Milos Getting there & around

Getting there & away

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Water

Ferry

A car ferry departs five times daily from Pollonia for Kimolos at 9am, 11am, 2.15pm, 6.30pm and 10.40pm (per person €1.80, plus €1.50 for a moped, €3.20 for a motorbike and €8 for a car, 20 minutes).

From the main port of Adamas there are two ferries daily to Piraeus (€25, five to seven hours); Sifnos (€7, 1¼ hours, one daily), Serifos (€7.50, two hours) and Kythnos (€11.50, 3½ hours); and six weekly to Kimolos (€4.50, one hour).

Three times weekly a ferry sails to the Cretan port of Sitia (€21.60, nine hours) and then on to Karpathos in the Dodecanese (€33.40, 15 hours) and Rhodes (€34, 21 hours).

There are three weekly ferries to Folegandros (€7.10, 2½ hours) and Sikinos (€10.90, three hours), and two weekly to Paros (€11.40, 4½ hours).

There is one weekly ferry to Santorini (€15.60, four hours), Ios (€13.70, 5½ hours) and Syros (€11.70, eight hours).

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Boat

Fast boat & catamaran

One boat a day goes to Sifnos (€13.50, 1¾ hours) and Serifos (€14, 1¼ hours). At least one daily goes to Piraeus (€42, 3¾ hours).

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Air

There is a daily flight to/from Athens (one way €50, 40 minutes) with Olympic Airlines (22870 22380; fax 22870 21884; www.olympicairlines.com; airport), based at the airport. Flights are often heavily booked by people in mining and related businesses.

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Things to do