Saturday, May 26, 2007

Travelling to Chios

Travel to Chios By Plane

One can either take the plane from Athens (Aegean Air or Olympic Airlines) or in the summer some charter planes departing from major european capitals. There are regular flights between the following European capitals

Charter flights to Chios

Hellas Wings From Oslo Norway directly to Chios Greece once a week

Jet Air From Brussels Belgium directly to Chios Greece once a week

Martin Air From Amsterdam Holland directly to Chios Greece once a week

Lauda Air From Vienna Austria directly to Chios Greece once a week


To Chios By boat

An alternative would be to take the boat from Piraeus, Lesvos, Kabala, Samos, Rodos or Cesme (Turkey). A very useful site to find boat schedules is Greek Travelers pages.
Some of the most often used routes
Pireaus (port of Athens) to Chios
Chios to Pireaus (port of Athens)
Lesvos (Mytilene) to Chios
Chios to Lesvos (Mytilene)
Samos to Chios
Chios to Samos
Ikaria to Chios
Chios to Ikaria

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

how long would it take to take a boat from athens to xios?

GiorgosK said...

Depending on the boat you takeit might be 6 hours and up to 10 hours.