The company «‘PALEOLOGOS’ Shipping & Tourist Enterprises», a partner of the newspaper “The New Crete”, offers trips to Santorini.

Traveling from Crete, you can book tickets for Santorini on one of the following sites: ferries.gr or paleologos.gr.

Santorini is considered to be one of the most colorful and attractive islands of Greece. Millions of tourists from all over the world dream of visiting it at least once.

It is not difficult to organize your trip by yourself, and yet it is necessary to consider several important points. If there is a desire to take a rented car with you to Santorini, you need permission of the rental office. It also makes sense to clarify whether the ferry chosen by you will transport your car. In high season, you need to book a ferry ticket in advance, paying for it online. Santorini as a destination for travel enjoys incredible popularitythere is a risk of staying without a ticket.

Crete-Santorini ferry route will be useful in several cases for a trip to this fabulous Cycladic island. This mode of transport can be used if there is a fear of flying, and you want to make an exciting sea voyage or just do not like actual flight timing. Crete ferries run daily from Heraklion. Ferries from Rethymnon and Sitia run regularly, but not every day: “Prevelis”, a slow but large vessel. For a schedule see the above mentioned sites.

Several types of ferries run from Crete to Santorini: freight and passenger ferries and high-speed catamarans, which differ in capacity and the ability to take or not take a rented car on board (it all depends on the type of catamaran). On average a ferry overcomes the distance for 3.5 hours, a high-speed catamaranfor 2 hours.

There are several towns on the island of Santorini. Vessels coming from Crete to the island of Santorini arrive in the main port town of Thira. The schedule can be changed each year. The departure time may be changed for half an hour, as well as the days of arriving and departures, and the ferry boats. Check the schedule using the links on the official websites.

From Heraklion to Santorini

Catamaran Highspeed 7

https://hellenicseaways.gr/en/routes/view/38

Catamaran Sifnos–Champion Jet2

https://www.ferries.gr/sea-jets/heraklion-santorini-ios-naxos-mykonos-paros.htm

From Rethymnon to Santorini

Catamaran Sifnos Jet

https://www.ferries.gr/sea-jets/rethymno-santorini.htm

From Sitia to Santorini

https://tickets.ferries.gr/index.php?step=itinerarysearch&aff=ferries&lang=en

The tourists have different goals when arriving to Santorini from Crete. Many prefer one-day trips (a maximum of 2 days) and try to return to the evening in Crete. In this case, it is better to use a high-speed catamaran, so as not to spend many travel time. The day of the week also matters. The weekend is not a good time to go there, when the already crowded island is visited by the Greeks themselvesit is easier to find a ticket for Monday-Thursday.

If you are not limited in means, then you can also fly to Santorini by plane. From one island to another it takes by air just 45 minutes. Aircraft fly several times a day, and to find the perfect option will not be difficult. Tickets can also be ordered through the website: ferries.gr

Newspaper “The New Crete” № 7, 2018