What are the bus (coach) connections from Thessaloniki, Greece to Tbilisi, Georgia?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 20 Jul, 2023
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Oktavi Travel is going every Wednesday and Saturday from Thessaloniki.
The tel. is 2310233964 and 2310566445, and the addresses are Fillippou 35 and Galopoulou 13 in the Xirokrini area.
While trying to visit the office of Borjomi Travel above, I found yet another travel agency practically next door with a bus departing on a different day:
NOUGZARI TOURS
Thessaloniki address: Fillippou 37
Thessaloniki hone number : 2310 239 080
Athens address: Ynonos 302 / Omonoie Square
Email: [email protected]
One way price : € 80, Return price : € 150
Departs : Thursdays at about 8am or 9am (but sometimes at a much earlier hour such as midnight to 4am!)
Arrives : Friday evening about 9pm or 10pm
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OK after even more research and legwork I have reached some generalizations (any of which may be wrong so please correct me):
- There are not actually bus companies operating buses between Greece and Georgia, but travel agencies chartering buses.
- A bus departs Greece headed for Georgia each day of the week, with one particular travel agency dealing with each particular day of the week. This suggests there may be seven agencies assuming there is a bus on all 7 days of the week.
- All or most of the agencies have offices in the same area of Thessaloniki, at the part of Filippou Street near Agn. Stratiotou and Mitseon Streets, which is near the ruins of the Roman Forum of Thessaloniki.
- Not all of the agencies have any English-speaking staff, but Nougzari Tours does. Other agencies in the area will happily send you there if you can’t manage in Greek, Georgian, or Russian.
- Departure times may vary, you are advised to check when booking. This is probably a subsequence of the buses being charters.
The ruins of the Roman Forum of Thessaloniki near several of the Georgian travel agencies which run buses to Tbilisi:
Known agencies running buses on particular days of the week
- Sunday: BORJOMI TRAVEL
- Monday: NORBIS TRAVEL
- Tuesday:
- Wednesday:
- Thursday: NOUGZARI TOURS
- Friday:
- Saturday:
Shopfronts of a couple of the Georgian travel agencies in Thessaloniki in the area described above:
(This answer is a Community Wiki so please correct any mistakes or add any missing or new information.)
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Here is a company recommended by a Georgian expat friend living in Thessaloniki as the best:
BORJOMI TRAVEL
Thessaloniki address: Fillippu 39
Phone number : 2310 243 238, Mobile : 693 25 96 441
One way price : € 80, Return price : € 150
Duration : approximately 34 hours
Departs : Sundays at 9pm
Departs from : Laggada Street near bus stop Ergatikes Katikies
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Norbis Travel in Thessaloniki is one option (Lonely Planet suggests there are others)
Telephone: 2310287721
The bus does not depart from a regular Thessaloniki bus station but from Makedonikis Aminis 7.
It goes only once per week on Mondays at 7:30 am.
The price is € 120.
The trip takes 36 hours from Thessaloniki.
(I will keep the bounty open since I still think there are apparently other possibilities besides this and I would also like to include the info for Athens)
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I can’t find a lot of details, but there seems to be a bus. This website states that it goes over Athens to Tbilisi once a week.
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