Getting from Antipaxos to Arki

If you are heading to Arki from Antipaxos you are making your way from a tiny island in the Ionian Sea to one of the smallest inhabited islands in Greece, in the northern Dodecanese between Patmos and Lipsi, on the opposite side of the country. It has no cars, no proper roads and an atmosphere of complete isolation.

Take the ferry

There are no scheduled ferries from Antipaxos to Arki. Antipaxos has no ferry port of its own and is accessible only by sea taxi from Gaios on Paxos. Arki is connected to the wider network through Patmos and Lipsi, with local ferries calling a few times a week in summer. Getting there means taking the sea taxi from Antipaxos to Paxos, the ferry from Paxos to Corfu, flying to Athens and then flying to Leros, followed by the local ferry to Arki via Lipsi, which takes around 1 to 2 hours.

Getting there by air

Arki has no airport. The nearest airports are Leros and Kos. Antipaxos has no airport either. Taking the sea taxi from Antipaxos to Paxos, the ferry from Paxos to Corfu and flying to Athens and then Athens to Leros, followed by the ferry connection to Arki, 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 sea taxi from Antipaxos to Paxos, the ferry from Paxos to Corfu, fly to Athens and then fly to Leros and take the local ferry across to Arki. Check the schedule before booking your flights as connections to Arki run only a few times a week in summer. Come entirely self-sufficient as the island has almost no facilities and the isolation is the whole point of being there.