Getting from Agathonisi to Antipaxos

If you are heading to Antipaxos from Agathonisi you are making your way from the northern Dodecanese group 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 Agathonisi to Antipaxos. Antipaxos is accessible only by sea taxi or small boat from Gaios on Paxos. Getting to Paxos from Agathonisi means taking the local ferry to Leros or Samos, flying to Athens and then either flying to Corfu and taking the seasonal ferry to Paxos, which takes around 1 hour, or flying to Preveza and connecting via Igoumenitsa.

Getting there by air

Antipaxos has no airport. The nearest airport is Corfu. Taking the local ferry from Agathonisi to Leros or Samos, flying to Athens and then Athens to Corfu, followed by the seasonal ferry from Corfu to Paxos taking around 1 hour and the sea taxi to Antipaxos taking around 15 minutes, gives a total journey time of around 7 to 8 hours. In Greece, airlines do not operate direct inter island flights.

Your best option

Take the local ferry from Agathonisi to Leros or Samos, fly to Athens and then 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.