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Northern Greece itinerary

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We are going to Greece in late April-early May and are planning on traveling in Greece as we have already done the Peloponnesus. This is what we are thinking:
Arrive in Athens & Take high speed train to Thessaloniki, stay 3 nights.
Rent a car in Thessaloniki & head to Meteora for 2 nights
Drive from Meteora to Igoumenitsa and take ferry to Corfu, spend 3 nights on Cofu
Leave Corfu & drive to Delphi for 3 nights
Back to Athens for last night & then leave next day.

Does this sound reasonable?
Where is a good place to rent a car in Thessaloniki?
Thank you for any advice, feedback, etc.

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Your research may provide different options. In 2023, I did something a bit similar but ran into the fact that a one way rental more than doubled the price of the car. So I played around with the busses a bit, used a local car rental company, and ended up with this (which is backwards from you and doesn’t tick all your boxes).

My route:
Arrive Corfu (no car but going again I would rent one depending on where I stay)
Ferry to Igoumenitsa
Catch a bus to Ioannina for a couple of nights
Rent car and go to Meteora (and Vikos Gorge) over a week or so
Return car to Ioannina and take the bus to Thessaloniki
Fly out.

The only backtracking I had was about an hour’s drive Kastraki back to Ioannina.

If you don’t find a better option, you COULD fly from Athens to Corfu, then do something similar - ending with taking the train back to Athens. That doesn’t really address Delphi, though. (I had already been.) if you wind up renting in Ioannina, I rented from Red Fox Car Rentals and it felt like family.

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If the one way rental is cost prohibitive you could get the car in Athens and maybe go to Meteora first and then Thessaloniki. Good luck!

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