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Route Β· GR

Athens (Rafina) to Ios

1 operator run this water, from 4 h 25. Ios has an airport 36 km from the quay, so this is a crossing you can make one way and fly the other.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks β€” the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Golden Star Ferries Athens (Rafina) β†’ Ios 195 km conventional crossing 4 h 25 rate not held 44 km/h average
Golden Star Ferries Athens (Rafina) β†’ Ios 182 km crossing not held rate not held
Operator not recorded Athens (Rafina) β†’ Ios 182 km crossing not held rate not held

Other ways to reach Ios

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Ios without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Sikinos – Ios 10 min Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Andros – Ios 15 min Golden Star Ferries
Kea – Ios 15 min Blue Star Ferries, Hellenic Seaways
Lavrio – Ios 15 min Blue Star Ferries, Hellenic Seaways
Thirasia – Ios 15 min Blue Star Ferries
Folegandros – Ios 30 min Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Santorini (Thira) – Ios 40 min Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Naxos – Ios 45 min Blue Star Ferries, SeaJets
Paros – Ios 1 h 10 Blue Star Ferries, Golden Star Ferries
Thira (Santorini) – Ios 1 h 10 Blue Star Ferries

And other ways to reach Athens (Rafina)

Andros – Athens (Rafina) 1 h 05 Cyclades Fast Ferries, Golden Star Ferries
Tinos – Athens (Rafina) 2 h 10 Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Mykonos – Athens (Rafina) 2 h 40 Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Paros – Athens (Rafina) 3 h 25 Cyclades Fast Ferries, Golden Star Ferries
Naxos – Athens (Rafina) 4 h 15 Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Santorini (Thira) – Athens (Rafina) 5 h 20 Golden Star Ferries

Where else these quays go

Also from Athens (Rafina)

Andros Β· Evdilos Β· Folegandros Β· Heraklion Β· Iraklia Β· Karlovassi Β· Katapola Β· Koufonissi Β· Mykonos Β· Naxos Β· Paros Β· Rethymno Β· Santorini (Thira) Β· Schinoussa

Also from Ios

Amorgos Β· Anafi Β· Andros Β· Crete Β· Folegandros Β· Heraklion Β· Katapola Β· Kea Β· Kimolos Β· Koufonissi Β· Kythnos Β· Lavrio Β· Milos Β· Mykonos

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Athens (Rafina)–Ios crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.