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Travel to Schinoussa |
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There is no airport in Schinoussa, and no package tourism, and it will never be. Still it is easy to travel here.
BY INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTSIn my opinion, the easiest way is to go by air to Santorini, continue by ferry to Naxos, change ferry and travel on to Schinoussa. You can also fly to Athens and go by ferry from Athens' port at Piraeus. BY DOMESTIC FLIGHTSThe closest domestic airport are on Naxos.
Express Skopelitis leaves the small port of Mersini.
BY FERRYThe ferry service to and from Schinoussa follows the same pattern as for Amorgos and the neighbouring islands of the Small Cyclades. Schinoussa is best reached from Naxos, with the large ferries or with the mythical Express Skopelitis.
The legendary ferry Express Skopelitis on here way to the port of Schinoussa.
Express Skopelitis is a small local ferry with its home port in Katapola on Amorgos. It is small, it is slow, it seldom keeps to time and it is not the archipelago's funniest ferry to travel with. When it is a strong wind, nothing unusual in the Cyclades, you should avoid Express Skopelitis.
See pictures from a stormy trip with Express Skopelitis here » |
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However, it is a joy to travel with Express Skopelitis in good weather, you chugs along between the islands of the Small Cyclades, you sit close to the waterline and it feels like you are out with your own boat in the archipelago. Express Skopelitis runs the route Naxos, Iraklia, Schinoussa, Koufonissi and Amorgos all year round. Some departures also goes to Donoussa. The journey between Naxos and Schinoussa takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes, longer if the wind blows. In high season, Express Skopelitis runs six times a week, during low season three to four times a week.
The small port of Schinoussa.
In the cute port, fishermen often sit and mend their nets.
Do you think that Express Skopelitis feels insecure, or takes too long time, you can choose to go with Blue Star ferries from both Naxos and Piraeus. The ferries from Naxos leave late at night, usually you will arrive in the middle of the night. The ferries from Naxos start out from Piraeus, so if you start your journey in Athens you will arrive the same time.
Blue Star Ferries heading into the narrow port entrance at Schinoussa.
The port entrance is extremely narrow, so narrow that it seems to be impossible to go in with the big ferries. The ferries must turn in the roadstead and then reverse, it is only a few meters between the ferry and land, a real spectacle, whether you are on land or on board the ferry.
Ferry timetable for Schinoussa »Book boat tickets online here » |
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