Greece Travel Index Greek Islands
Transportation to/from Chios
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Transportation to/from Chios
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The Nissos Chios is a new and very modern semi-highspeed ferry that takes about 6 hours to get to Chios. It usually leaves Pireaus at about 8pm and stops in Syros and/or Mykonos around midnight and arrives in Chios at about 4am. If you are coming from Lesvos the boats leave at around 6 or 7 in the evening and arrive three hours later. The Nissos Chios leaves Lesvos at 8am and arrives at 10am on Chios. Saos lines has a couple ships that also go between Lesvos and Chios.
There are boats between Chios and Samos, Psara, Samothaki, Kavala, Alexandroupolis, Limnos, Ikaria, Thessaloniki, Kalymnos, Kos and Rhodes which go from once a week to several times a week. There is a boat once or twice a week from Lavrion, near Athens to the port of Mesta in Chios. There are daily boats to Turkey and the small island of Innousses as well. Chios has an airport with several daily flights to and from Athens on Aegean and Olympic Airways. As with all the islands I recommend using a Greek travel agency to book hotels, ferries and rental cars. For Chios I recommend Hahathakis Travel on Lesvos who cooperate with many hotels and local agencies in Chios. See www.greecetravel.com/hahathakis-tours
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There are at least two ferries a day from Pireaus to Chios. Most days the ferry boats leave Pireaus at around 6pm and arrive in Chios at the ungodly hour of 4am, too early to check into your hotel and too late to waste money paying for a full night. The NEL ferry is the Mytilini. ANEK runs the Lissos. Both are older ferries but in pretty
good shape. Get a cabin. In fact pay a little extra and get a LUX cabin.
For the schedules from Pireaus see