Milos Island Travel Forum

Hi,
We would like to visit the islands of Milos and Sifnos from Santorini in May 07.
Has anybody tried this? and if so is it feisable in 2 weeks? We would travel from Athens but the flights for us from our local airport are too expensive! Santorini for us is a better option.
Thank you for any help.
Chriskin

The LANE ferry Vitsenzos Kornaros sails from Santorini direct to Milos on Thursdays and Fridays at 10:00PM and arrives in the island of lovers about 4 hours later. This schedule hasn't changed for some time. If there are any discrepancies between the current schedule and the one of June they will most likely be minor, i.e., the departure time may change to 11:00PM instead of 10:00PM or the other boat of the company, Ierapetra, may substitute for Kornaros.

You probably won't find the ferry schedules online because some ferry companies (including LANE) do not publish their final schedules until about 3-4 weeks in advance.

You may wait to make your online booking a week or two in advance of your departure date, or even the last minute through a travel agent in Santorini. If you travel prior to June 15, you are virtually guaranteed there will plenty of space available, so there is no cause for panic if the ferry schedules haven't shown up online yet. :)

Here is what the ferry schedule from Santorini to Milos looked like in June of last year:

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Day, Month
Ferry
Departure time - Arrival time

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Tuesday, June 20th
Dimitroula
05:30 AM - 11:10AM

Saturday, June 24th
SuperJet
12:10 noon - 14:15

Sunday, June 25th
SuperJet
8:30AM - 10:25AM

Monday, June 26th
Romilda
10:00AM - 15:40PM

Tuesday, June 27th
Dimitroula
05:30 AM - 11:10AM


Please note that the Cretan ferries of L.A.N.E. are not included in the above schedule.
The L.A.N.E. ferries, most notably Ierapetra, will have a revised schedule most likely after June 15th. Up until now, the Ierapetra schedule from Santorini to Milos has been:

Thursdays
Departs 10:30PM - Arrives 2:00AM

Sundays
Departs 10:30PM - Arrives 2:00AM
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As for Sifnos, there is daily connection between the two islands. Conventional ferries make the Milos-Sifnos trip in 1.5 hours, while the high speed catamarans take only 45 minutes.


- Andreas