Ios to Rafina Ferry

Ios to Rafina at a glance

Timetable not published yet

The last known sailing on this route was on 20 September 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. Over the last 12 months it ran from May to September, busiest in August (about one a day).

Sailings a day, last 12 months

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1. 0Oct
2. 0Nov
3. 0Dec
4. 0Jan
5. 0Feb
6. 0Mar
7. 0Apr
8. <1May
9. 1Jun
10. 1Jul
11. 1Aug
12. <1Sep

Month by month

Month	Sailings	Days with a sailing	How often
October 2025	0	0 of 31	no sailings
November 2025	0	0 of 30	no sailings
December 2025	0	0 of 31	no sailings
January 2026	0	0 of 31	no sailings
February 2026	0	0 of 28	no sailings
March 2026	0	0 of 31	no sailings
April 2026	0	0 of 30	no sailings
May 2026	1	1 of 31	less than once a week
June 2026	24	24 of 30	about one a day
July 2026	28	28 of 31	about one a day
August 2026	31	31 of 31	about one a day
September 2026	20	20 of 30	most days

October 2025 · this month, a year ago

Days with a sailing0 of 31

Sailings0 none

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 October 2025 to September 2026. They show what ran then, not a forecast: timetables change from year to year.

This is one of the longer domestic crossings in the Cyclades, running the length of the Aegean from Ios in the southern group up to Rafina on the Attic coast. It's a route built for people connecting the party-and-beach island of Ios with Athens without routing through Piraeus, and for anyone based near Rafina or Athens airport who wants a straight shot south into the islands rather than the busier Piraeus terminals.

At just over five hours, this is not a hop -- it's a proper sea journey, and worth planning your day around rather than squeezing in either side of other commitments. Golden Star Ferries runs the boat, and since no other company competes on this pairing, there's a single timetable to check rather than several to compare. Ios's port sits below the hillside town, a short bus or taxi ride from Chora and the beaches most visitors come for, while Rafina's harbour is a compact, easy-to-navigate affair on Attica's east coast, closer to the airport than central Athens and a far calmer place to arrive or depart than Piraeus at the height of summer.

Because there's normally just the one sailing a day rather than a run of options to choose between, it pays to build your travel day around the departure time rather than assume you can shift it. Check the schedule box above for the current confirmed sailing day and time each season, since operators file their timetables in stages and the details firm up as summer approaches.