Santorini (Thira) Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Water

Ferry

There are at least four boats daily to Naxos (€15.50, three hours), Paros (€16.50, three to four hours), Ios (€8.50, 1¼ hours) and Piraeus (€32.50, nine hours) and two boats a week to Tinos (€14, five hours), Kythnos (€19.70, eight hours) and Folegandros (€6.70, 1½ to 2½ hours). Change at Naxos for Amorgos.

Seven boats weekly go to Anafi (€6.90, one hour), Sifnos (€12.50, 7¾ hours), Sikinos (€9.80, 2½ hours), Iraklio (€15.10, 4½ hours) and Skiathos (€33.50, 18½ hours).

There are two weekly ferries running to Mykonos (€14, six hours), Milos (€15.50, four hours), Kimolos (€16.20, 3½ hours), Syros (€23, 5¼ hours), Serifos (€16.20, nine hours) and Thessaloniki (€41.10, 25 hours).

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Boat

Fast boat & catamaran

Daily services run to and from Ios (€16, 30 minutes), Naxos (€29, 1½ hours), Paros (€25.30, 2¼ hours), Mykonos (€28, three to four hours), Folegandros (€14, 45 minutes), Sifnos (€31, 1¾ hours), Iraklio (€30.90 1¾ hours) and Piraeus (€55.50, 5¼ hours).

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Air

Olympic Airlines (22860 22493; www.olympicairlines.com), at the airport, operates five flights daily in high season between Athens and Santorini (€79, 45 minutes).

Aegean Airlines (airport 22860 28500; www.aegeanair.com) has five flights daily between Athens and Santorini (€56 to €75, 45 minutes), four flights daily to and from Mykonos (€99, 45 minutes) and two flights daily to and from Thessaloniki (€118, 45 minutes), via Athens.

From Easter to September, Sky Express (28102 23500; www.skyexpress.gr) has at least four flights a week to Iraklio, Crete (€74, 30 minutes), four flights a week to Mykonos (€74, 35 minutes) and daily flights to Rhodes (€84, 40 minutes). Book online or enquire at travel agencies.

From June to September, AirSea Lines (21094 02012; www.airsealines.com) runs one seaplane every day, except Tuesday and Wednesday, between Lavrio and Santorini (€112, 1¼ hours) via Ios.

Until suspension of operations in July of 2007, AirSea Lines (21094 02012; www.airsealines.com) ran one seaplane flight a day from Thursday to Monday between Lavrio and Santorini via Ios. 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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