Getting from Spetses to Kythnos

If you are heading to Kythnos from Spetses you are making your way from a car-free island in the Saronic Gulf to an island in the western Cyclades, on the opposite side of Attica. It has over 60 beaches and a medieval village at Driopida that hardly anyone outside Greece knows about.

Take the ferry

There is no direct ferry from Spetses to Kythnos. Kythnos is served primarily from Lavrio on the southeastern Attica coast. 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 driving or taking a taxi to Lavrio, around 45 minutes from Piraeus, for the ferry to Kythnos taking around 1 hour 10 minutes and running up to 5 times daily in summer.

Getting there by air

Kythnos has no airport. The nearest airport is Athens International, around 30 kilometres from Lavrio. Spetses has no airport. The nearest airport is Athens. Taking the Saronic ferry from Spetses to Piraeus and then making your way to Lavrio for the ferry to Kythnos gives a total journey time of around 4 to 5 hours. In Greece, airlines do not operate direct inter island flights.

Your best option

Take the Saronic ferry from Spetses to Piraeus and make your way to Lavrio for the ferry across to Kythnos. The proximity of Lavrio to Athens Airport makes it one of the most convenient island connections from the airport in Greece. 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 Lavrio for the ferry across to Kythnos, which avoids Piraeus entirely and takes around 2 to 2.5 hours.