Páros to Íos runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 11:55 and the last around 18:55. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 7m over 46 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€11.88
When it runs, leaving Páros
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for 17 September 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 11:55First departure
- 18:55Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Sailings on 17 September 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
11:5514:102h 15m
BLUE STAR FERRIESVessel BLUE STAR DELOSDirect
PAROS → IOS
from €24.50seat €26.50
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
18:5520:201h 25m
SEAJETSVessel CHAMPION JET 1Direct
PAROS → IOS
from €68.70seat €68.70business seat €76.30VIP seat €86.80
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €24.50 to €86.80 on 17 September 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Blue Star runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this journey
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What the operator is charging, by departure date.
17 September 2026
€24.50
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.
The ferry gets you into Íos. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Íos for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from IOS and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Páros to Íos
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €11.883 days
- €11.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 0 percent. The dearest point is €11.88, 90 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 1 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Páros to Íos and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
46 km
42 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
5,289 → 2,024
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 46 km against 42 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Síkinos, Náxos, Mykonos, Folégandros. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
Íos is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near IOS
Most of the points near IOS open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Páros to Íos
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 it take to get from Páros to Íos?
The fastest journey from Páros to Íos takes 3h 7m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 3h 14m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Páros to Íos?
The cheapest fare from Páros to Íos is €11.88, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Páros to Íos?
The cheapest way from Páros to Íos is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on 14 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 8m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Páros to Íos?
Fares from Páros to Íos bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 0 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Páros to Íos?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Páros to Íos, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Páros to Íos?
September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Páros to Íos, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Páros to Íos?
2 operators sell services from Páros to Íos across 1 mode: Blue Star, Seajets. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Páros to Íos?
60 percent of the services we sell from Páros to Íos are direct. The rest connect at Síkinos, Náxos, Mykonos, Folégandros, with about 48 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Páros to Íos use?
Services from Páros to Íos by ferry leave from PAROS and arrive at IOS. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Páros to Íos?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Páros to Íos allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Páros to Íos on 13 September 2026: 46 km of route against 42 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 3h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Íos a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Íos and across Greece
Day trips that leave Íos in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Páros reaches 17 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 20 to 195 km. Íos reaches 14 places in 1 countries, from 15 to 198 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Páros
- 17Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Íos
Leaving Íos
- 14Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 5Operators