Getting from Antiparos to Agios Efstratios

If you are heading to Agios Efstratios from Antiparos you are making your way from a small quiet island in the Cyclades to one of the most isolated islands in Greece, 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 Antiparos to Agios Efstratios. Antiparos is connected only to Paros by a 7 minute ferry from Pounta running every 30 minutes in summer. Getting to Agios Efstratios means taking the short ferry from Antiparos to Paros, making your way to Piraeus and flying to Lemnos via Athens, followed by the ferry from Lemnos to Agios Efstratios taking around 1 hour 30 minutes and running 4 times a week. Alternatively, the direct overnight ferry from Lavrio to Agios Efstratios 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. Antiparos has no airport either. Taking the short ferry from Antiparos to Paros, making your way to Piraeus and flying to Lemnos via Athens, 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 short ferry from Antiparos to Paros, make your way to Piraeus and fly to Lemnos via Athens, then 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.