Traveling by FERRY in Greece : Full Guide

How can you go from Santorini to Mykonos ? How long ahead should you book your tickets ? Should you print your tickets ? All the Greece ferry tips in this video.

Thanks ! 😊

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:52 Slow Ferries vs Fast Ferries (Blue Star Ferries vs Seajets)
2:03 How long ahead should you book your tickets
2:43 Economy Tickets vs Premium Tickets
4:09 How to book ferry tickets
5:07 How much baggage are you entitled to ?
5:34 Days to avoid (strikes and delays)
5:45 Winter Tickets (Nov to Mar)
5:55 Online checkin & Printing the ticket
6:17 How early to arrive at the ferry port ?
6:47 How to recognize your ship ?
7:58 Boarding
9:09 What to do on board

[nicolecox]

I have been following you for several months and I want to say that you have given me tons of tips. I am currently in Crete for 5 days, heading to Santorini, Mykonos and Athens and I wouldn’t be able to plan all of this without you and your wonderful videos. Thank you.

[mariosathens]

Nice video
an extra tip about the port of Pireus. This port is huge with many Gates, so check your ticket about your ship's "Gate" before going there. The distance between Gates is big and if you have baggages with you it will be harsh to walk a long distance. Also there is a small bus inside the port that take you for free from Gate to Gate.

[NXrevolution]

I just finished a 10 day vacation in Greece using a bunch of your guides and it was the best vacation I've ever had. Thank you so much! ❤

[jenniferp]

Thank you for everything you're doing on this channel. Your videos have been the most informative I've found- no one else even comes close!!! We were hoping to book your own tour in September, but it looks like you're taking a couple of months off. Our loss, but we truly appreciate all of your videos!

[martinz]

You are awesome Sebastian, thank you so much

[smileface]

This channel is fantastic. It is very informative and educational.

[nickloong]

I've tried the ferry service to travel to a couple of the islands, and I've got to say, it's everybody for themselves if you are on the economy class tickets. Grab whatever seats available before they're taken!😅😅

[whattodo]

Thank you thank you bro... Ur videos are amazing.... Ur detail information makes u feel relatble

[diannebennett]

We used ferry's and one internal flight last year....Never had any issues...Will do the same again this year...

[xaviw]

The ferries are a great way to get around between islands, but we had a great experience flying from athens to milos. The ferry was behind schedule, so all sense of politeness was out of the window. They were shouting lets go and hurry up at us, and the ship started moving before the last crew member got on board.

[ChristopherDavidGreen]

Great video, thank you! I am visiting Athens in August and we are planning to go to Naxos so this was all very informative and helpful ❤

[evyj]

Good explanation, thank you. Going in March 5th and based on the prices, round tripflight ticket costs only 120$can vs. Ferry 50€X2. I think I'll take the flight 😆.

[gogiberryyy]

you are so informative thank you so much for this video!

[realgreekexperiences]

Really nice video! Just a tiny comment, the only day when there is a certain strike is the 1st May - the other days are public holidays but this doesn't affect ferries, in fact sometimes more ferries are added around Easter. Safe travels!

[LeanneWilcox]

Thank you
Helpful and organised.
This will be used.

[GRSpyros]

In the start where you show fast and slow ferries minoan lines are fast as their ships have max speed of 31 knots and also golden star ones are the slow plus saronic which are slow one too

[LozMac]

Thanks Sebastian, very informative 👏🏼

[Mixos_place]

If you are on time poor look at sky express airplane tickets. They are both cheaper than the slow boat to Crete and Santorini saving me 8 hours and some change.This was for summer 2023

[DawnChristy]

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. I DIDNT SEE THE LINK FOR THE E-BIKE TOUR THO

[pvdppvdp]

As an experienced (+30 years) island hopper I NEVER book ferry tickets on line. Be it through company websites or through a broker like Ferryhopper. I always buy them in a local ticket office as I go along. Much easier to deal with those local people than with the company or a broker if there is a cancellation due to bad weather or a strike. But having said that I never travel in July and August.
Btw: don't travel without booking on the major routes from Piraeus in the days leading up to Easter Sunday and to Piraeus on the same routes the days after Easter Sunday.