Getting from Agistri to Antipaxos

If you are heading to Antipaxos from Agistri you are making your way from a small pine-covered island in the Saronic Gulf 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 Agistri to Antipaxos. Antipaxos is accessible only by sea taxi or small boat from Gaios on Paxos, with the trip taking around 15 to 20 minutes. Getting to Paxos from Agistri means taking the Saronic ferry to Piraeus, the metro to Athens Airport and flying to Corfu, followed by the ferry from Corfu to Paxos taking around 1 hour 30 minutes.

Getting there by air

Antipaxos has no airport. The nearest airport is Corfu. Taking the Saronic ferry from Agistri to Piraeus, the metro to Athens Airport and flying to Corfu, followed by the ferry from Corfu to Paxos and then the sea taxi to Antipaxos, gives a total journey time of around 6 to 7 hours. In Greece, airlines do not operate direct inter island flights.

Your best option

Take the Saronic ferry from Agistri to Piraeus, fly to Corfu via Athens and take the ferry across to Paxos, then the sea taxi to Antipaxos. If you are traveling with a car, take the Saronic ferry from Agistri to Piraeus and drive northwest to Igoumenitsa for the daily car ferry to Paxos, as the Corfu to Paxos ferry does not carry vehicles. 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.