At last – the ferry times for Santorini to Crete and Crete to Santorini

Starting April 9th 2009 – the high speed catamaran service

Crete (Heraklion port) > Santorini > Ios > Paros >Mykonos.

09.45 In the morning depart Heraklion port Crete – arrive 11.25 Santorini

17.45 (5.45 PM) In the afternoon depart Santorini – arrive in Crete at Heraklion port at 19.25 (7.25 PM).

Prices remain the same as last year

This information will soon appear in Schedule form at
www.CreteTravel.com/ferries

Online ticketing at www.hellenicseaways.gr

Ferry Schedules have started to be updated (from 12 March 2009) and will continue to be added to over the next week – including sailings to Santorini, Crete and Athens (Pireas/Piraeus).

Santorini >
http://www.cretetravel.com/To_and_from_Crete/Ferries_Crete_Santorini.htm

Crete – still updating, ongoing as new schedules are compiled, announced and confirmed >
http://www.cretetravel.com/To_and_from_Crete/Ferries_Crete.htm

Plain sailing !

Ferries on ANEN’s route Kissamos-Kythira-Githio are not running.

In effect this appears to be the reason: the ferry service is run with a financial subsidy to make it worthwhile. For the winter season this subsidy has not yet been renewed/granted. We await developments.

Sails 5-6 days/week from Heraklion to Santorini (in about 2 hours)
and Rethymno to Santorini on Tuesdays.

See the details and times here:
http://www.cretetravel.com/To_and_from_Crete/Ferries_Crete_Santorini.htm

(update published 20 May 2005)

The ship built in 1996 (a good year) has a capacity of 600 pasengers and 148 cars and travels at speeds up to 30 knots.

The route :
Heraklion – Ios – Santorini – Pireas – and return
Rethymno – Santorini – Pireas – and return

Starting by at least June 17 this year, a new “Flying Dolphin” mega-sized Catamaran will come into service offering a 4.5 hour travel time from Chania to Piraeus and vice versa. This is a new route for Hellas Flying Dolphins.

Planned schedule is:

Piraeus-Chania departure at 15.45 hours, arriving Chania at 20.15 hours
Chania-Piraeus departure at 20.45 hours, arriving Piraeus at 01.15 hours (why couldn’t it be at a more civilized time of day, I ask? )

But look at the improvements, the coming of age of travel in Greece…..decent travel times ( and judging by the similar services already existing….higher standards of service).

There will be Economy, Business and VIP class (sign me up for VIP now…) sections.

The daily sailings will accommodate over 800 passengers and 150+ cars.

Prices have not been announced yet…

Check at www.dolphins.gr or our friends at www.ferries.gr in a week or two, for prices.

Of course the guide to Crete http://www.cretetravel.com will have more info as soon as we receive it…or prize it out of Hellas Flying Dolphins! Hi boys…!

New ticket kiosks (bright new white huts actually) have been positioned in Sougia, Agia Roumelli, Sfakia and Loutro.

These are smarter (though hut-like) new ticket kiosks. Sale of tickets normally commences 10 -20 minutes before ferries arrive.

In sfakia tickets are now sold from the new kiosk above the village – in the large parking area where the KTEL bus stops and turns for its return journey.
In Loutro tickets are on sale at the kiosk by the ferry jetty.

Simple MAPS see -
for Sfakia http://www.cretetravel.com/Sfakia/Sfakia_map.htm
for Loutro http://www.cretetravel.com/Loutro/Loutro_map.htm

All ferries in Loutro now embark and diesmbark from the ferry jetty. This avoids the previous nerve-wracking approach to the beach, edging between swimmers and canoists. There is no more of the unfcertainty as to where the ferry will dock. Safer, better and more reliable.

Ferry schedules – bang up to date – are available at http://www.cretetravel.com/ferries .