Getting from Antipaxos to Elafonisos

If you are heading to Elafonisos from Antipaxos you are making your way from a tiny island in the Ionian Sea to a small island off the southern Peloponnese coast, on the opposite side of Greece. It has pink-tinged sand beaches that are among the finest in Greece and a setting of extraordinary natural beauty.

Take the ferry

There are no scheduled ferries from Antipaxos to Elafonisos. Antipaxos has no ferry port of its own and is accessible only by sea taxi from Gaios on Paxos. Elafonisos is accessible only by the short local ferry from Pounta on the southern Peloponnese. Getting there means taking the sea taxi from Antipaxos to Paxos, the ferry from Paxos to Igoumenitsa and then driving south through the Peloponnese via Patras, Corinth, Tripoli and Sparta to Pounta, where the 10 minute ferry to Elafonisos runs every 30 minutes in summer. The total drive from Igoumenitsa takes around 6 to 7 hours.

Getting there by air

Elafonisos has no airport. The nearest airport is Athens. Antipaxos has no airport either. Taking the sea taxi from Antipaxos to Paxos, the ferry from Paxos to Corfu and flying to Athens, then driving south to Pounta 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 drive south to Pounta for the short ferry across to Elafonisos. Having a car is essential as the KTEL bus connection to Pounta is complicated and infrequent. If you are traveling with a car, take the sea taxi from Antipaxos to Paxos and drive south through the Peloponnese to Pounta.