Heraklio to Naxos Ferry

By Dave Briggs

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Heraklio to Naxos at a glance

Next published sailing: 3 April 2027

The next published sailing on this route is on 3 April 2027. The operators have published no sailings before that date. Over the last 12 months it had sailings in 8 of those months, busiest in September (1 or 2 a day).

Sailings a day, last 12 months

Tap a month to see how it ran

Month by month
MonthSailingsDays with a sailingHow often
November 202511 of 30less than once a week
December 202500 of 31no sailings
January 202600 of 31no sailings
February 202600 of 28no sailings
March 202600 of 31no sailings
April 20262626 of 30about one a day
May 20263131 of 31about one a day
June 20263030 of 30about one a day
July 20263131 of 31about one a day
August 20263331 of 31about one a day
September 20264730 of 301 or 2 a day
October 20263331 of 31about one a day

November 2025 · this month, a year ago

Days with a sailing1 of 30
Sailings1 less than once a week
Usual departure08:00

Planning a trip on this route?

Email us at [email protected] with the ferry route and the dates you want to sail. We will reply with the latest information, and send you one more email when the timetable is officially published.

Check the latest sailings on Ferryscanner

These are the sailings we recorded on this route from November 2025 to October 2026. They show what ran then, not a forecast: timetables change from year to year.

Heraklion and Naxos sit on opposite sides of open water, and this crossing is one of the more direct ways to move between Crete and the Cyclades without routing back through Piraeus first. It is not a route with dozens of daily departures competing for your custom -- check the schedule box above for the latest confirmed dates and you will usually find a single well-timed sailing rather than a choice of several.

Because there is only the one crossing to work with, it tends to anchor the rest of the day's plans rather than fit around them. Build your Heraklion morning or your Naxos arrival around it, and the rest of the itinerary falls into place.

Map showing the high-speed ferry route north from Heraklion on Crete across the Sea of Crete to Naxos Town on Naxos.

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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
08:0011:05Monuntil 2 Nov 2026SeajetsEurochampion Jet