Chios to Patmos Ferry

By Dave Briggs

Useful Resources for Your Greek Island Trip

The last known sailing on this route was on 26 August 2026.

No timetable beyond that date has been published yet. Greek operators often release the next season’s schedules only a few months ahead, so this can be a seasonal pause rather than the end of the route. Check whether it is currently available to book through Ferryscanner.

Historically, this route ran about 0.3 sailings a day in August 2025, about 0.3 sailings a day in July 2026, about 0.3 sailings a day in August 2026.

Chios down to Patmos is a long southbound leg on the Blue Star Ferries line, run by the Diagoras. It takes roughly seven hours on the faster routing and closer to eight and a half when the ship makes more calls, typically stopping at Samos and sometimes Fourni or Ikaria along the way. Expect a full day or overnight at sea on a conventional car ferry.

Patmos is a Dodecanese island whose port and main settlement is Skala, with the hilltop Chora above it. From the harbour you look up at the fortified Monastery of St John the Theologian crowning the ridge, and the Cave of the Apocalypse lies on the road between the two. The historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which has kept development unusually restrained for an island of its size and profile.

Sailings run a couple of times a week, so this is a route to plan around rather than take on spec. The current timetable and fares are listed below. Skala is well connected within the Dodecanese, with regular links on to Leros, Kalymnos, Kos and Rhodes.

Last published timetable

Shown as history: these sailings are no longer bookable, but they are how the route ran when it was last scheduled.

DepartsArrivesDaysValidOperatorVessel
09:1016:05Monuntil 24 Aug 2026Blue Star FerriesDiagoras
10:2519:05Weduntil 26 Aug 2026Blue Star FerriesDiagoras