Seven island groups, four ferry operators, and 11,400 nautical miles of route-testing behind a single curated index — built by Athens-based locals who ride these crossings every season since 2009.
Each entry below is a region our 22 Athens- and Naxos-based planners cover every season — with the islands, ports, and crossings our team has personally ridden since 2009. Pick one to read its deep-dive, or hand us the whole arc and we'll build it.
The classic island-hopping arc. Our planners cover every Cycladic port — Piraeus, Rafína, the Naxos satellite base — and have ridden Blue Star, Hellenic Seaways, and SeaJets crossings in every wind direction.
Read the Cyclades guide →
The long-hop route from Piraeus through the eastern Aegean. We map every Dodecanese connection by season, including the smaller ferries to Tílos, Níssyros, and the Karpathos–Kasos–Crete triangle.
Read the Dodecanese guide →
A different sea, different ferries, different winds. We plan the Ionian as its own network — Venice–Igoumenítsa–Corfu routings, Kefaloniá–Zákynthos hop, and the Italy-to-Greece ferry options our agents book most.
Read the Ionian guide →
The closest islands to Athens, often skipped by tour operators. Our team treats the Saronic as a craft category — hydrofoil timetables, no-car islands, and the boutique guesthouses we return to each season.
Read the Saronic guide →Crete, the Sporades, and the North Aegean round out the seven. Tell us where you want to land — we'll build the route.
Plan My Greek TripA Greek island trip is really a sequence of ferry decisions. Our planners sequence the crossings you actually need — Blue Star ferries for the long hauls, Hellenic Seaways for the mid-range hops, SeaJets for the fast Cyclades links, and Anek-Superfast for the western gateways — so the trip reads as one journey, not a puzzle.
By the Numbers
Before you shortlist a region, here is the on-the-ground work that already backs every route we publish.
Founded in Athens in 2009 by ferry captain Nikos Vrettos and travel writer Elena Papadakis · 22 local specialists · offices in Plaka and Naxos town
Next Step
Drop us a rough region list from the seven groups above — Cyclades, Dodecanese, Ionian, Saronic, Crete, Sporades, North Aegean — and an Athens-based planner who actually calls that area home will map the ferries, stays, and connections, usually inside 48 hours.
