Getting from Antiparos to Antipaxos

If you are heading to Antipaxos from Antiparos you are making your way from a small quiet island in the Cyclades 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 Antiparos to Antipaxos. Antiparos is connected only to Paros by a 7 minute ferry from Pounta running every 30 minutes in summer. 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 Antipaxos means taking the short ferry from Antiparos to Paros, making your way to Piraeus and flying to Corfu via Athens, followed by the ferry from Corfu to Paxos taking around 1 hour 30 minutes, and then the sea taxi to Antipaxos.

Getting there by air

Antipaxos has no airport. The nearest airport is Corfu. Antiparos has no airport either. Taking the short ferry from Antiparos to Paros, making your way to Piraeus and flying to Corfu via Athens, followed by the ferry from Corfu to Paxos and then the sea taxi to Antipaxos, gives a total journey time of around 8 to 9 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 Corfu via Athens, then take the ferry across to Paxos and the sea taxi to Antipaxos. If you are traveling with a car, take the short ferry from Antiparos to Paros and drive northwest to Igoumenitsa for the daily car 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.