How to travel to Samos Island (Updated: October 2019)

My Samos Blog provides you with basic info on how to travel to Samos Island by airplane, by ship and around the island by bus.

TRAVELLING BY AIRPLANE

International flights from/to Samos Island

During tourist season (April 1 - October 31) hundreds of charter flights from various European countries arrive to the island. 

Click here to visit the website of Samos Airport

Here is an indicative list of airlines serving Samos:

- Blu-Express (for Italy)

- Condor (for Germany)
- Correndon Dutch (for the Netherlands)
- Eurowings (for Germany, Austria)

- TUI Fly Belgium (for Belgium)
- TUI Sweden (for Sweden, Denmark)

- Smartwings (for Czech Republic)

- TUI Airways (for the United Kingdom)
- Transavia (for the Netherlands)

- TUI Fly Nordic (for Norway)
- TUI Fly Netherlands (for the Netherlands)  
- Volotea (for Italy)

For each date of the year or for other cities of the world you can also choose Aegean Airlines for your flights to Samos Island (with a stop at Athens International Airport).

Click here to use an indicative search engine to find flights from any airport of the world to Samos airport.

Flights from / to Athens

With Aegean - Olympic Air or Astra Airlines

You can buy the cheapest tickets for Olympic Air - Aegean Airlines flights by using the Low Fare Calendar. To buy tickets for the other flights you can visit Astra Airlines or Sky Express websites.




Flights from / to Thessaloniki

With Olympic Air, Astra Airlines or Sky Express

Flights to / from Lesvos, Chios, Rodos, Limnos, or Heraclion Crete

With Sky Express

Visit Sky Express website to buy tickets for the flights of the previous table.

TRAVELLING BY BOAT

From Piraeus to Samos Island (Vathy), Kos and Rhodes

"Nissos Rodos" Ferry Boat

From Piraeus to Cyclades, Ikaria, Samos Island, North Aegean Islands and Kavala

"Nissos Mykonos" Ferry Boat

View the timetable of "Nissos Mykonos" ferry boat until September 30th, 2019.

Click here to purchase tickets for all ferry boats in Greece.

From Rafina, Attica to Karlovasi, Samos

"Aqua Blue" Ferry Boat

Routes from Rafina to Karlovasi Samos:

Departure from Rafina every Monday and Wednesday at 16:30.

Arrive in Karlovassi every Tuesday and Thursday at 01:45.

Routes from Karlovasi Samos to Rafina:

Departure from Karlovassi every Tuesday and Thursday at 05:00.

Arrive in Rafina every Tuesday and Thursday at 14:25.

From Pythagorion, Samos to Dodecanese islands

High-speed catamarans "Dodekanisos Express and Dodekanisos Pride"

Starting in April 2020

Nissos Kalymnos Ferry Boat

View the timetable of "Nissos Kalymnos" ferry boat until October 31st, 2019:

 

TRANSPORTATION BY BUS ON SAMOS ISLAND

Samos Public Buses (KTEL) bilingual (Greek-English) timetable starting from October 1, 2019:

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