Patmos to Nisyros Ferry

By Dave Briggs

Useful Resources for Your Greek Island Trip

Patmos to Nisyros at a glance

Next published sailing: 13 May 2027

The next published sailing on this route is on 13 May 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 July (2 or 3 times a week).

Sailings a day, last 12 months

Tap a month to see how it ran

Month by month
MonthSailingsDays with a sailingHow often
October 202522 of 31less than once a week
November 202500 of 30no sailings
December 202500 of 31no sailings
January 202611 of 31less than once a week
February 202600 of 28no sailings
March 202600 of 31no sailings
April 202622 of 30less than once a week
May 202622 of 31less than once a week
June 202695 of 302 or 3 times a week
July 2026106 of 312 or 3 times a week
August 202684 of 31about twice a week
September 202694 of 302 or 3 times a week

October 2025 · this month, a year ago

Days with a sailing2 of 31
Sailings2 less than once a week
Usual departure13:05

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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.

Patmos to Nisyros takes about two and a half hours on the Dodekanisos Seaways catamaran Dodekanisos Express and up to five hours on the Blue Star Patmos, which calls at Leros, Kalymnos and Kos along the way. It is a run down the middle of the Dodecanese chain rather than a direct crossing. The catamaran is the quicker option but runs to a tighter seasonal schedule.

Nisyros is a small volcanic island, and its caldera with its steaming craters is the reason most people come. Ferries dock at Mandraki, the main village, a compact place of white houses beneath a monastery built into the cliff. Buses and taxis run up to the volcano, and the hill village of Nikia looks straight down into the crater.

The service runs only a couple of times a fortnight, so it needs planning around. Current departures and fares are shown in the table below. Kos is the usual staging point for Nisyros, with frequent short crossings from Kardamena and Kos Town.

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
13:0515:30Thuuntil 8 Oct 2026Dodekanisos SeawaysDodekanisos Express