frequently asked questions
1 How do we get to Paros?
- For traveling from Athens, you need to land in Athens by approx. 15.00 hrs to catch the usually last ferry per day to Paros around 17.00 hrs. Calculate around 1 1/2 hrs for the bus trip from the airport to the port of Piraeus. (It's the bus "E96" that goes every 20 mins from the airport and costs around 3 Euros per ticket - no need for the taxi-hassle!) Sometimes there are also boats from Rafina, too, but you'd need to check the boat schedule for that first.
- Coming from Santorini, it's best if you land by 11.00 hrs, then you'll be sure to get a ferry or speedboat the same day; sometimes there is also a ferry around 18.00 hrs from Santorini, but not every day.
- Coming from Myconos is a bit tricky, as there are daily boats but unless it is high season only very early in the morning (around 10.00 hrs), so usually there is no way around staying overnight on Myconos. There is no ground rule here either, so you'd have to check the ferry schedule there, too.
- You can also fly from Athens to Paros with one of the Olympic Airways "mosquitoes" (=up to 18 passengers), which flies approx. 3x a day, or the "Hellenic Star" airline that has planes for up to 50 passengers and flies approx. 3x a week. However, for this you have to apply to the travel agency where you book your flight, and beware that it is not easy to get seats. The flight takes approx. 35 minutes.
- Otherwise of course, if you are island hopping, you can get to Paros from almost all other islands, even places like Crete or Samos, and if there is not a direct boat, you get a connection from another island.
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Vassilis Balkas and team