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Coastal Shipping Companies - Ferries to Crete

Listed below the shipping companies that have ferry routes in Crete and the ports.

Chania

From Piraeus to Chania (at port of Souda) can come with shipping company ANEK Lines that departs daily.

Heraklion

From Piraeus to Heraklion there are more choices daily. Specifically:
From Piraeus, Milos and Santorini are executed itineraries by the ship Preveli of the company Aegeon Pelagos.

Sitia
From Piraeus, Milos and Santorini the same boat that goes to Heraklion continues to Sitia so there is an additional option.
More information at: http://booking.aegeonpelagos.gr
From Dodecanese: the ship PREVELI after Sitia continues to Dodecanese, so with the reverse route, one can start from Rhodes, Halki, Karpathos and Kasos to come in Sitia and Heraklion.
More about the routes at: http://web.anek.gr/portal/page/portal/ANEK_prod/Routes_Timetables.
 
Kasteli Kissamos
From Kythera: Another option to get someone in Crete is from Kythira, Antikythira, Gytheion or Piraeus by boat Vitsentzos Kornaros, 2 or 3 times a week, depending on the season.
About the routes: www.kythera.gr.
 
Rethymnon
The new shipping company Cretan Lines will start routes soon from Piraeus to Rethymnon after it took a license at 04/06/2012.
Information at: www.cretanlines.gr.

Further information about ferry schedules to Greece at: www.openseas.gr.