Ferries from Athens to Aegina (and return)

The Aegina to Athens ferry schedule is available at the bottom of the article.

Aegina is located very close to Athens and is one of the most popular islands to take a day trip from Athens . Whether you want to buy pistachio directly from where it’s grown, or want to experience the island life without having to go to Mykonos or Rhodes, Aegina is a great vacation destination close to the capital.

The ferries are the only way to get there, so if you are planning to visit the island during the weekend right in the middle of the high season, make sure to book your ticket couple of days in advance.

Port of Piraeus

The port of Piraeus (or Pireas*) is large and can be a little confusing at first. Make sure to download the map available on the Ministry of Mercantile Marine page . Make sure to allow some time to find the gate once you get to the port.

All the ferries to Aegina depart from Port Gate Ε8 (the gate always appears printed on your ticket).

>>more information on Getting from Athens to Piraeus

Aegina or Egina ?

You’ll find the port on the island of Aegina spelled both as Aegina and Egina.

How long does it take to get from Athens to Aegina?

The journey between the port of Piraeus (Athens) and Aegina takes between 40 min and 1 h 5 min.

Is there a high speed ferry between Athens and Aegina?

Yes. The majority of ferries only take 40 min to get to Aegina.

How much does it cost to get from Athens to Aegina by ferry?

The only prices available online are for the high speed ferries (40 min journey). There’s only one class available: economic non smoking. The ticket costs €15,50 per person.

How many ferries per day depart from Athens to Aegina during the low season?

During the low season 2010, the following ferries run between Athens (Piraeus) and Aegina:

• daily at 7 a.m.
• daily except Sat & Sun at 7:15 a.m.
• daily at 8:50 a.m.
• daily except Sat & Sun at 10:10 a.m.
• daily at 11 a.m.
• daily at 12:50 p.m.
• Mon, Wed, Thu at 1:35 p.m.
• daily except Tue, Sat & Sun at 1:45 p.m.
• daily at 3 p.m.
• daily except Tue, Sat & Sun at 3:25 p.m.
• Mon, Wed, Thu at 3:25 p.m.
• daily at 5 p.m.
• daily except Fri, Sat & Sun at 6:05 p.m.

How many ferries per day depart from Athens to Aegina during the high season?

The high season technically starts in June but the numbers of ferries for each route start to increase in April (when the tourists start to arrive in Greece to celebrate Easter). The schedule is available online although the departure hours can slightly vary from week to week.

The following ferries depart from Athens to Aegina during the high season (June 5 to September 6/7):

• daily, at 6:10 a.m. (June 5 to Sept 7)
• daily, at 7 a.m. (until Sept 7)
• Sat & Sun, at 7:10 a.m. (June 30 to Sept 20)
• Mon to Fri, at 7:20 a.m. (June 1 to Sept 25)
• Mon to Sat at 7:30 a.m. (June 15 to Sept 7)
• Mon to Fri, at 7:40 a.m. (June 6 to Sept 25)
• Sat, at 7:45 a.m. (June 30 to Sept 19)
• daily, at 7:50 a.m. (June 5 to Sept 7)
• daily, at 8 a.m. (May 31 to Sept 19)
• daily at 8:30 a.m. (June 15 to Sept 7)
• Sun, at 8:40 a.m. (May 31 to Sept 20)
• daily, at 8:50 a.m. (until Sept 7)
• Sat, at 9:10 a.m. (May 30 to Sept 19)
• daily at 9:30 a.m. (June 15 to Sept 7); Sun, at 9:30 a.m. (slower) (May 31 to Sept 20)
• Mon at 9:45 a.m. (June 1 to Sept 21)
• daily at 10 a.m. (June 5 to Sept 7) (40 min)
• Tue to Fri at 10 a.m. (June 2 to Sept 25) (1h 5 min)
• Sat 10:10 a.m. (May 30 to Sept 19)
• Sun 10:25 a.m. (May 31 to Sept 20)
• daily at 10:30 a.m. (June 15 to Sept 7)
• Mon to Fri at 10:45 a.m. (June 9 to Sept 25)
• daily at 11 a.m. (until Sept 7) (40 min); on Sat (May 30 to Sept 25) (1h 5 min)
• Fri at 11:15 a.m. (June 5 to Sept 25)
• Sun at 11:25 a.m. (May 31 to Sept 20)
• Sat & Sun, at 11:30 a.m. (June 20 to Sept 6) (40 min); Mon to Thu & Sun (May 30 to Sept 24) (1h 5 min)
• daily at 11:50 a.m. (June 5 to Sept 7)
• Sun at 12 p.m. (May 31 to Sept 20)
• Sat & Sun at 12:30 p.m. (June 20 to Sept 6)
• daily at 12:50 p.m. (until Sept 7)
• daily except on Sat at 1 p.m. (May 31 to Sept 25)
• Sat at 1:15 p.m. (May 30 to Sept 19)
• daily at 1:30 p.m. (40 min) & on Sun (1h 5 min)
• daily at 2 p.m. (June 5 to Sept 7) (40 min); Mon to Fri (1h 5 min)
• Sun at 2:10 p.m. (May 31 to Sept 20)
• Sat at 2:15 p.m. (May 30 to Sept 19)
• Sat & Sun at 2:30 p.m. (June 20 to Sept 6)
• daily at 3 p.m. (until Sept 7) (40 min) & on Sun (1h 5 min)
• Fri at 3:10 p.m. (June 5 to Sept 25)
• Mon to Thu at 3:15 p.m. (June 1 to Sept 24)
• daily at 3:30 p.m. (40 min) & on Sat ( 1h 5 min)
• daily at 3:50 p.m.
• Sun at 4:15 p.m.
• daily at 4:30 p.m. (40 min); on Mon, Wed, Thu & Sat (1h 5 min)
• daily at 4:50 p.m.
• Sun at 5:05 p.m.
• Mon to Fri at 5:15 p.m.
• daily at 5:30 p.m. (40 min) & on Sat & Sun (1 h 5 min)
• daily at 6 p.m. (40 min) & on Fri ( 1h 5 min)
• Mon to Thu at 6:05 p.m.
• Sat at 6:15 p.m.
• daily at 6:30 p.m.
• Fri at 6:50 p.m.
• daily at 7 p.m.
• daily, at 7:30 pm.
• daily at 8 p.m.
• Sun at 8:05 p.m.
• Tue to Sat at 8:30 p.m. (40 min); & on Fri (1h5 min)
• Sun at 8:35 p.m.
• Sun, at 9:20 p.m.

All ferries in this list take 40 min to get from Athens to Aegina.

Are there any overnight journeys between Athens and Aegina?

No.

Where can I buy tickets from?

You can book your tickets online at most 2 months prior to departure. Apparently you can only book a high speed ferry (40 min). You can also book via a travel agent in your country or directly via a Greek travel agency.

Another good option is to buy your tickets direct from the port (Port Gate Ε1). Unless you plan to travel when everyone else is (weekends during the high season) there isn’t much need to book your tickets in advance.

Does everyone charge the same prices?

According to the web sites the prices you pay via their booking system are the same as the ones in the port. Even if there’s a difference, it’s not significant.

How about the ferries from Aegina to Athens?

The following ferries are available between Aegina and Athens during the high season (June 5 to September 6/7):

• Mon to Sat, at 6:40 a.m. (40 min)
• daily at 7 a.m.
• daily, at 7:30 a.m. (40 min)
• daily at 7:55 a.m.
• daily at 8 a.m.
• Sat at 8:25 a.m.
• daily, at 8:30 a.m. (40 min) & on Sun (1h 5 min)
• Mon to Fri at 9 a.m.
• daily at 9:05 a.m.
• daily, at 9:15 a.m. (1 h) & on Sun (1h 5 min)
• Mon to Fri at 9:30 a.m.
• Sun at 9:55 a.m.
• daily at 10:05 a.m.
• Sun at 10:20 a.m.
• daily, at 10:30 a.m. (40 min)
• daily at 11 a.m.
• Sat at 11:15 a.m.
• daily, at 11:20 a.m. (1 h)
• Tue to Thu & Sun, at 11:30 a.m.
• daily at 12 p.m. (40 min) & daily (1h 5 min)
• Sat & Sun, at 12:30 p.m. (40 min) & Mon to Fri (1h 5 min)
• Sun at 12:50 p.m.
• daily at 1:05 p.m.
• Fri at 1:20 p.m.
• Sat & Sun at 1:30 p.m. (40 min) & daily except on Fri (1h 5 min)
• daily at 2:05 p.m.
• daily, at 2:20 p.m. (1h)
• Sat at 2:45 p.m.
• daily at 3 p.m. (40 min) & on Sun (1 h 5 min)
• Sat & Sun at 3:30 p.m.
• daily at 3:45 p.m.
• daily at 4:00 p.m. (40 min) & on Sun (1 h5 min)
• daily , at 4:30 p.m. (40 min)
• Mon to Thu at 4:40 p.m.
• daily at 5:05 p.m.
• Fri at 5:10 p.m.
• daily, at 5:15 p.m. (1 h)
• Mon to Thu at 5:30 p.m.
• Sat at 5:50 p.m.
• daily at 6:05 p.m.
• Sun at 6:15 p.m.
• daily at 6:30 p.m. (40 min) & on Mon, Wed & Thu (1h 5 min)
• Sun at 6:45 p.m.
• Fri at 6:50 p.m.
• daily at 7 p.m. (40 min) & Mon to Thu (1h 5 min)
• daily at 7:15 p.m.(1h) & on Sun (1h 5 min)
• Fri to Sun at 7:30 p.m.
• Sat at 7:50 p.m.
• daily at 8 p.m.
• Sat at 8:20 p.m.
• Sun, at 8:30 p.m. (40 min)
• daily at 9 p.m.
• Sun at 9:35 p.m.

During the low season 2010, the following ferries are available from Aegina to Athens (Piraeus):

• daily excluding Wed, Fri & Sun at 7:25 a.m.
• daily at 8 a.m.
• daily except Sat & Sun at 8:35 a.m.
• daily at 10:10 a.m.
• daily at 12:00 p.m.
• daily except Tue, Wed, Thu at 12:10 p.m.
• daily except Sat & Sun at 1:30 p.m.
• daily at 2:10 p.m.
• daily at 4 p.m.
• daily except Sat & Sun at 4:45 p.m.
• daily at 6 p.m.

Important note:

Although the websites do their best to have the schedules updated it’s hard to do that since the ferry companies submit their schedules weekly to the Ministry of Mercantile Marine. Once you arrive in Athens, get a copy of the Athens News (newspaper in English) which prints the ferry schedule each Friday.

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>>Ferries from Athens to Patmos
>>Ferries from Athens to Santorini
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>>Ferries from Mykonos to Syros
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>> Ferries from Santorini to Mykonos
>> Ferries from Santorini to Naxos
>> Ferries from Alonissos to Skopelos
>> Ferries from Corfu to Patras
>> Ferries from Rhodes to Kos
>>Ferries to and from Santorini
>> Ferries from Athens to Paros
>> Ferries from Mykonos to Crete
>> Ferries from Santorini to Karpathos
>>Ferries from Thessaloniki to Lesvos
>> Ferries to and from Mykonos
>> Ferries from Mykonos to Paros (and return)
>> Ferries from Crete to Gavdos
>> Ferries from Santorini to Rhodes
>> Ferries from Santorini to Paros
>> Ferries from Mykonos to Ios
>> Ferries from Mykonos to Tinos
>> Ferries from Thessaloniki to Rhodes
>> Ferries from Athens to Naxos
>> Ferries from Athens to Thessaloniki
>> Ferries from Santorini to Syros
>> Ferries from Kavala to Thassos
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>> Ferries from Athens to Lesvos (Lesbos)
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Note:
* Pireas and Piraeus are exactly the same place, but you can find them spelled in both ways. All road signs though point to Pireas.