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Real, hand-curated info for the journeys travellers actually make — airport to port, port to island, mainland to mainland. Schedules, real prices, and the gotchas the big aggregator sites never mention.
The single busiest land-to-sea hop in Greece. Two trains for the same €9, a 24/7 express bus, yellow taxis and pre-booked private — full breakdown, operator-published prices, the gotchas.
The overnight workhorse to Crete: sail at 21:00, wake up in Heraklion at dawn. Deck fares from €35, cabins that sell out weeks ahead in August, plus a summer day boat — checked live in the operators' own engines.
Up to five boats a day: the big ship from €53 in about four and a half hours, or the high-speed from €87.70 in under three. Which one to pick, what the meltemi does to them, and when Rafina beats Piraeus.
147 km across Crete, about two hours by road. There is no direct bus, whatever you have read: you change in Heraklion, and that second ticket is the half everyone quotes. Fares, the two-leg bus route step by step, and three transfer quotes we pulled ourselves on the same day.
The easy one. A direct bus into town for €2.70, roughly every half hour from 05:50 to midnight, straight from the terminal — plus a direct service to Rethymno for €8.80. Operator fares throughout, and why Platanias is the one exception.
65 km east to Agios Nikolaos, 75 km to Elounda, about an hour either way. Published taxi fares, why Elounda needs three buses where Agios Nikolaos needs two, and the last local bus at 22:00 that strands people.
Two ANEK Lines sailings a day to western Crete, both about eight hours: a 10:00 day crossing and a 22:00 overnight, from around €37. Cabin prices, which Piraeus gate, and the 6.5 km you still have to cover after you dock.
27 km to Hersonissos, 39 km to Malia, half an hour by road. Published taxi fares per village, a coach every half hour until midnight once you reach the station, and the one thing to check before you pay for a transfer you already own.
80 km west, a €9.90 coach every hour until 22:30, and one station change nobody warns you about. Fares straight from the operator's own ticket system, why the fast express is no use here, and the case for flying into Chania instead.
The same crossing costs €15.50 on the big ferry or up to €99.70 on the high-speed, which saves about an hour and three quarters. When each one is worth it, why the cheap boat nearly vanishes in winter, and why you do not arrive at the cable car.
A direct €8.80 bus via Souda, 1 hr 30, and no change at all — but only five or six a day, and the times shift by weekday. Full departure board, plus why going via Chania town actually costs you more.
A new airport inland at Kasteli is set to replace Heraklion's and reset every transfer distance on the island at once. Where it is, when it might open, which resorts gain and which lose, and what nobody can honestly tell you yet.
More routes coming as we verify them — Athens Airport → Central Athens, Piraeus → Paros, Piraeus → Santorini, and the rest of the top-trafficked Greek transit hops.