Pylaía
Pylaia is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki Prefecture of Greece.
Pylaia is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki Prefecture of Greece. In the 2011 local government reform, Thessaloniki Prefecture became the regional unit of Thessaloniki, and Pylaia became a part of the new municipality of Pylaia-Chortiatis. Pylaia continues under its old boundaries as a municipal unit within Pylaia-Chortiatis.
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Worth seeing in and around Pylaía
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Toumba Stadium
Toumba Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece, mainly used for football. It is property of AC PAOK and hosts PAOK FC since its completion in 1959.
1.8 km · football stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece · Wikipedia - 02Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki is a museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. It holds and interprets artifacts from the Prehistoric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods, mostly from the city of Thessaloniki but also from the region of Macedonia in general.
3.7 km · museum in Greece · Wikipedia - 03Kaftanzoglio National Stadium
Kaftanzoglio National Stadium is a sports stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece. It currently has 27,560 seats, owing to conversion of terraces to seats in 2000 and a comprehensive renovation before reopening to host football matches for the 2004 Summer Olympics, which was centered in Athens.
3.2 km · sports stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece · Wikipedia - 04University of Macedonia
The University of Macedonia is a public university in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Founded as School of Higher Industrial Studies of Thessaloniki in 1948 and started its first operation during the academic year 1957–1958, it is the second largest university in the city.
3.4 km · university in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece · Wikipedia - 05Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
The Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium or Charilaou Ground is a football stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece. It was built in 1951 as the home stadium of Aris, one of the most popular football clubs in Greece.
1.2 km · football stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece · Wikipedia - 06Museum of Byzantine Culture
The Museum of Byzantine Culture is a museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, which opened in 1994.
3.6 km · museum in Greece · Wikipedia - 07War Museum of Thessaloniki
The War Museum of Thessaloniki is a military museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. Thessaloniki War Museum opened in October 2000.
3.4 km · war museum in Grigoriou Lampraki, Thessaloniki · Wikipedia - 08OTE Tower
OTE Tower is a 76-metre-tall tower located in the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center in central Thessaloniki, Greece. The tower opened in 1970 and was renovated in 2005.
3.8 km · telecommunications tower, with restaurant and observatory in Thessaloniki, Greece · Wikipedia - 09Thessaloniki Concert Hall
Thessaloniki Concert Hall is a centre for the performing arts in Thessaloniki, Greece. It opened in 2000 on land donated by the Greek state.
3 km · building in Municipality of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece · Wikipedia - 10MOMus–Museum of Contemporary Art–Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections
MOMus Contemporary, in full MOMus–Museum of Contemporary Art–Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections, is a contemporary art museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, located in the area of the Thessaloniki International Fair. It was formerly known as the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art.
3.9 km · museum in Greece · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pylaía
- Airports
- Thessaloniki Macedonia (SKG), 9 km · Kavala Alexander the Great (KVA), 142 km · Skopje (SKP), 189 km
- Stations
- Efkleidis metro station, 2.6 km · Fleming metro station, 2.4 km · Papafi metro station, 2.8 km · 25 Martiou metro station, 2.1 km · Nomarchia metro station, 2.4 km
- Kavala → Pylaía126 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · €16–22
- Kerkyra (Corfu) → Pylaía289 km · quickest by air, 3h 47m · €80–120
- Spata-Artemida → Pylaía304 km · quickest by air, 3h 48m · €80–120
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Pylaía
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Pylaía. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSkopje – A number of local travel agencies in Skopje also arrange transport to Thessaloniki daily by car or minibus.
- Get inApart from those, the majority of flights are charter and seasonal flights by holiday specialists.
- Go nextYou can visit the island on a day trip but its definitively worth to spent more days.
- Go nextThere are ferry boats from Kavala harbor and Keramoti.
From Wikivoyage: Thessaloniki, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Pylaía
Pylaía is 6 km from Thessaloníki, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kalamariasuburb of Thessaloniki, Greece3.4 km
- Triandriahuman settlement in Thessaloniki, Greece2.6 km
- Toumbaneighborhood of Thessaloniki, Greece2 km
- Charilaouhuman settlement in Greece1.3 km
- Nea Aretsouneighborhood of Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece4 km
- Saranta Ekklisiesneighborhood of Thessaloniki, Greece3.9 km