By Plane
The website of Athens International Airport, www.aia.gr, is a useful resource for domestic airline schedules. Olympic Air (tel. 810/114-4444 and 210/966-6666, official Greek phone numbers that are rarely answered; www.olympicair.com) offers daily flights between Athens and the Santorini airport Monolithos (tel. 22860/31-525), which also receives European charters. Aegean Airlines (tel. 810/112-0000; www.aegeanair.com) also has several flights daily between Athens and Naxos, Santorini. A bus meets most flights and takes passengers into Naxos town (2€).
By Boat
The websites www.gtp.gr and www.openseas.gr are useful resources for ferry schedules. From Piraeus, there is at least one daily ferry (6 hr.) and one daily high-speed ferry (4 hr.). Check schedules at the Athens GNTO (tel. 210/870-0000; www.gnto.gr), the Piraeus Port Authority (tel. 210/451-1311, -1440, or -1441), or Naxos Port Authority (tel. 22850/22-300). Boats are notoriously late and/or early; your travel or ticket agent will give you an estimate of times involved in the following journeys. There is at least a once-daily ferry connection with Ios, Mykonos, Paros, and Santorini. There is ferry connection several times weekly by high-speed ferry or hydrofoil with Siros, Tinos, and Samos, and somewhat less frequently with Sifnos and with Folegandros. For ferry tickets, try Zas Travel (tel. 22850/23-330), on the paralia opposite the ferry pier.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.
