Travelling to Kavala? Book a private transfer with a verified Greek driver. Kavala (Καβάλα) is a port city of about 70,000 people on the north Aegean coast of eastern Macedonia, 165 km east of Thessaloniki. The city wraps around a horseshoe bay overlooked by a Byzantine fortress, with an exceptionally well-preserved Ottoman aqueduct (Kamares) striding across the city centre on enormous arches.
The Panagia old-town quarter is one of the most photogenic in northern Greece — narrow lanes of timber-framed Ottoman houses climbing to the fortress, with the Imaret (a former Islamic almshouse, now a luxury hotel) as its showpiece. The city is also famous as the birthplace of Muhammad Ali Pasha, the 19th-century Ottoman governor who became modernising ruler of Egypt; his birthplace is a small museum near the fortress.
Kavala Airport (KVA) sits 30 km east on the coast, with regular flights from Athens and seasonal European connections. The city is also the main mainland port for ferry connections to Thassos island, 75 minutes by car ferry from the nearby port of Keramoti.
From Thessaloniki, Kavala is a 2-hour drive via the A2 (Egnatia Odos). From SKG airport it's 2h 15m. Sedan transfer from SKG runs €160–€220.
Most-booked Luxi transfers in Kavala: SKG → Kavala for travellers heading to Thassos via the Keramoti ferry, KVA airport pickups direct to Thassos ferry (€40–€60 sedan), Philippi day-trips (the UNESCO-listed Roman archaeological site 15 minutes inland), and Kavala–Xanthi–Komotini eastern-Macedonia tours.
For onward travel, Kavala pairs naturally with Philippi (Roman and early Christian site), Xanthi (Pomak old town, 1 hour east), or as a starting point for the Rodopi mountains and the Greek-Bulgarian border region.