Getting from Spetses to Agios Efstratios

If you are heading to Agios Efstratios from Spetses you are making your way from a car-free island in the Saronic Gulf to one of the most isolated islands in Greece, sitting between Lemnos and Lesvos in the northern Aegean, on the opposite side of the country. It has a single rebuilt village and beaches that see almost no visitors outside a handful of Greeks who keep the place to themselves.

Take the ferry

There is no direct ferry from Spetses to Agios Efstratios. Getting there means taking the Saronic ferry from Spetses to Piraeus, which runs up to 10 times daily and takes around 2 to 3.5 hours, and then either flying from Athens to Lemnos and taking the ferry from Lemnos to Agios Efstratios, which takes around 1 hour 30 minutes and runs 4 times a week, or boarding the long Piraeus to Lemnos ferry, which runs around 3 times a week and takes around 12 to 15 hours, followed by the ferry to Agios Efstratios.

Getting there by air

Agios Efstratios has no airport. The nearest airport is Lemnos. Spetses has no airport. The nearest airport is Athens. Taking the Saronic ferry from Spetses to Piraeus, flying from Athens to Lemnos and then taking the ferry to Agios Efstratios gives a total journey time of around 5 to 6 hours. In Greece, airlines do not operate direct inter island flights.

Your best option

Take the Saronic ferry from Spetses to Piraeus and fly from Athens to Lemnos, then take the ferry across to Agios Efstratios. Check the Lemnos to Agios Efstratios schedule before booking your flights as the ferry runs only 4 times a week. Bring everything you need as the island has almost no facilities and that is entirely the point. Note that Spetses is car-free so if you are traveling with a car it would be at the mainland port of Kosta, from where you can drive to Piraeus and board the overnight Piraeus to Lemnos ferry.