Getting from Mykonos to Kastellorizo

You're heading to the most remote inhabited island in Greece. Kastellorizo sits closer to the Turkish coast than it does to any other Greek island, a tiny speck of land with a population of a few hundred people and a harbour that looks like it was designed for a film set. It was, in a sense. Mediterraneo was shot here in the early nineties and the island has carried that cinematic quality ever since. Colourful neoclassical houses line the waterfront, the Blue Cave just offshore is one of the most beautiful sea caves in the Mediterranean and the atmosphere in the evenings when the harbour fills up with the entire island population is unlike anything else in Greece.

Take the ferry

There is no direct ferry between Mykonos and Kastellorizo. The connection goes via Piraeus and this is one of the longest ferry journeys in Greece, well over 20 hours in total. Kastellorizo is at the very end of the Dodecanese chain and even ferries that cover the full route do not always stop there. For almost every traveller, flying is the only realistic option on this route.

What about flying?

Kastellorizo has its own small airport and Mykonos has an airport so flying is the way to do this. The journey goes Mykonos to Athens and then Athens to Kastellorizo, with total travel time around 3 to 4 hours door to door. Flights to Kastellorizo are limited, operated by Olympic Air, and seats go fast in summer. Book as early as you possibly can because this is one of those routes where leaving it late means not going at all.

Your best option

Fly and book early. Kastellorizo rewards the effort it takes to get there in ways that are hard to describe until you are sitting at a table on that harbour in the evening with the lights of Turkey visible across the water. It is one of the most singular places in Greece and there is nowhere else quite like it.