Rafina to Ios Ferry

By Dave Briggs

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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. Check whether it is currently available to book through Ferryscanner.

Historically, this route ran about 0.8 sailings a day in August 2025, about 0.4 sailings a day in September 2025, about 0.8 sailings a day in June 2026, about 1 sailings a day in July 2026, about 1.2 sailings a day in August 2026, about 0.7 sailings a day in September 2026.

Ios sits between Naxos and Santorini, and the Golden Star Ferries service from Rafina reaches it in around four and a half hours aboard the Golden Princess. This is a conventional ferry, calling at other Cycladic ports on the way down, so there is deck space and a proper seating saloon rather than airline-style rows. Vehicles are carried, which the fast craft on competing routes cannot always manage.

The ferry berths at Ormos, the harbour village a couple of kilometres below the hilltop Chora. Buses shuttle up to the town and on to Mylopotas, the long sandy beach that most visitors are heading for. Ios has a long-standing reputation for nightlife in the Chora, though the rest of the island is considerably quieter than that suggests.

The route runs about once a day in season and shuts down outside it, so check the calendar before building a trip around it. Current departures and fares are shown below, with tickets from around €48. Ios is well placed for onward hops to Santorini, Naxos and Paros, all of which are short sailings from here.

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
07:2011:45Dailyuntil 20 Sep 2026Golden Star FerriesGolden Princess