Greece ferry schedules and timetables of Greek ferries

Greek Ferries- timetables for the Greek islands and 2009 itineraries

Greek ferries are connecting the Greek islands with thousands of passengers ,cars ,lorries and long vehicles. There have been many changes in the Greek fleet of ferries, passenger boats and cruise ships in Greece today. The Greek islands are connected today with super modern ships that have been built with the latest safety rules.
Greece, with more than 200 inhabited islands, is mainly a nautical country and the one main means of transport is by ship. Greek tourism depends a lot from the Greek ferries as well as all kinds of other vessels like the catamarans and hydrofoils that connect the Greek islands. The Greek shipping industry has invested a lot of money in recent years, resulting in ships that have become luxurious, safe and fast. For example, a few years ago the journey from Piraeus to Crete took 12 hours, today with the super fast ferry boats, the journey is less than 6 hours. The same applies to the other islands like the Cyclades and the Dodecanese. The journey from Ancona to Patras has been reduced to between 19 and 21 hours instead of the 36 hours that it used to take in the past.

The main nautical entrance to Greece is Patras which connects Greece with Fast and luxury ferries the Italian ports of Ancona, Bari, Brindisi and Venice. There are many Greek shipping companies on these routes, among them are the super fast ferries, Anek Lines, Minoan lines and others.
The Port of Piraeus today is one of the most modern ports n the Mediterranean. The port now has a link to the Piraeus metro terminal with a bridge connecting the station with the port. From the port you can also take a free bus service that takes you to the ferry destined for your chosen island. If you travel by ferry to the Cyclades, the boats are very close to the main railway station so you can easily board your ship by walking over the bridge from the station. The ferries for Crete and the Dodecanese islands are a further away and the free buses are provided to take passengers to their ships.
Ticket prices have not changed a lot over the last year. Mostly young travellers prefer the deck class but if you are intending to travel in a cabin be sure to reserve one prior to your journey, especially during the months of July and August when tickets are difficult to purchase as this is the time when Greeks traditionally take their summer holidays.
Greek ferries schedules information time tables and departures of Greek ferries . Ferries ,hydrofoils and catamarans are every summer the main engine of tourism transporting thousands of passengers to the Greek islands ,here are some standard routes and web addresses of various Greek ferry companies that you can check the timetables and prices .Because we are not responsible for any changes in timetables or departures for several Greek islands we suggest you to contact the companies or if you are in Greece the best way is to call the port authorities of Piraeus at the telephone 210-4147800 and check the daily ferry schedules for the island you want to go. Be aware that in the high season July August especially around the 15 of August if you want a cabin on a ferry is very difficult we advise you to book in advance if you want to travel in the Greek islands during that period with a cabin ,if you get a ticket for deck or a Pullman seat that won't be a problem. Ferries are the largest means of sea transport in Greece

Piraeus departure gates

Information for your departures from the port of Piraeus.

Port Gate Ε1 in Akti Vasssiliadi you go to the Dodecanese ferries, there is a ticketing office there as well a modern waiting area with Cafetria and quick lunch ,taxi station and free bus service.From here you can get ferries to Patmos Leros Kalymnos Kos and Rhodes.If you wanr to go to other Dodecanese islands like Lipsi ,Nisyros,Symi ,Tilos ,Karpathos ,Kassos and Kastelorizzo there are local connections with flying dolphines and other boats.Alternatively you can fly direct to those islands from Athens.

Port Gate Ε2: in Akti Hetiona ferries to Chios ,Mytilini (Lesvos),Crete ,and Dodecanese available taxi station and free buss service

Port Gate Ε3: at Agios Dionysios and Akti Kondyli ferries to Crete ,there is waiting area with Cantine and bus service exits from gates E4 and E5

Port Gate Ε6:at Akti Kallimasiotti Argosaronikos and East Cyclades ferries like Syros ,Paros,Tinos,Mykonos,Naxos,Amorgos ,Santorini and Ios ,this gate is for pedestrians at this point is the pedestrian bridge from the Metro station

Port Gate Ε7: at Karaiskaki square ,Akti Tzelepi ferries to the Saronic islands and East Cyclades ferries for cars exit from gate E8 Around the area you will find many Cafeterias and restaurants as well as Travel agencies and ticketing offices. Along the Akti Poseidonos are the ferries for Aegina Poros Methana Hydra and Spetses . From Akti Miaouli opposite the church of Agios Spyridon are departing the hydrofoils to Aegina Poros and other islands of the Saronic gulf

Port Gate Ε9:at Akti Miaouli ferries to the West Cyclades,Sifnos ,Kythnos ,Milos ,kimolos ,Sikinos there are Cantines waiting area along the street there are many shops restaurants and travel agencies ,Gate 9 you can get the Aegean Speed lines www.aegeanspeedlines.gr with connections to Serifos Sifnos Milos Folegandros .Exit from Gate E10
More information at OLP Organization of Port of Piraeus.
You can have a map of the port here

There is free wireless internet connection all over the port of Piraeus to connect to the WI FI get instructions here

Ferry departures from Agios Konstantinos and Volos
Ferries to Skiathos Skopelos and Alonissos from Volos
 

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Ferries to Crete

MINOAN LINES
From Piraeus to Heraclion Crete :Daily departures , fast route (6,5 hours) daily at 11:00 am. arrival at 17:30. Normal route from 15.03.2009 - 31.10.2009  daily 21.30 arrival at 05.00 am more information at www.minoan.gr Minoan lines has also sea routes to Corfu , Igoumenitsa and Ferry connections to Italy from Patras see below Italy Greece ferries

ANEK FERRY LINES
From Piraeus to Chania and Iraklio :Daily departures at 21.00 to Chania and 20.30 to Iraklio.
Cyclades  with F/B Prevelis from Piraeus to Paros Naxos Ios Thira more information at www.anek.gr

HELLENIC SEAWAYS
* departures from Piraeus to Rethymno  with High Speed 4. * schedules not yet available.

FERRY CONNECTION FROM CRETE TO THE CYCLADES-SANTORINI IOS PAROS MYKONOS *

*(2009 schedules not available yet) The Flying Cat 4 of Hellenic seaways departs daily from Heraklio Crete at 09.45 to Santorini 11:30, Ios 12:25, Paros 13:35, Mykonos 14:25 and returns at Heraklio at 19.25 from Mykonos 14:45, Paros 15:45, Ios 16:50, Santorini 17:45.

Ferries to Cyclades islands ITINERARIES 2009
Daily departures from Piraeus at 17.30 with F/B BLUE STAR NAXOS www.bluestarferies.gr to Syros, Paros, Naxos, Iraklia, Shinousa, Koufonisi, Donousa, Amorgos, Astypalea.

 F/B Blue Star NAXOS

F/B Blue star Naxos
Monday:Departure at 17.30 from Piraeus to Syros, Paros ,Naxos ,Donousa ,Amorgos ,Astypalea
Tuesday: Departure at 17.30 from Piraeus to Syros ,Paros ,Naxos, Iraklia ,Schinousa ,Koufonisia ,Amorgos (Katapola)
Wednesday: Departure from Piraeus at 17.30 to Paros ,Naxos ,Donousa ,Amorgos (Aegiali), Astypalea
Thursday: Departure from Piraeus at 17.30 to Syros ,Paros ,Naxos ,Iraklia ,Schinousa ,Koufonisia ,Amorgos (Katapola)
Friday: Departure from Piraeus at 17.30 to Paros ,Naxos ,Amorgos ,Astypalea
Saturday: Departure from Piraeus at 17.30 to Paros ,Naxos ,Donoussa ,Amorgos (Aegiali) ,Astypalea
Sunday: Departure from Piraeus at 17.30 to Syros ,Paros ,Naxos ,Iraklia ,Schinousa ,Koufonisia ,Katapola-Amorgos

Ferry Boat Blue Star Ithaki Daily departures to Syros ,Tinos ,Mykonos from Piraeus at 7.35 am from 03/09/2008-02/07/2009 .

Blue Star PAROS (13/06/2009-13/09/2009)

Blue star ferries timetable to the Dodecanese 2009 with Blue star 1 and Blue star 2 from Piraeus to Syros, Santorini, Patmos, Leros, Kos, Rhodes. Click below to see the schedules.

Blue Star ferries timetable from 1/3/2009 to Kalymnos, Kos Rhodes with F/B Diagoras

GA FERRIES :TO DODECANESE
Ga ferries departs daily to the Dodecanese islands with the ferries Anthi Marina and Dimitroula for information and timetables call 210 4582 640 or visit their website www.gaferries.gr and the webpage www.ferries.gr

Catamarans and Hydrofoils within the Dodecanese islands
The Catamarans Dodekanisos Express and Dodekanisos Pride connecting the islands of Rhodes ,Symi ,Nisyros ,Kos ,Kalymnos ,Leros ,Patmos daily for more information visit the page www.12ne.gr for schedules and online booking. The small ferry boat KALYMNOS has connections from Kalymnos to Leros ,Lipsi ,Patmos ,Arki ,Agathonisi and Samos every Monday Wednesday Friday and Sunday. Every Monday Wednesday and Friday the small motor ship Patmos Express connects Patmos with Lipsi and Leros departure from Patmos at 8 am. From April the hydrofoil ZEUS is connecting daily Kos ,Kalymnos ,Leros ,Lipsi ,Patmos and Samos. The ships of the company ANES www.anes.gr connecting daily at 08:30 the island of Symi with Rhodes with the flying dolphin Aegli. The same company as well has connections with the islands of Tilos, Nisyros and Kastelorizo with the M/V Proteus,. Every Wednesday departures from Rhodes 12.00 to Symi, Tilos and Nisyros with M/V Proteus, every Thursday the same boat departs from Kos at 06.00 to Nisyros, Tilos, Symi, Rhodes ar.14.15 and Kastelorizo, every Friday from Rhodes at 12.00 to Symi, Tilos, Nisyros and Saturdays the same itinerary of Thursday, for more details visit the website of the company .

Aegean Flying Dolphins (Hydrofoils) (Schedules for 2009 not yet available)

SAMOS departures from PYTHAGORIO - 8:00
PATMOS arrival 9:00 departure 9:15
LIPSI arrival 9:40 departure 9:50
LEROS arrival 10:15 departure 10:25
KALYMNOS arrival 11:10 departure 11:15
KOS arrival 11:50 departure 14:30
KALYMNOS arrival 15:05 departure 15:10
LEROS arrival 16:00 departure 16:05
LIPSI arrival 16:25 departure 16:30
PATMOS arrival 16:50 departure 17:00
SAMOS arrival at PYTHAGORIO 18:00 

Ferries to North Aegean islands
NEL lines has itineraries to Samos ,Chios ,Limnos ,Lesvos ,Thessaloniki, Rethymno
and also to Syros Tinos Mykonos Paros Naxos Amorgos Anafi Thira (Santorini) Thirasia Koufonisia Schinousa Donousa Iraklia Andros Ios Folegandros. For more information visit the site www.nel.gr.
HELLENIC SEAWAYS Ferry boat NISOS CHIOS daily to Chios Mytilini at 12:30 from gate E2.
Hydrofoils connections to Thassos island daily departures from the port of Kavala. From Kavala to Samothraki, Limnos, Agios Efstratios, Psara with F/B SAOS II  and from Kavala to Limnos, Chios Mytilini also the same company has ferry connections from Alexandrouplois to Samothraki (website  www.saos.gr )
Ferries to Mykonos, Ikaria,Samos with Kalisti ferries,CORSICA EXPRESS III departures Monday and Friday at 17.00 more information at www.kallistiferries.gr (tel:801 11 77 700 )

ANEK LINES ITINERARIES 2009 PIRAEUS CHIOS MYTILENE

FROM PIRAEUS CHIOS MYTILENE   DEPART   ARRIVAL DEPART   ARRIVAL TUE 19:00 WED 04:00 04:30 WED 07:30 THU 19:00 FRI 04:00 04:30 FRI 07:30 SUN 19:00 MON 04:00 04:30 MON 07:30

FROM MYTILENE CHIOS PIRAEUS   DEPART   ARRIVAL DEPART   ARRIVAL WED 18:00 WED 21:15 22:00 THU 07:00 FRI 18:00 FRI 21:15 22:00 SAT 07:00 MON 18:00 MON 21:15 22:00 TUE 07:00

Ferries to Sporades islands
SKIATHOS SKOPELOS ALONISSOS
www.hellenicseaways.gr
deparures from Volos daily with hellenicseaways FLYING CAT 6 at 09.30 and FLYING CAT 5 at 16.00
departures from Agios Konstantinos daily with the hellenicseaways Hydrofoil FLYING DOLPHIN XXIII . For more information for boat schedules from Volos call 2421023415 and from Agios Konstantinos please call 2235031614
departures from Thessaloniki to Skopelos ,Alonissos ,Skiathos daily at 13.45 exept Saturdays (8.00 am)
Buses to Agios Konstantinos from Athens at Akadimias street 97 tel 2103843220

Daily Ferry departures from Rafina to the Cyclades
There are daily ferries and high speed Catamarans from Rafina to Marmari, Andros ,Tinos and Mykonos ,(Paros and Naxos in the summer season).
You can go to Rafina by bus from Athens ,the bus terminal is between Alexandras avenue and Patision street at Pedion tou Areos square.The bus jurney is about 1 hour. Alternatively you can go with the Metro until the station of Ethniki Amyna and get the bus from there. The buses go straight at the port of Rafina.

Ferries to Saronic islands
The Saronic islands are very close to Athens ,Aegina ,Poros ,Hydra and Spetses. There are daily connections departing from the port of Piraeus every hour with ferries and hydrofoils ,so you don't need a reservation for the above routes .The departures are from Akti Poseidonos gate E8.To the island of Salamis the ferries are departing from Perama every 10-15 minutes.
Ferries Greece Italy
From Patras there are many departures every day to Italy via Igoumenitsa and Corfu. The ferries connecting Greece with the Italian ports of Brindisi, Bari, Ancona and Venice. Most of the ferries are going to Ancona for the simple reason that is more near to the northern Europe and as Greece exports many products to many North West and Central European countries especially fruits and dairy products, all those exports are transporting mainly by lorries, therefore most of the big Ferries are going to Ancona. Among the many Greek ferry lines are the Minoan lines, Anek Lines and Superfast ferries.

SUPERFAST FERRIES: Itineraries from Patras. Departures Patras Ancona daily: 14.30 and 19.00 the same company has daily depatures Patras Bari at 18.00

MINOAN LINES :Patras Igoumenitsa Ancona

From 29.01.2009 to 31.10.2009 Ancona Patras daily departures at 17.00 from Ancona arival in Patras at 15.00
Daily departures from Patras at 18.00, Igoumenitsa 23.30 Ancona arival at 14.00

MINOAN: Ferries to Venice. From 01.04.2009 to 31.10.2009 from Patras to Corfu, Igoumenitsa, Venice every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday departure at 23.59.

ANEK LINES :From 19/03/08 - 04/01/09 daily departures from Patras to Ancona via Igoumenitsa at 17.00 and from Ancona to Igoumenitsa Patras daily at 16.00.

Patras Brindisi : Daily departures  M/V EROTOKRITOS, IONIAN QUEEN  AND ELLI T more information at www.endeavor-lines.com

For Greek islands ferries and bookings check at www.ferries.gr