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From Athens Piraeus
From
Athens International Airport a taxi
or the metro should take approximately one
hour to reach the ferry port of Piraeus. An Express
Line E96 bus (24hour operation) runs to Plateia Karaiskaki,
Piraeus from the airport.
The journey time is around 40/50
minutes. Bus
timetables are available online for the return journey to Athens
and the airport.
From
Athens Rafina
From
Athens International Airport a taxi
should take approximately 40 minutes to reach the ferry port of
Rafina.
KTEL
operates an express bus service from Athens Airport to Rafina. The
service operates every 40 minutes on a daily basis,
from 06:00 to 21:20 and has only one stop on route at Loutsa. The
terminal for this bus route is located at the Arrivals level/ northern
gate Number 5 of the airport.
There
are scheduled bus services from Athens city centre and the operator
KTEL provides the timetables
online.
Ferries, Catamarans and hydrofoils
Santorini
is 94 nautical miles from Athens and services depart daily from
both Piraeus and Rafina with weekly and bi weekly services from
other islands. Timetables for all services are available
from Greek
Island Ferries (incorporates the major Greek ferry lines) or
GTP Net. Hydrofoil
information is available from Hellas
Flying Dolphins.
Arriving
Ferries arrive at the port of Ormos Athinios
and local ferries plus cruise ships at the ports of Skala Firas
and Ia.
Buses connect Ormos
Athinios with the island's capital Thira and also with the beaches
at Perissa and Kamari. At
Skala Firas you can climb up the 580 steps to Thira, use the cable
car or go up by mule.
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