Greece Travel Guide
  • Home
  • Destinations
    • Crete Island Guide
    • Cyclades
      • Amorgos Island Guide
        • Amorgos Beaches
          • Aegiali Beach
          • Levrossos Beach
          • Kalotaritissa Beach
          • Katapola Beach
          • Psili Ammos Beach
      • Andros Island Guide
      • Folegandros Island Guide
      • Ios Island Guide
        • Ios Beaches
          • Agia Theodoti Beach
          • Gialos Beach
          • Kolitsani Beach
          • Magganari Beach
          • Mylopotas Beach
          • Psathi Beach
      • Koufonissi Island Guide
      • Mykonos Island Guide
      • Milos Island Guide
      • Naxos Island Guide
      • Paros Island Guide
      • Santorini Island Guide
      • Serifos Island Guide
      • Sifnos Island Guide
      • Sikinos Island Guide
      • Tinos Island Guide
    • Dodecanese
      • Astypalea Island Guide
      • Karpathos Island Guide
      • Kos Island Guide
      • Rhodes Island Guide
  • Guides
    • When to Visit
    • Island-Hopping
    • Ferry Travel
    • Travelling Greece on a Budget
  • Trip Reports
    • Greece 2022
    • Greek Odyssey 2021
    • Western Cyclades 2020
    • Cyclades 2019
    • Amorgos 2019
    • Mini Cyclades 2018
    • Cyclades Tour 2017
  • Reviews
    • Hotel Reviews
    • Restaurant Reviews
    • Travel Gadgets
  • Gallery
  • About

Ferry Travel

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019, Guides
  • Prev
  • Next

Following on from my recent post on booking ferries in advance, I thought it was worth exploring how to plan trips that involve ferry crossings. It’s not complicated but seems to throw up regular questions on the TripAdvisor Greece forums, so it may be useful to some visitors.

If it wasn’t obvious, the first thing to know is that ferries operate on fixed routes, typically starting and finishing at either Piraeus or Rafina on the mainland. Their routes are long loops, with one or more stops on several islands along the way – much like a bus has several stops as it travels through a town or city. To get from one island to another, you need to make sure they are connected by a ferry route, otherwise you have to make indirect journeys via other islands which adds time and cost to the trip.

For this reason, it pays to plan your holiday with the ferry routes in mind. One of the reasons the Cyclades are so popular is the amount of ferries that operate routes between the islands, making it easy to get from place to place on the days you want to travel.

There are a few websites I use to check itineraries and ticket prices. I’m not affiliated with any of them, so feel free to find alternatives if you prefer:

FerryHopper

Website: https://www.ferryhopper.com/en/maps/greek-island-ferries-map.

The above link has a great interactive map feature, where you can click on an island and see all of the direct links available. It does seem to focus on the Cyclades, but includes Crete and links to neighbouring island groups.

GTP

Website: https://gtp.gr/RoutesForm.asp

This is a Greek-operated site and always seems to have accurate ferry schedules. You have to enter the islands you want to go between and the date you want to travel. It will tell you if no ferries operate that route, or if they do, it lists the times available but doesn’t include prices.

DirectFerries

Website: https://www.directferries.co.uk/

This is a UK-based site, and has a similar search process as GTP, but the results do include prices (in GBP or EUR) which is useful for comparing the cheaper vehicle ferries with the fast catamarans. However, I have found that on occasion they do list schedules that are no longer active, so I tend to cross-reference their results with GTP to be confident they’re accurate.

Remember that I still don’t advocate booking the tickets up-front (see my post linked at the top of this article for why), but it’s always useful to know how much the ticket will cost so you can budget for your trip.

Posted in Guides
Tagged ferry, guides
1 Comment
Will Appleby
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

Post navigation

   Day 6: Mykonos and homeward bound
Day 1: Santorini late arrival   

Comments (1)

  • Pingback: Day 24: Cutting Tilos Short - Greece Travel Guide

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Author

Will Appleby

Listen to my ramblings about Greece and why I keep going back year after year.

Search

Tags

2020 amorgos beach Crete Cyclades hotel reviews hotels Ios kamares Kos Kos Town Naxos reviews sifnos

Popular posts

Western Cyclades 2020: Trip Planning Overview

August 5, 2020September 22, 2020

2022: Another Greek Summer Beckons

May 21, 2022May 22, 2022

Touring Greece Without a Plan

July 3, 2021July 3, 2021

Categories

  • Amorgos (10)
  • Andros (7)
  • Articles (2)
  • Crete (20)
  • Cyclades Tour 2017 (18)
  • Featured (12)
  • Folegandros (4)
  • General (4)
  • Guides (1)
  • Hotel Reviews (41)
  • Ios (8)
  • Kalamata (1)
  • Karpathos (5)
  • Kos (17)
  • Koufonissi (4)
  • Milos (5)
  • Mini Cyclades 2018 (12)
  • Mykonos (6)
  • Mystras (2)
  • Naxos (23)
  • Paros (3)
  • Rhodes (4)
  • Santorini (6)
  • Serifos (3)
  • Sifnos (19)
  • Sikinos (3)
  • Syros (1)
  • Tilos (1)
  • Tinos (1)
  • Travel Gadgets (1)
  • Trip Planning (6)
  • Trip Reports (68)

25 Islands visited
47 000 KM traveled
6,300 Photos taken
112 Hours recorded

© 2021 Greece Travel Guide. All Rights Reserved.