Athens to Santorini ferry Travel time

From Athens: If you arrive at the airport in Athens (click here for Airport Access information), you can take Ferries to Santorini from either the port of Pireaus or Rafina.

To go to Pireaus, you can take the X96 bus which departs every 20-40min from the airport. Allow about 60-90 minutes for the trip to the port. The bus ticket currently costs 2.90.

You can also take a Taxi to go to the Port of Piraeus. This should cost about 15. If you take a taxi it is a good idea to let the driver know that your destination is Santorini, so that he takes you in the port area where the ferries to Santorini are. Note that many Greek taxi drivers usually "service" more people on a single fair and they collect the same amount of money from all passengers or passenger-groups. This is not legal, but you will see it is being accepted by many. However that does not mean that you have to accept it. It is illegal and it should not be happening.

Once you reach the port, there are a lot of travel agencies from where you can buy your ticket. Bare in mind that there are more or less 3 types of ferries that can take you to Santorini.

• The first one is a normal ferry (cheapest but also slowest option). In this case the trip takes about 9-10 hours and the ticket costs about 24.
• The second case is the so-called Blue-Star ferries (relatively fast and not too expensive). The trip in this case should last about 7 hours and the ticket should cost about 28.
• And the final, fastest and most expensive option is the so-called High-Speed ferries. With a High-Speed ferry it should only take you about 5 hours to get to Santorini, and the ticket should cost about 40.

Below are some links that you can use to find the daily schedule for departures from Piraeus to Santorini: