Getting from Antikythera to Agios Efstratios

If you are heading to Agios Efstratios from Antikythera you are making your way from one of the most isolated islands in Greece to another, sitting between Lemnos and Lesvos in the northern Aegean. It has a single rebuilt village and beaches that see almost no visitors outside a handful of Greeks who keep the place to themselves.

Take the ferry

There is no direct ferry from Antikythera to Agios Efstratios. Antikythera's ferry connections are limited to Kythira, Piraeus, Kissamos in Crete and occasional ports on the southern Peloponnese. Getting to Agios Efstratios means taking the ferry from Antikythera to Piraeus, which takes around 9 hours, and then either flying to Lemnos from Athens and taking the short ferry from Lemnos to Agios Efstratios, which takes around 1 hour 30 minutes and runs 4 times a week, or taking the direct overnight ferry from Lavrio to Agios Efstratios, which takes around 11 hours 50 minutes and runs 2 to 5 times a week.

Getting there by air

Agios Efstratios has no airport. The nearest airport is Lemnos. Antikythera has no airport, only a helipad. Taking the ferry from Antikythera to Kythira, flying to Athens and then Athens to Lemnos, followed by the ferry to Agios Efstratios, 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 ferry from Antikythera to Kythira, fly to Athens and then fly to Lemnos and take the ferry across to Agios Efstratios. Check the Lemnos to Agios Efstratios schedule before booking your flights as the ferry runs only 4 times a week. Bring everything you need with you as the island has almost no facilities and that is entirely the point.