Rhodes to Athens ferry

Ferries from Rhodes to Athens start at €31.14 and take 14h 10m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Rhodes to Athens starts at €31.14 and takes 14h 10m door to door, run by 1 operator over 434 km, with around 11 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 14h 10mDoor to door
  • 12h 40mMoving
  • €31.14 to €67.99From
  • 15:00 to 17:00First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 49.9 kgCO2

First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for 17 September 2026, across 2 services on the day.

€31.14 to €67.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Sailings on 17 September 2026

Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.

  1. 15:0013:3022h 30m

    BLUE STAR FERRIESVessel BLUE STAR CHIOSDirect

    RODOSPIRAEUS

    from €59.00deckseat €64.00 €97.00

  2. 17:0008:2515h 25m

    BLUE STAR FERRIESVessel BLUE STAR 1Direct

    RODOSPIRAEUS

    from €93.00deckseat €98.00 €146.50

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Fares by date

What the operator is charging, by departure date.

17 September 2026

€59.00

BLUE STAR FERRIES

This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€24.54
  1. Blue Star BS280214:0413h 5m03:09EsperidesATHENS (ALL PORTS)

Door to door 14h 35mCO2 49.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Blue Star€24.5414h 2m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets
  • Blue Star

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Booking window

When to book Rhodes to Athens

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €28.9490 days
  2. €26.7460 days
  3. €28.9445 days
  4. €22.8930 days
  5. €24.5421 days
  6. €31.1414 days
  7. €38.847 days
  8. €67.993 days
  9. €56.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.89.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 197 percent. The dearest point is €67.99, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €35.54Sun
  2. €31.14Mon
  3. €33.89Tue
  4. €34.44Wed
  5. €41.59Thu
  6. €38.29Fri
  7. €41.04Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Rhodes

Ferry
  • Esperides
  • RODOS
  • RODOS (ALL PORTS)
  • Rhodes Town (Mandraki)
  • SKALA KAMIROU(RHO)

Athens

Ferry
  • ATHENS (ALL PORTS)
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 434 km against 434 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Rhodes at 06:09 and the last at 21:00, across 11 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Ferries against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 9m59m3h 10m€50.88110.0 kg32
Ferry14h 10m12h 40m1h 30m€31.1449.9 kg11

Questions about Rhodes to Athens

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Ferry from Rhodes to Athens take?

The Ferry from Rhodes to Athens takes 14h 10m door to door, of which 12h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 434 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Ferry from Rhodes to Athens cost?

The Ferry from Rhodes to Athens starts at €31.14 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €28.94. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Ferry from Rhodes to Athens?

1 operators run the Ferry from Rhodes to Athens: Blue Star. Between them they file around 11 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Ferry from Rhodes to Athens use?

The Ferry from Rhodes to Athens leaves from Esperides and arrives at ATHENS (ALL PORTS). Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Ferry the best way from Rhodes to Athens?

Travelling from Rhodes to Athens by Flight costs €50.88 and takes 4h 9m door to door, against 14h 10m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Ferry from Rhodes to Athens?

Fares for the Ferry from Rhodes to Athens bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.89. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 197 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Rhodes to Athens produce?

The Ferry from Rhodes to Athens produces about 49.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 434 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Ferry from Rhodes to Athens?

Operators on the Ferry from Rhodes to Athens publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 14h 10m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Rhodes to Athens on 14 September 2026: 434 km of route against 434 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €31.14, and 14h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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