Getting from Aegina to Antipaxos

If you are heading to Antipaxos from Aegina you are making your way to a tiny island just south of Paxos in the Ionian Sea, on the opposite side of Greece. It has beaches of a quality that would be famous if they were anywhere more accessible.

Take the ferry

There are no scheduled ferries from Aegina to Antipaxos. No Ionian island is connected by sea to any Saronic island. The island is accessible only by sea taxi or small boat from Gaios on Paxos. Getting to Paxos from Aegina means taking the Saronic ferry from Aegina to Piraeus and then flying to Corfu, from where the seasonal ferry to Paxos takes around 1 hour.

Getting there by air

Antipaxos has no airport. The nearest airport is Corfu. Taking the Saronic ferry from Aegina to Piraeus, the metro to Athens Airport and flying to Corfu takes around 50 minutes in the air, followed by the seasonal ferry from Corfu to Paxos taking around 1 hour and the sea taxi to Antipaxos taking around 15 minutes. Total travel time is around 5 to 6 hours.

Your best option

Take the Saronic ferry from Aegina to Piraeus, fly to Corfu and take the ferry across to Paxos, then the sea taxi to Antipaxos. If you are travelling with a car, fly to Athens, drive to Igoumenitsa and take the daily ferry to Paxos from there. Antipaxos is most rewarding as a day trip or overnight from Paxos rather than a standalone destination as facilities on the island are almost nonexistent.