Travelling to Serres? Book a private transfer with a verified Greek driver. Serres (Σέρρες) is a town of about 60,000 people in central Macedonia, 85 km north-east of Thessaloniki, in the broad valley of the Strymonas river. The town is functional and quiet — most travellers reach it on the way to one of two surrounding attractions: Lake Kerkini (40 minutes north-west) or the Bulgarian border at Promachonas (45 minutes north).
Lake Kerkini is an artificial lake created in 1932 by damming the Strymonas, now one of the most important bird-watching wetlands in the Balkans. Spring and autumn migration bring thousands of pelicans, herons, cormorants and rare wader species; year-round residents include the Dalmatian pelican and the pygmy cormorant. Several local operators run small-boat photo tours from the lakeshore villages of Lithotopos and Kerkini.
The town itself has a hilltop Byzantine castle, an Ottoman-era Old Town with the Bezesteni covered bazaar (now an archaeological museum), and a long-standing food scene built on Macedonian and Thracian influences — local specialities include the chicken-and-walnut bourekakia and the wild-game stews of the surrounding mountains.
From Thessaloniki, Serres is a 1h 15m drive via the A25 motorway. From Thessaloniki Airport (SKG) it's 1h 30m. Sedan transfer from SKG runs €100–€140.
Most-booked Luxi transfers in Serres: SKG → Lake Kerkini for bird-watching day-trips (€220–€280 round-trip with the driver waiting at the lakeshore), one-way transfers for travellers on Macedonia + Bulgaria multi-day tours, and connections to the Bulgarian border at Promachonas for onward travel to Sandanski and Sofia.