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Heraklion to Piraeus-Athens

4 operators run this water, from 7 h 25 to 504 h 00 — a difference of 496 h 35 on the same crossing. Piraeus-Athens has an airport 20 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 — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

SeaJets Heraklion → Piraeus-Athens 321 km fast crossing 7 h 25 "fast" rate not held 43 km/h average
Minoan Lines Heraklion → Piraeus-Athens 321 km conventional crossing 9 h 30 daily 34 km/h average
Operator not recorded Heraklion → Piraeus-Athens 319 km crossing 9 h 34 daily 33 km/h average
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Heraklion → Piraeus-Athens crossing 504 h 00 rate not held
Anek Lines Heraklion → Piraeus-Athens 319 km crossing not held rate not held

Other ways to reach Piraeus-Athens

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

Aegina – Piraeus-Athens 35 min Aegean Flying Dolphins, Aegina Ferries
Agistri – Piraeus-Athens 50 min Aegean Flying Dolphins, Magic Sea Ferries
Methana – Piraeus-Athens 50 min Aegean Flying Dolphins, Magic Sea Ferries
Poros – Piraeus-Athens 1 h 05 Aegean Flying Dolphins, Alpha Lines
Hydra – Piraeus-Athens 1 h 10 Alpha Lines, Blue Star Ferries
Kythnos – Piraeus-Athens 1 h 35 Aegean Sea Lines, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Spetses – Piraeus-Athens 1 h 50 Alpha Lines, Blue Star Ferries
Syros – Piraeus-Athens 2 h 05 Blue Star Ferries, SeaJets
Ermioni – Piraeus-Athens 2 h 20 Blue Star Ferries, Hellenic Seaways
Tinos – Piraeus-Athens 2 h 25 Blue Star Ferries, SeaJets

And other ways to reach Heraklion

Santorini (Thira) – Heraklion 1 h 35 Blue Star Ferries, SeaJets
Sitia – Heraklion 2 h 15 Anek Lines, Blue Star Ferries
Anafi – Heraklion 2 h 55 Anek Lines, Blue Star Ferries
Ios – Heraklion 3 h 05 Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Naxos – Heraklion 3 h 20 Blue Star Ferries, SeaJets
Paros – Heraklion 3 h 35 Cyclades Fast Ferries, Hellenic Seaways
Katapola – Heraklion 4 h 07 SeaJets
Mykonos – Heraklion 4 h 20 Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Folegandros – Heraklion 4 h 30 SeaJets

Where else these quays go

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Heraklion–Piraeus-Athens 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. The choice between SeaJets at 7 h 25 and Fred Olsen Cruise Lines at 504 h 00 is mostly a price decision, and we hold no prices for either.

No departure times. A weekly rate is a lower bound on how often the crossing runs — never a clock.