 stops before going over the motorway. Greeks do not stop, slept on top of a derelict building of which there's plenty there. Go to Jetoil as described above, guy with ponytail [[Skopje]] (late 30ties I think[[North Macedonia]]) speaks English and has been helping hitchers out for 20+ years. He knows a substantial amount of the traffic because this petrol station apparently has very loyal customers, meaning he knows which people to ask. Hole in the fence was still there but the police use the cafe as their coffee stakeout and they were there in number all day, so hitching beyond the fence might not be advised. Might still take a substantial amount of time at the Jetoil but I got a ride all the way to Georgia. August 2014. Wouter''===

*I took bus 83 all the way Option 1:Don't bother to hitch hike to the last station (A small village). From there there is a bus going towards Rentina. Tell border! There are free busses from the bus driver or city centre which belong to the person working at casinos across the bus station that you want to get off next to the toll border just before Gevgelija. You can find these buses on the highwayTsimiski street. They are easy to recognize (The man at the bus sation was super helpful) The toll name of the casino is only 15 minutes from printed on the busstation. Jump the fence bus, and stand just afte the toll on the highwayit is written "free shuttle"). From the toll it took 5 minutes to get a ride to the Turkish border. August 2015The buses leave at 17:00 and 21:00 so only useful for arriving in Skopje at night. Liron

* I took bus like other guys, from Kamara Square, in Thessaloniki Option 2:Take a Bus to LagkadasAgios Athanasios. Actually I couldnt catch the gas From "KTEL Macedonia Bus station in below. But I went to last point (a bus station) at Lagkadas and used a bus which were going to Rentina. You have to buy a ticket for this bus. It was aroun 1-1" lines 81A,5 euro. And you can explain the situation to the man who sells this bus ticket. He will translated it to greek for the bus driver. Because you have to get off at tolls89B, near the lake89K go there. You can continue hitchiking at this point. I know you won't remember me, but I waited less than 2 mins. I get off from Rentina bus, walked 1 min to the tolls and a trucked stopped near me. By hitch on the way, I am a Turkish. MAybe he could understand it from my face :) Anyway we went together to border gate. There was a huge truck population for some bordes process. I get off from first truck and started to walk to gate. Greek police men asked something and I answered. They were so cute to me. After passport control you will see duty free and Everest (like resting area) . You cant walk from Greek gate to Turkish gate. You have to use a car. And you can ask nearby junction to drivers who resting in this area. I could find a driver who were going Highway A1/E75 to Çorlu, Tekirdağ. And I get off at ÇorluSkopje. Samet, November 2015

* "We took bus 27 and go to KTEL MacedoniaOption 3:Actually hitch hike. And walked few minutes Highway EO2 effectively runs down the center of Thessaloniki to MotorwayEdessas. We waited 2 or 3 hours under It's a normal road (called "Monastiriou", "Egnagia" and others) up until the junction with the rainring road (A2/E90). Two Turkish truck gave up. But They said "You should wait at JetOil, Turkish trucks waiting this stationcan walk down it (going north-west) while hitch hiking." Turkish Truck Drivers There are gas stations along it where you can hitch hike. Just past the ring road there is a stop light before the ramp where you can hitch hike. Just beyond that there is a very good big shoulder where you can hitch hike. Continue following EO2 from there for 10km (in a car by now ideally) and truthful guysyou are at Agios Athanasios as in option 2 above. Take the exit to A1/E75 to Skopje. Dont worry, go and ask them" Ahmet, May 2016

* We (1 girl, 1 guy) went === South to the BP station, had to change from the 27 to the 83 bus along Lagkada Street. The manager at the station was very friendly and spoke to us when we first arrived; he said that many hitchhikers use this site and come here almost every day to hitch a ride and that someone always ends up giving you a lift. At the BP station there is a seating area and a little market - the place is open 24/7. We put our stuff down and went around asking turkish truck drivers if they were headed to Istanbul, we would also ask normal drivers walking into the market. The manager helped us out a lot here, he taught us how to spot Turkish vs Greek trucks, and even asked drivers if they were headed our way. We ended up with a ride to Kavala with a random Greek guy driving a mercedes. We waited around for approximately 4 hours (Ryan C, Sep 2017).[[Athens]] ===

* We (1 girlTake Buses #31, 1#12, boy) took #8 or #78 to the bus station called KTEL. From there take bus #83 80 or #80A to the last stationvillage called ''Malgara'' (some of these buses don't go all the way to Malgar). Here we ask for You can go out on the bus 91A and stop "''25 Martiou''" which is the closest to Analipsi the tolls but on the bus, it's announced differently (Ανάληψηin Greek ''Ikostis Pmptis Martiou'' ask the driver). We walked 15min There you can ask and joined find the Malgara Toll Station tollstation (in Greek ''diodia'') on E75 easily. From You'll have to walk about 2 km to find it, but then there is a possibility to get a ride even straight to Athens. Before you enter the motorway where the toll we waited 5minstation is, you will have to go through some fields. If it's night be careful, just before the motorway there is a Turkish truck stopedsmall ridge that is a bit steep and there is water flowing down, you need to find your way around it. The all trip Thessaloniki - toll costed us 2€If it's day, from the fields you can see a small canteen on the motorway, head to that direction, but really efficientyou can bypass the ridge there very easily and also you don't need to jump the fence (easy to jump though) because there is an entrance/exit for the canteen. (Adrien LFrom the canteen you will see the tolls, July 2019they are less than 50 m away.)

For those not wanting to take a bus or want to hitch closer to the city (and aren't scared to walk), go to the the A1 motorway going towards Athens. It runs right beside the city centre. Starting from near the train station after walking 2 km you will arrive at the international bus station. From there it's a 6km walk along the motorway to where the E90 highway joins on to the A1 road to Athens. This is a good spot due to the high amount of Turkish trucks coming straight from the border and bypassing the city as well as any traffic coming from the north. Stand at the end of the onramp where there is a shoulder for traffic to pull over and you can get a ride to Larissa or even Athens. === West to [[Igoumenitsa]] {{E|90}} === Go to the train station, which is also the inner-city bus station. From here, take bus 8 KTEL (the KTEL are the blue and white buses) to Makedonia bus station. From there, you can catch the bus #80 to the end of the line, then follow motorway signs walking (approx. 2km) to the [[toll station]]. Or rather than taking bus #80, just walk across the road (roundabout) till you come to an [[on-ramp]] In [[Igoumenitsa]] you can get a ride with trucks over the sea to [[Italy]].  === North-West East to [[SkopjeSofia]] ([[North MacedoniaBulgaria|BG]]) === Take bus 83 (any of them will get you there, even the express) from Aristotellous Square stop (on Egnatia Street). You want to get off at the Kombo Gerokomeiou exit (Google maps doesnt show the bus stops this far north, but on the opposite side of the highway is a gas station called Derveni Gas S.A.). MAKE SURE you explain to the bus driver you want to get off at this exit. Otherwise, he might not get off the highway here and the next stop is too far to walk back from. Stand on the shoulder of the ramp. There is not a lot of traffic here, so it might take you up to an hour to get a ride, but I think its worth it because most of the cars going as far as Bulgaria will get on the highway here. Good luck!

"Update (August '22)Don't bother take bus 83! You have to take bus 83B to hitch hike get to the border!!right place!Taking bus 83 will make you walk for a long time until teaching the ramp.

There is Also, I wasn't so lucky there. I waited a free bus from the city centre total of 4 hours before I gave up.I think it's better to the border! These buses belong go to the casinos you can find Shell gas station at the border just before Gevgelija40°41′01.72″N 22°56′28. You can find theses buses on Tsimiski street28″E and ask people. They are easy to recognize (the name of the casino is printed Thumbing on the bus, and it ramps is written "free shuttle")pretty difficult in Greece. The buses leave at 17:00 and 21:00 though, so it might be quicker You can take bus 53 until Strophe Oraiokastrou to get to hit the road directly, but more comfortable taking the busgas station. I didn't take it but I was picked up by a guy working at a casino who gave me the information. Another nice information: you can eat and drink for free at the casino!! Apparently you can just show up at the reception, they will give you a card and you can enjoy food and drinks for free!! I did! Anne-laure, may 2013"

Take a bus #8 (or #31?) from Egnatias street in the centre === North to KTEL [[Kilkis]] (last stop). You can also take bus #45 which goes between KTEL Makedonia and KTEL Halkidiki (you want to go to ''Makedonia''). Then switch to bus #81 which you can find on the upper platform. Afterwards, you can do different things. You can get off at a first bus stop after you drive over the highway Athens-Skopje - [http://g.co/maps/3qj6m here[Greece]]. Be careful, the first big crossing you going to come to is the crossing with the ring road (you are going to driver underneath it) while only the next on is the one you need (you are going to drive above it). Then you have to walk almost 2km backwards (if you walk fast it takes 20 minutes) and you can hitch on the junction to the highway to Skopje. However, if the bus goes into Agios Athanasios you can better get off and find your way from there (it seems that this bus goes differently depending whether it is #81 or #81A and depending on some external stuff; you can talk to the driver to make sure).===

*''My girlfriend and me stood at the junction just next Basically you need to the old paytoll, which seemed take 2 buses. Very similar to be the best place since cars were going rather slowly. After 10-15 minutes we were picked up by a North Macedonian woman who brought us above direction to the borderSofia. A week later I hitchhiked alone from the same spot and was picked up after 40 minutes But this time it is bus #27 / #27a and got to the junction with Polykastro before which the highway goes into one line for 500 metresbus #84 / # 84a. On that spot I thumbed and got to the border after another 40 minutesYou can change buses in two different places. December 2011, [[User:Rozwal|Rozwal]]''

*This way is faster as you don''My friend t need to stay on bus #27 so long. Take bus #27 or #27a and I (two guys) stood here for 4 hours and despite many cars passing only one North Macedonian guy stopped but he asked for moneyget off at Minerva stop in Oreokastrou suburb. Then we put up our tent If you walk some hundreds of meters from the bus stop where you get off, in the nearby field direction the bus was going, you will reach a crossroads and tried our luck the next dayon your left you will see another bus stop. After another 2 hours we got picked up by Albanian workers that took us to PolykastroFrom there you can take bus #84. There are no petrol stations or shops nearby, so bring food and water just in case! August 2012, [[User:Chaba|Chaba]]''

AlternativelyThis way is easier because you don't need to change bus stops, you can get off [http://goo.gl/maps/aLQTM here] which it is reported to be a better place for cars the way mentioned in the Northeast to stopSofia section. But there you have a lot of cars going to Take the bus #27 or #27a from the centre the the West, while if you come final s top ''Platia Stavroupolis'' (Stavroupolis square). Then at the previous stop same place take bus #84 / #84a and you will have cars going only towards Polykastro or the border're already on your way.

*''I took Stay on bus 81A from KTEL busstation to Agios Athanasios#84 whilst it passes through 2 villages, Liti and Melissochiori. Got off when When it turns from is out of Melissochiori, at one point the highway. From there hitched bus will cross the road going to Polykastro Kilkis and another ride got me to you will see signs for Kilkis. When you are at the cross roads you can press the border. At stop button on the border asked bus and it will stop just after the car in front of me cross. There is a bus stop there. Then you are at a great spot for hitching a rideto Kilkis, which got me Gallikos or even North Macedonia (but not the most common way to Skopje. Standing on the highway there, it was very quiet, but I was very lucky as an Austrian car passed and got me straight to Belgradeis a different border). January 2011, Lana''

=== South to [[Athens]] =Sleep ==

Take Buses #31Some have had luck asking the good people at Mikropolis/Micropolis Social Space, #12, #8 or #78 to the bus station called KTEL(see [http://wikimapia. From there take bus #80 or org/#80A to the village called ''Malgara''lat=40. You can go down on the station "''25 Martiou''" which is the closest to the tolls (in Greek ''ikostis pemptis martiou'' if you want to ask the driver)6360852&lon=22. There you can ask and find the toll station (in Greek ''diodia''939539&z=17&l=0&m=s&v=9&show=/13098671/Mikropolis]) easily. You'll have to walk about 2 km to find it, but then there is a possibility to get a ride even straight to Athens. Before you enter the motorway where the toll station is, you will have to go through some fields. If it's night be careful, just before the motorway there is a small ridge that is a bit steep They were very friendly and there is water flowing down, you need to find your way around it. If it's day, from the fields you can see a small canteen could advise on the motorway, head to that direction, you can bypass the ridge there very easily and also you don't need to jump the fence (easy where to jump though) because there is an entrance/exit squat for the canteen. From the canteen you will see the tolls, they are less than 50 m awaynight.

=== West The university campus in Thessaloniki is just in the city centre and it seems to [[Igoumenitsa]] {{E|90}} ===be a perfect place to sleep in your van/tent/sleeping bag, but IT IS NOT!  It's '''NOT SAFE THERE''' ''(upd.2022)''. The drug business moved there, as unbelievable as it sounds. People selling drugs and fighting over things related to them, passerbys get attacked. If someone has a van maybe it's okay. But sleeping in a tent or sleeping bag is an invitation to get robbed. It's the worst place to sleep, really. Plus, starting from 2019 it is a place where a lot of immigrants sleep. Police has no right to enter that area because of some tragic past, i.e. it's ideal place for drug sellers and crime.

In [[Igoumenitsa]] you Forest Recreational Center near the Zoo (''Neapoli-Sykies, 554 38'') which is located on the hills above the city can get be a ride with trucks over solution. However, depending on your choice of the sea to [[Italy]]"height" of that forest (after highway it becomes more wild, before highway it more like a park) there can be pack of stray dogs which is not a good gift.

=== North-East Homeless animals are a big problem in the big cities as Thessaloniki or Athens, so you better have something to [[Sofia]] protect yourself from them during the night ([[Bulgaria|BG]]get some long sticks near you) ===. Normally they are scared of "throwing a rock gesture" because some greeks do that against dogs. So, if you see an unfriendly dog try to pretend taking a rock from the ground - it should work for lonely dog.

Update: If you want Place to get to ''21o chiliometro'' make sure to make that really clear to the busdriver since the bus doesn't stop at every stop nor says the stops out loudstay for a short term. Try to <b>It is not</b> end up in Assirus. Hitchhiking out of this village is a pain. And if you are unlucky enough to end up there: Don't ask locals closing for the highway because they will take night, so you to the old highway. If you want to get to the new highway to Sofia ask for "autobahn"can always overnight there.

[Update: watch out! We slept at a deserted camping space by the beach in Ag. Triada, which is really worth a visit. We even made a big fire at night and it didn''21o chiliometro'' t disturb anybody. This place is about 30km south of Thessaloniki and probably Assirus spots are not anymore you can reach it within 1,5h by bus. From the right spots famous ottoman tower take the bus to ikea. At the last stop ask for the bus to go towards Serres Perea and SofiaAg. There is now Triada. The last bus will pass by the Egnatia highway airport and nobody drives this way and if he does it takes several hours enter a cupple of villages before you get to arrive to SerresTriada. Also, in Ask for the point where old camping at the bus stops used to be a petrol stationbeach, also no more in uselocals will guide you. ]

OPTION 2== Public Transport ==Take bus 83 (any of them will Google maps doesn't really know how buses work, so they are unable to get you there, even the express) directions from Aristotellous Square stop (on Egnatia Street). You want point A to get off at B in the Kombo Gerokomeiou exit (Google maps doesnt show the bus stops this far northcity. So, but on the opposite side of the highway is a gas station called Derveni Gas S.A.). MAKE SURE you explain to the bus driver if you want to get off at this exit. Otherwise, he might not get off move inside the highway here and the next stop city using a public transport download special application (''in 2022 there is too far to walk back from. Stand on the shoulder of the ramp. There is not a lot of traffic here, so it might take you up to an hour to get a ride, but I think its worth it because most of the cars going as far as Bulgaria will get on the highway hereapplication called "Moovit"). Good luck!

=== North to [[Kilkis]] ([[Greece]]) ===Basically you need to take 2 The tickets for the buses. Very similar to in the above direction to Sofiacity cost 0. But this time it is bus #27 / #27a 80€ and bus #84 / # 84asometimes 0. You can change buses in two different places90€ (0.40€ for students). 2€ for airport route.

* This way is faster as you don't need to stay on bus #27 so long. Take bus #27 or #27a and get off at Minerva stop in Oreokastrou suburb. If you walk some hundreds of meters from the bus stop where you get off, in the direction the bus was going, you will reach a crossroads and on your left you will see another bus stop. From there you can take bus #84.* This way is easier because you don't need to change bus stops, it is the way mentioned in the Northeast to Sofia section. Take the bus #27 or #27a from the centre the the final s top 'Blackriding'Platia Stavroupolis'' (Stavroupolis square)is possible. Then at It's risky because there is no chance of recognising controllers before they enter the same place take bus #84 / #84a and you're already on your way, however the very control is rare.

Stay on bus #84 whilst it passes through 2 villagesControllers are using civil clothes (they doesn't use a special clothes, Liti and Melissochiori. When it is out they just unzip theirs jackets with controllers badges in the middle of Melissochiori, at one point the bus will cross the road going to Kilkis and , so they already know if you will see signs for Kilkisdidn't validate your ticket). When If you are at speak to the cross roads controller in a foreign language (showing that you can press the stop button on the bus and it will stop 're a tourist, not an illegal immigrant) they'll just after leave you alone. If not, they first ask 30 euro for the cross. There is a bus stop theretax, in that case you can say you don't have one. Then they ask your an ID card, you say that you don't have it with you and then they'll just give you are at a great spot for hitching a ride paper to Kilkisnote your name and address, Gallikos or where you can write any fake name. Or even North Macedonia (but not simpler you can give your real passport and they are supposed to send you the most common way bill to Skopjeyour country. it is a different border)It's 100% SURE that they will not.

== Sleep ==There are many hospitality network members were big movements in the this city, so try your luck thereabout not paying for public transport. Many people don't pay and controls are rare. [[User:LivaHHer-Vert|LivasHHer-Vert]] had luck once at sleeping was living in the train station. She asked the people on the train station if she could sleep there even though they where closed at nightthat very city 5 years, and she could!got controlled only 2-3 times.

Some have had luck asking the good people at Mikropolis/Micropolis Social Space, (see [http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.6360852&lon=22.939539&zShower =17&l=0&m=s&v=9&show=/13098671/Mikropolis]). They were very friendly and could advise on where to squat for the night.

If One even safer option is the student residence. Noone here checks who enters. Ever. Even if they see you like a complete stranger with a tons of baggage and ask you find yourself at the train station at night beware anything, just tell them that it is closed at 01:00 you are visiting a friend or whatever. After you enter, go upstairs to any floor and the guard will kick you outside (where it's safe to sleep if it's warm) if he sees youll find common baths everywhere. However it It is possible to hide in located near the main yellow café while he checks for people, then after he locks swimming pool at the terminal you city center. You can go and sleep enter 24h. Location on the seats. There are other homeless people around but they won't give you any troublemap: https://goo. gl/maps/H8WZU

We slept at a deserted camping space by Thessaloniki is perhaps the beach only place in Ag. Triada, which is really worth a visit. We even made a big fire at night and it didn't disturb anybody. This place is about 30km south of Saloniki and the world where you can reach it within 1,5h by bus. From the famous ottoman tower take the bus to ikea. At the last stop ask for the bus to Perea and Ag. Triada. The last bus will pass by the airport and enter a cupple of villages before you get to Triada. Ask eat everyday for the old camping at the beach, locals will guide youfree easily.

== Public Transport =Fititiki Leshi (Φοιτητική Λέσχη) upd:2022===The tickets for Next to the buses in campus of Aristotle University, Egnatia street, after the city cost 0.80€ and sometimes 0.90€. Blackriding crossroad with 3rd September street there is possiblethe university canteen. If you speak to the controller in a foreign language (showing that you're a tourist'Address: Egnatia, Thessaloniki 546 36, not an illegal immigrantGreece'') they. Ask anybody for ''fititiki leschi''ll just leave . There you alonecan find a free full meal three times per day: 8. If not00-10.00, they first ask 30 euro 12.00-15.00 and 18.00-20.00. These free meals are provided for the taxuniversity students, but even if you say 're not one, you don't have. Then they ask your id card, you say to pay and you don't have it with you and then they'll just give you to show a paper to note your name and address, where you can write student ID or any fake name. Or even simpler you can give your real passport and they are supposed document (but due to send cobtrol re-enforcement you the bill to could be asked for your country. It's 100% SURE that they will notID).

There were To avoid control you need to be a part of a big movements in this city about not paying crowd which is hard to control, therefore try to be there during the most crowded time (normally the beginning of opening) and you won't be controlled. Another 'life-hack' that you can use if you have been asked for your ID is to tell that you just started to study greek language for public transport. Many people university and you don't pay and controls own by now any proof of that (there are rare. Spent a whole month lot of foreign students who really study greek for that reason, and yes - they don't have any proof in this city taking buses daily the beginning). It is harder during the weekends (or holidays) because there are less people and never got checkedhave no crowd, so if you look suspicious you can be asked for an ID.

* ''On bus #85 Just follow the driver asked for tickets before leaving queue, take the stationfood and eat it. There's nothing to be afraid of, I simply said (in English) just try to look more or less like a student. Only disadvantage is that I had no money and where I was goingit is closed on weekends, summer holidays and he let me ride not-working days for the bus anywayuniversity in general. Picture of the building [http://www.makthes.gr/filestore/modules/news/68918/lesxi.jpg here]. September 2012, Alnair''

I took one shower in one hospital 500 metres from the television broadcast antenna. ''There are three hospitals close to each other and I just tried one. After walking around is another option (easy in the hospital and talking friendly to some nurses I was able to take a shower and shave. May 2012. Lenmorning, otherwise is more difficult):''

There ===Alfa foititiki estia (Α' φοιτητική εστία):===Your aim is also the "national swimming pool" which is open same - free student food from student canteen, however now you are going to the public for some hours during the daysearch it directly in canteen of student's dorms. Swimmers have to take a shower before entering There is no control at the pool and nobody checks who enters them, so you might grab the chance for a bath thereentrance of student's dorms. It The restaurant is located in on the center of first floor, at the city, near left side from the Universitybig marble stairs. Location on map: https://goo.gl/maps/q9XRl (Jan 2015) Last The doors are opened at the meal time checked, the national swimming pool was out of service. It worths to ask around about it first if it's still not in use. (July of 2018)

One even safer option is the student residence. Noone here checks who enters. Ever. Even if they see you like a complete stranger with a tons of baggage and ask you anythingYou can find it by following ''address: Stilponos Kiriakidi 17, just tell them that you are visiting a friend or whatever. After you enterThessaloniki 546 36, go upstairs to any floor and youGreece''ll find common baths everywhere. It is located near the swimming pool at the city center. You can enter 24h. Location on map: https://goo.gl/maps/H8WZU (jan 2015)

== Free food ==Thessaloniki The best way is perhaps the only place in the world where you can eat everyday for free easily. Next to the campus of Aristotles university, Egnatia street, after the crossroad with 3rd September street be hosted there by any student through hosting application or ask some students living there is the university canteen. Ask anybody for ''fititiki leschi''/φοιτητική λέσχη. There to help you can find a free full meal twice a day. 12.00-15.00 and 18.00-20.00. These free meals are provided for get the university students, but dinner (regularly even if you're not cannot get main dish they provide you orangers or apples which no one, takes). If you don't have to pay and you don't have to show cannot find a student ID or any document. Just follow the queuehelping you, take the you can try get some food and eat it. There's never any checks. There's nothing to be afraid ofby your own, just try to look more or less like a student. Only disadvantage is that it is closed on weekends, summer holidays and not-working days for the university in general. Picture of the building [httpfollow this instruction://www.makthes.gr/filestore/modules/news/68918/lesxi.jpg here].

Alternative entrance : when you - They are there look to your right. At the end of the grass there is a stair casecontroling IDs only during day time and evening time, you can go up directly to the dining hall.I don't think you really need this because so it's very is easy to enter trough get there in the morning (8 a.m - 10 a.m). In the main doormorning there are almost no people eating, so staff is really bored of checking IDs or is even absent.

This might not - Take the trey with food and go eat as all do at the table. Don't be true any moresuspicious, have heard that this year they started checking for you are a student passnow. Many students doesn't really eat there, they are taking food away which they can physically take out and leave the dorms. You can do the same.

* You're right, since September 2010 they started checking- Normally control-staff are crossing out the numbers on the paper. Each student has his own number on ID-card and he tells it in the moment of entering. But donIt't s another strategy of pretending to be scareda student: you tell random number in greek language (p.e. 103 = ekato tria, 25 - ikosi pende, 207 = diakosa epta, just ignore themetc), so they donwill cross it out. Don't insist! Myselfworry, although I have a student cardstudents rarely take morning breakfast, I refuse to show it, many students do so out of solidarity. Tidy looks always helpyou are not "eating someone's food in his place".

* Actually - In the end, if you did not get any food, you are desperate and frustrated, you can try to tell staff that you are an adventurer, they donare pretty understanding. They will give you food anyway if you came in the restaurant't check any mores closing time (10 a.m; 2. Barely anyone was showing their IDs when they started checking so they gave up30 p. Nobody cares nowm & 9 p. Go early if you want choice of foodsm). Sometimes they run out of the nicest meal or of the dessert and There are always extra food, which they give you the other one and an orange instead of the baklava or rice puddingto random people. You can easily Just ask for seconds and thirds.