Mykonos Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Water

Ferry

Mykonos has two ferry quays: the Old Port, 400m north of town, where some conventional ferries and smaller fast ferries dock; and the New Port, 2km north of town, where the bigger fast ferries and some conventional ferries dock. This is not a hard and fast rule, and when buying outgoing tickets you should always double-check which quay your ferry leaves from. There are bus connections to the New Port from the northern bus station and the Old Port (€1.20, 10 minutes); a taxi to the New Port is €4.

Mykonos has daily services to Rafina (€21.40, 4½ hours) via Tinos (€4.50, 30 minutes) and Andros (€11, 2½ hours), and to Piraeus (€24.50, six hours) via Tinos and Syros (€7, 1½ hours).

There are three ferries a week to Santorini (€15, six hours).

There is one ferry a week to Thessaloniki (€37.30, 18½ hours) and Crete (€23.90, 13 hours).

There are three ferries a week to Samos (€21.50, 4½ hours) and Ikaria (€15.50, 2¼ hours).

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Boat

Fast boat & catamaran

There are at least three daily services connecting Mykonos with Tinos (€9.50, 15 minutes). Four daily services go to Rafina (€39.90, two hours) and three go to Piraeus (€48, three hours) and Syros (€15, 30 minutes). There are three daily services to Paros (€17, one hour), which connect with services to Naxos (€19.50, 1½ hours), Santorini (€28, three to four hours) and Ios (€26.10, 2¾ hours). One service daily continues to Iraklio on Crete (€47.90, five hours).

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Air

Olympic Airlines (22890 22327; www.olympicairlines.com), based at the airport, runs two to three flights daily between Athens and Mykonos (€70, 40 minutes).

Aegean Airlines (22890 28720; www.aegeanair.com), also at the airport, has daily flights to Athens (€74, 40 minutes) and Thessaloniki (€88, one hour).

Sky Express (28102 23500; www.skyexpress.gr) has about four flights a week to Iraklio (€99, one hour and 30 minutes) via Santorini (€74, 35 minutes) and one flight a week direct to Iraklio (45 minutes). It also runs four flights a week to Rhodes (€119, two hours) via Santorini. You can book tickets through Mykonos Accommodation Centre.

Until suspension of operations in July of 2007, AirSea Lines (toll free 801 11 800 600; www.airsealines.com) ran one seaplane flight a day from Thursday to Monday between Lavrio and Mykonos. It also ran one flight daily, Thursday to Monday, between Mykonos and Kalymnos, and Kos. Due to upgrading requirements the company suspended its Aegean schedule in July 2007. The schedule was still suspended at the time of research. The company states, however, that it will resume its Aegean service as soon as possible and travellers are advised to check the company website.

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