TRAVEL TO KARPENISI

There are several ways to arrive to Karpenissi. Here we will shortly explain the most popular ones.

PLANE

Both main Greek airports are approximately the same distance from Karpenissi.

  1. Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos”. The Athletic Center of Karpenissi is 298 Km away, or 3 hours and 20 minutes of mostly highway drive. Driving to the city of Lamia will be exclusively on highway and from there follows a local road of 65km up the mountain. The road has quite a few turns but the surface quality is very good.
  2. Thessaloniki International Airport “Makedonia”. The distance from this airport is 349 Km and it should take around 4 hours depending in the traffic of Thessaloniki. Again the direction is the city of Lamia and from there follows the road to Karpenissi up the mountain.

We are awaiting a sponsorship from an airline company and a car rental company. You will find this here as soon as we have all condition fixed for publishing.

FERRY

The most convenient way for those using the ferry is to use the line Ancona (IT) – Igoumenitsa, or Venezia (IT) – Igoumenitsa. Usually the Trip from Ancona is about 16 hours of very comfortable trip on really big ferries. From Venezia, the trip duration is about 26 hours. Once arrived at Igoumenitsa port, then follows a 282 km drive, which will take around 4 hours. Ferry from Bari is about 9 hours.

When you travel from Igoumenitsa to Karpenisi, please take care to use the northern route. The shortest route maps tell you is not very comfortable and no option for campers and cars with trailers.

    FERRY SPONSOR

    We are proud to present ANEK – SUPERFAST Ferries as the transportation sponsor of the FMBB World Championship 2025!!

    One of the largest ferry fleets connecting Greece with Italy, the company will offer 30% discount for cars, vans and trailers for the line Ancona – Igoumenitsa, between 03/05/25 and 12/05/25!!
    The offer is valid for travelling from Ancona, Bari or Venice to Igoumenitsa or Patras and return for up to
    220 people, 140 dogs and 110 campers (6m long & 1.90m-2.10 width).

    Please take into consideration the following:
    The above-mentioned reduction does not apply to fuel surcharge and the EU-ETS environmental charge,
    does not apply to unaccompanied vehicles and is not cumulative with other offers or reductions of Superfast Ferries. The highest discount is granted at a time.
    For pets’ travelling kindly check the below link:
    https://www.superfast.com/en-gb/generic-information-pages/pets-on-board

    For reservations kindly contact our Call Center at teamcallcenter@attica-group.com

    You will be asked to provide the passengers’ full name, nationality, passport number, date of birth as wellas the car plate number plus all necessary documents for the pets.

    CAR

    1. Through Slovenia – Croatia – Serbia – North Macedonia. The whole way is on highway and from the moment you reach the borders of North Macedonia with Greece, at Evzones, then follows a 360 km drive, which is more or less described above. All the way to Lamia city is highway and then the last 65 km is the mountain road to Karpenissi.
    2. Through Bulgaria. The entrance point from Bulgaria should be the Promachon borders. From there follows a 425 km drive which will take you first to Thessaloniki and from there to Lamia and finally Karpenissi.