Getting from Antipaxos to Syros

If you are heading to Syros from Antipaxos you are making your way from a tiny island in the Ionian Sea to the capital of the Cyclades, on the opposite side of Greece. It has a neoclassical port city of grand mansions and an opera house modelled on La Scala that is one of the most distinctive urban environments in the Greek islands.

Take the ferry

There are no scheduled ferries from Antipaxos to Syros. Antipaxos has no ferry port of its own and is accessible only by sea taxi from Gaios on Paxos. Getting to Syros means taking the sea taxi from Antipaxos to Paxos, the ferry from Paxos to Corfu, flying to Athens and then taking the Piraeus to Syros ferry, which runs up to 6 daily crossings in summer and takes around 2 hours on the fast boat.

Getting there by air

Syros has a small domestic airport with limited connections from 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 taking the Piraeus to Syros ferry or flying to Syros 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 sea taxi from Antipaxos to Paxos, the ferry from Paxos to Corfu, fly to Athens and take the Piraeus to Syros ferry. At around 2 hours on the fast boat it is one of the quickest Cyclades connections from Athens. If you are traveling with a car, take the sea taxi from Antipaxos to Paxos and drive to Piraeus for the conventional Piraeus to Syros ferry, which takes your vehicle directly to Ermoupolis port.