Piraeus port

The main port of Greece, from where you can travel to the majority of the greek islands, is located in the southern part of Athens, in the wider area of Piraeus. The Piraeus port connects the mainland of Greece with the Cyclades islands, the Dodecanese islands, the island of Crete and the islands of Argosaronikos. In case you want to travel to the Ionian islands (Corfu, Kefalonia, Ithaca, Zante, Paxi, Kythira Lefkas), which are on the western part of Greece, then you need to travel from another port, the port of the city of Patras. Patras is 220km west of Athens. It can be reached either by train (3,5 hours) or by the suburban bus KTEL from Kifissos station (2,5 hours).

Besides the port of Piraeus, in the wider area of Athens, there are 2 more, but smaller ports: the Rafina port and the Lavrio port. The Rafina port is approximately 30km east of Athens city center. It can be reached by bus or by the suburban railway (Proastiakos) until Pallini and then cahnge to a local bus which will take you to the port of Rafina. From Rafina you can travel to some of the Cyclades islands and to the island of Evia. The Lavrio port is 60km southeast of the Athens city center and be reached by the suburban bus KTEL. The ferries from Lavrio will transfer you to some of the Cyclades islands, to Kavala and Alexandroupolis in the northern part of Greece. Keep in mind that some of the itineraries are not operated during the winter and that there are far more itineraries in terms of frequency during the summer. Tickets for the ferries can be bought from our online ferry tickets booking system, but there are some local ferry companies that only issue tickets on the spot and can not be bought in advance.

You can reach the port of Athens, Piraeus, by using the metro (green line, station "Piraeus") or by bus from the city center (bus line 040 from Syntagma square and 049 from Omonoia Square, Athinas str.). The frequency of the itineraries to the greek islands depends on the season. During the summer, the itineraries to the greek islands are many so as to serve the numerous travellers from around the world. As a result, you need to book your ferry tickets in advance, because especially for the high-speed ferries, tickets are sold out straight away.

Due to the fact that the Piraeus port has many gates where the ships depart from, the distances from one gate to another or from the entrance of the port to the gate can be quite long. As a result, there is a network of internal buses that can transfer you around the port.

The major ferry companies that depart from the port of Piraeus are:

  • Hellenic Seaways
  • Blue Stae ferries
  • Kallisti ferries
  • Minoan lines
  • Anek lines
  • Aegean Speed lines
  • NEL lines
  • GA ferries
  • Saos ferries

The following table shows the gates from where the ferry companies depart from:

  • Gate E1:
    Blue Star 2, Diagoras to the Dodecanese islands and Chania Crete
    Kallisti ferries to Ikaria island (Evdilos port and Agios Kyrikos port)
    NEL lines to Rethymnon Crete
    GA ferries to Crete, Rhodes, Kasos, Karpathos islands
  • Gate E2:
    Hellenic Seaways regular ferries to Chios, Mytilene islands and Chania Crete
    Blue Star 2, Diagoras to the Dodacenes, Cyclades islands
    Minoan lines to Heraklion Crete
    NEL lines to Chios, Mytilene, Limnos islands and Thessaloniki
  • Gate E3:
    Anek lines to Chania, Heraklion, Rethymnon Crete
  • Gate E4:
    Ferries to Crete
  • Gate E6:
    Blue Star Ithaki to Syros, Tinos and Mykonos islands
    Blue Star Paros to Paros, Naxos, Santorini, Syros, Ios, Amorgos
    Blue Star Naxos to Paros, Naxos, Iraklia, Schinoussa, Koufonissi, Kalymnos, Astypalaia
  • Gate E7:
    Hellenic Seaways regular and highspeed ferries to Syros, Tinos, Mykonos, Paros, Naxos, Ios, Santorini
    Hellenic Seaways highspeed ferries to Sifnos, Serifos, Milos
    Speedrunner II to Serifos, Sifnos, Milos, Folegandros
    NEL lines to Paros, Naxos
  • Gate E8:
    Hellenic Seaways regular and highspeed ferries to the Argosaronikos islands
    GA ferries to the rest of its destinations
  • Gate E9:
    Hellenic Seaways regular ferries to Ikaria island (Evdilos port), Samos island (Karlovassi and Vathy ports), Syros and Mykonos islands
    Hellenic Seaways regular ferries to Paros, Naxos, Ios, Santorini, Koufonissi, Katapola
    Speedrunner I to Paros, Naxos, Santorini, Kimolos

Keep in mind that ferry schedules can change especially during the summer months in order to serve more destinations. As a result consult our Greek Ferries Schedule On-Line in order to find out the availability of ferry routes and book your ferry tickets online.




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