Blue Star Ferries
The primary lifeline of the Aegean Sea, operating modern conventional cruise ferries connecting Athens (Piraeus and Rafina) with the Cyclades, Dodecanese, and North Aegean islands year-round.
Blue Star Ferries Routes
| Route | Crossing Time | Vehicles | Book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens (Piraeus) → Santorini (Thira) | From 6h 06m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus (Athens) → Mykonos | From 5h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus (Athens) → Paros | 4h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus (Athens) → Rhodes | 13h – 17h | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus (Athens) → Naxos | From 5h 20m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kos → Rhodes | 3h – 3h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Syros | From 3h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Tinos | About 5h 20m (via Syros) | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Ios | About 6h 45m (via Paros and Naxos) | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Amorgos | From 8h 30m (via Paros, Naxos and the Small Cyclades) | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Koufonisia | From 8h 25m (via Paros, Naxos, Iraklia and Schinoussa) | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Sitia | From 15h 25m (via Santorini, Anafi and Heraklion) | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Paros → Naxos | About 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Naxos → Santorini | About 2h – 2h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Paros → Santorini | About 3h 20m (via Naxos, Ios) | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ios → Santorini | About 1h | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Naxos → Ios | About 1h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Tinos → Mykonos | About 40m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Syros → Tinos | About 40m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Syros → Mykonos | About 45m direct; longer via Tinos | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Naxos → Amorgos | Varies (via Iraklia, Schinoussa, Koufonisia) | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Naxos → Koufonisia | Varies (via Iraklia, Schinoussa) | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Kos | From 11h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Patmos | From 7h 20m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Leros | From 8h 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Kalymnos | From 10h 14m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Karpathos | From 13h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Astypalea | From 8h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Symi | From 14h 25m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Chios | From 9h | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Mytilene (Lesvos) | From 12h 15m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Samos | From 9h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Ikaria | From 7h 04m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kavala → Lemnos | From 3h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Naxos → Donoussa | About 1h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Amorgos → Donoussa | About 45m (Donoussa – Aegiali) | Cars & foot passengers | |
| Amorgos → Koufonisia | 40m – 45m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Schinoussa → Koufonisia | About 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Iraklia → Schinoussa | 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Iraklia → Koufonisia | 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Iraklia | From 7h 20m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Schinoussa | From 7h 40m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Donoussa | From 7h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Anafi | 8h 05m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Santorini → Anafi | 1h 15m – 1h 20m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Kasos | From 12h | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Sitia → Kasos | 2h – 2h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Karpathos → Kasos | 1h 15m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Sitia → Karpathos | 3h 30m – 3h 45m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Rhodes → Karpathos | About 4h 20m (via Chalki and Diafani) | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Lipsi | From 8h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Nisyros | From 13h 15m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Tilos | From 14h 34m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Kastellorizo | From 22h 19m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Fourni | From 8h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Naxos → Syros | 3h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Paros → Ios | 2h 15m – 4h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Folegandros → Ios | 1h 15m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Milos → Paros | 5h 30m – 7h 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Heraklion (Crete) → Rhodes | 11h – 11h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Heraklion (Crete) → Karpathos | 6h 35m – 6h 45m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Mytilene (Lesvos) → Chios | 3h | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Chios → Mykonos | 9h 15m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Thessaloniki → Mytilene (Lesvos) | 10h 05m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Thessaloniki → Chios | 13h 15m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Rhodes → Santorini | 11h 40m – 15h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Heraklion (Crete) → Sitia (Crete) | 2h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Rhodes → Samos (Vathy) | 8h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kos → Samos (Vathy) | 4h 25m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Thessaloniki → Samos (Vathy) | 16h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Mykonos → Samos (Vathy) | 5h 30m – 5h 40m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Mykonos → Thessaloniki | 22h 50m (22h 20m back) | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Samos (Vathy) → Syros | 6h 05m – 6h 45m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kalymnos → Patmos | 2h 20m – 2h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kos → Syros | 7h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Leros → Syros | 5h 20m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Patmos → Syros | 3h 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Rhodes → Syros | 10h 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kalymnos → Syros | 6h 35m – 6h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Paros → Syros | 1h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria → Mykonos | 2h 25m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria → Syros | 3h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Amorgos → Schinoussa | 1h 25m – 1h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Astypalea → Naxos | 4h 15m – 4h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Astypalea → Paros | 5h 30m – 6h | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kalymnos → Symi | 5h 30m – 5h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Paros → Schinoussa | 2h 40m – 2h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Karpathos → Santorini | 6h 55m – 12h 25m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kasos → Rhodes | 5h 45m – 7h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kasos → Santorini | 5h 20m – 10h 45m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kalymnos → Lipsi | 1h 30m – 2h 15m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kalymnos → Nisyros | 2h 25m – 2h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kalymnos → Tilos | 3h 40m – 3h 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kos → Lipsi | 2h 45m – 3h 40m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Lipsi → Rhodes | 7h 10m – 9h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Lipsi → Symi | 5h 55m – 7h 45m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Mytilene (Lesvos) → Fourni | 7h 40m – 8h 20m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Mytilene (Lesvos) → Mykonos | 11h 20m – 11h 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Mytilene (Lesvos) → Samos (Vathy) | 5h 10m – 5h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Mytilene (Lesvos) → Syros | 12h 25m – 13h 05m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Mykonos → Fourni | 3h 25m – 3h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Nisyros → Symi | 2h 50m – 3h | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Samos (Vathy) → Chios | 2h 35m – 2h 45m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Symi → Tilos | 1h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Syros → Chios | 9h 50m – 10h 25m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Syros → Fourni | 4h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Fourni → Chios | 5h 05m – 5h 40m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Heraklion → Kasos | 5h 05m – 5h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Anafi → Karpathos | 5h 15m – 10h 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Anafi → Kasos | 3h 40m – 9h 15m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Anafi → Rhodes | 11h – 16h 45m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Rhodes → Sitia | 8h 20m – 9h 40m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Santorini → Sitia | 6h 45m – 8h 05m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Lipsi → Nisyros | 4h 20m – 4h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Lipsi → Tilos | 5h 35m – 5h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Heraklion → Anafi | 2h 50m – 3h 05m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Anafi → Sitia | 6h 15m – 6h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Kavala | 25h 45m – 26h | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kavala → Chios | 11h – 11h 25m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kavala → Fourni | 17h – 17h 05m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kavala → Ikaria | 17h 45m – 17h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kavala → Mykonos | 20h 35m – 20h 40m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kavala → Mytilene (Lesvos) | 7h 55m – 8h | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kavala → Samos (Vathy) | 14h 05m – 14h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kavala → Syros | 21h 45m – 21h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Astypalea → Kalymnos | 2h 15m – 2h 20m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Astypalea → Kos | 3h 25m – 3h 40m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Astypalea → Nisyros | 5h 05m – 5h 25m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Astypalea → Rhodes | 9h 40m – 10h | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Astypalea → Symi | 8h 10m – 8h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Astypalea → Tilos | 6h 20m – 6h 40m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria → Chios | 6h 05m – 6h 25m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria → Fourni | 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria → Mytilene (Lesvos) | 8h 50m – 9h 05m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Leros → Symi | 4h 55m – 5h 40m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Patmos → Symi | 6h 45m – 7h 25m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Amorgos (Aegiali) | 8h 30m – 8h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Halki | 22h 05m – 22h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Karpathos (Diafani) | 20h 05m – 20h 20m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Lemnos | 21h 50m – 22h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Samos (Karlovasi) | 9h 30m – 10h | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Piraeus → Thessaloniki | 27h 20m – 27h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kavala → Samos (Karlovasi) | 15h 25m – 15h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Amorgos (Aegiali) → Astypalea | 2h – 2h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Amorgos (Aegiali) → Naxos | 2h – 2h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Amorgos (Aegiali) → Paros | 3h 15m – 3h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Amorgos → Iraklia | 1h 45m – 1h 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Amorgos → Paros | 4h 20m – 4h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Anafi → Halki | 14h 05m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Anafi → Karpathos (Diafani) | 12h 05m – 12h 15m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Astypalea → Donoussa | 3h – 3h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Donoussa → Paros | 2h 20m – 2h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Iraklia → Paros | 2h 20m – 2h 25m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Thessaloniki → Fourni | 18h 40m – 19h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Thessaloniki → Ikaria (Evdilos) | 19h 45m – 20h 15m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Thessaloniki → Lemnos | 5h 30m – 5h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Thessaloniki → Samos (Karlovasi) | 17h 20m – 17h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Thessaloniki → Syros | 23h 25m – 23h 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria → Lemnos | 14h 10m – 14h 15m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria → Samos (Karlovasi) | 1h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria (Evdilos) → Chios | 6h 10m – 6h 20m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria (Evdilos) → Fourni | 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria (Evdilos) → Lemnos | 13h 45m – 14h 15m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria (Evdilos) → Mykonos | 2h 05m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria (Evdilos) → Mytilene (Lesvos) | 8h 45m – 8h 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria (Evdilos) → Samos (Karlovasi) | 1h 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria (Evdilos) → Samos (Vathy) | 3h 05m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Ikaria (Evdilos) → Syros | 3h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kastellorizo → Kalymnos | 11h 30m – 11h 40m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Karpathos → Halki | 2h 40m – 2h 45m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Karpathos (Diafani) → Halki | 1h 35m – 1h 45m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kasos → Karpathos (Diafani) | 2h 35m – 2h 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Karpathos (Diafani) → Rhodes | 3h 35m – 3h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Santorini → Karpathos (Diafani) | 13h 35m – 13h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kasos → Halki | 4h 35m – 4h 45m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kastellorizo → Kos | 10h 19m – 10h 20m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kastellorizo → Lipsi | 13h 25m – 13h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kastellorizo → Nisyros | 8h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kastellorizo → Symi | 5h 35m – 5h 45m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Kastellorizo → Tilos | 7h 25m – 7h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Koufonisia → Paros | 3h 25m – 3h 35m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Mytilene (Lesvos) → Lemnos | 4h 20m – 4h 25m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Mytilene (Lesvos) → Samos (Karlovasi) | 6h 45m – 6h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Lemnos → Chios | 7h 25m – 7h 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Lemnos → Fourni | 13h 25m – 13h 30m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Lemnos → Mykonos | 16h 50m – 17h | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Lemnos → Samos (Karlovasi) | 11h 50m – 12h 15m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Lemnos → Samos (Vathy) | 10h 30m – 10h 55m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Lemnos → Syros | 17h 55m – 18h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Mykonos → Samos (Karlovasi) | 4h 25m – 5h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Samos (Karlovasi) → Chios | 4h 05m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Samos (Karlovasi) → Fourni | 50m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Samos (Karlovasi) → Syros | 5h 35m – 6h 10m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
| Santorini → Halki | 15h 35m – 15h 40m | Cars & foot passengers | Book |
Blue Star Ferries sailing patterns
- Athens (Piraeus) → Santorini (Thira)
Daily Blue Star Ferries routes from Piraeus to Santorini; the journey takes from 6 hours 6 minutes. Ferries leave from gates E6 and E7.
Blue Star publishes exact departure times when booking; high-speed operators also sail in season.
Source: Blue Star Ferries Santorini destination page, checked 2026-10-02
- Piraeus (Athens) → Mykonos
Daily Blue Star Ferries routes from Piraeus to Mykonos; the journey takes from 5 hours 10 minutes. Ferries leave from gates E6 and E7.
Blue Star publishes exact departure times when booking; high-speed operators also sail in season.
Source: Blue Star Ferries Mykonos destination page, checked 2026-10-02
- Piraeus (Athens) → Paros
Daily Blue Star Ferries routes from Piraeus to Paros; the journey takes 4 hours 10 minutes. Ferries leave from gates E6 and E7.
Blue Star publishes exact departure times when booking; high-speed operators also sail in season.
Source: Blue Star Ferries Paros destination page, checked 2026-10-02
- Piraeus (Athens) → Rhodes
Blue Star Ferries runs daily routes between Piraeus and Rhodes, with a journey from 15 hours 40 minutes; exact departure times are shown when booking.
Source: Blue Star Ferries Rhodes destination page, checked 2026-10-03
- Piraeus (Athens) → Naxos
Daily Blue Star Ferries routes from Piraeus to Naxos; the journey takes from 5 hours 20 minutes. Ferries leave from gates E6 and E7.
Blue Star publishes exact departure times when booking; high-speed operators also sail in season.
Source: Blue Star Ferries Naxos destination page, checked 2026-10-02
- Piraeus → Syros
Daily routes to/from Syros
Source: Attica Group (Blue Star Ferries / Hellenic Seaways / ANEK) destination page, checked 2026-09-28
- Piraeus → Tinos
Daily routes to/from Tinos
Source: Attica Group (Blue Star Ferries / Hellenic Seaways / ANEK) destination page, checked 2026-09-28
- Piraeus → Ios
Blue Star’s booking system (Attica Group) on 4 November 2026: 89 sailings from Piraeus between 4 November 2026 and 4 September 2027, e.g. 04/11 07:25 → 16:30 on Blue Star 1 (Blue Star Ferries); 17/11 07:25 → 14:55 on Blue Star Naxos (Blue Star Ferries)
Fast Ferries’ FB Dionisios Solomos timetable shown on this page ran to 31 October 2026, and its winter timetable could not be read on 4 November; the times now come from Blue Star’s booking system (Attica Group), which sells Blue Star, Hellenic Seaways and ANEK sailings.
Source: Fast Ferries routes page, checked 2026-11-04
- Piraeus → Amorgos
Up to 3 routes each week to/from Amorgos
Source: Attica Group (Blue Star Ferries / Hellenic Seaways / ANEK) destination page, checked 2026-09-28
- Piraeus → Koufonisia
Up to 3 routes every week to/from Koufonisia
Source: Attica Group (Blue Star Ferries / Hellenic Seaways / ANEK) destination page, checked 2026-09-28
- Piraeus → Sitia
Up to 2 routes each week to/from Sitia
Source: ANEK Lines Sitia destination page, checked 2026-09-28
- Paros → Naxos
Daily routes to/from Paros and Naxos on Blue Star’s Piraeus lines
Source: Attica Group (Blue Star Ferries / Hellenic Seaways / ANEK) destination page, checked 2026-09-28
Vessels on these routes: Blue Star Delos, Blue Star Patmos, Conventional ferries, Conventional Ro-Pax ferries, Blue Star Paros, Blue Star Naxos, Blue Star Myconos, Blue Star 1, Blue Star Chios, Diagoras, Conventional car ferry (Blue Star fleet), Artemis, Nissos Samos, Nissos Rodos, Blue Star 2
Blue Star Ferries Network Map
194 routes on FerryConnect; 194 carry vehicles; 1 with overnight sailings.
Ports Blue Star Ferries Sails From
Onboard Passenger Amenities
🚗 Vehicle Regulations
Drive-on car decks available on all conventional vessels accommodating hundreds of tourist and resident vehicles.
🐕 Pet & Animal Travel Policy
Designated pet-friendly cabins and open-air kennels available. Small dogs in carriers permitted in interior spaces.