Rhodes to Sými runs about 9 times a day, with the first departure around 08:30 and the last around 18:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 4m over 44 km, on services run by 3 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 Rhodes
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.
- 08:30First departure
- 18:30Last departure
- 9Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Departures on 28 September 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
13:0014:101h 10m
17599ATTICA BLUE STAR FERRIESDirect
Ρόδος → Symi
ATTICA BLUE STAR FERRIES timetable14:0002:2512h 25m
17948ATTICA BLUE STAR FERRIES1 change
Ρόδος → Symi
ATTICA BLUE STAR FERRIES timetable
Sailings on 17 September 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
08:3009:551h 25m
DODEKANISOS SEAWAYSVessel PANAGIA SKIADENIDirect
RODOS → SYMI
from €24.00seat
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09:0010:201h 20m
SEBECO LINESVessel SEBECODirect
RODOS → SYMI
from €20.00deck
E ticketPets carried
10:3011:501h 20m
SEBECO LINESVessel SAONISOSDirect
RODOS → SYMI
from €20.00deck
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12:0013:251h 25m
DODEKANISOS SEAWAYSVessel PANAGIA SKIADENIDirect
RODOS → SYMI
from €24.00seat
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
12:2013:401h 20m
SEBECO LINESVessel SEBECODirect
RODOS → SYMI
from €20.00deck
E ticketPets carried
15:3016:551h 25m
DODEKANISOS SEAWAYSVessel PANAGIA SKIADENIDirect
RODOS → SYMI
from €24.00seat
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
16:0017:201h 20m
SEBECO LINESVessel SAONISOSDirect
RODOS → SYMI
from €20.00deck
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
18:0019:201h 20m
SEBECO LINESVessel SEBECODirect
RODOS → SYMI
from €9.00deck
E ticketPets carried
18:3020:101h 40m
SAOS FERRIESVessel SAONISOSDirect
RODOS → SYMI
from €7.40deck
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Fares on the crossing run from €7.40 to €24.00 on 17 September 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Dodekanisos Seaways 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
€7.40
DODEKANISOS SEAWAYS
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 Sými. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Sými for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Rhodes to Sými
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 Rhodes to Sými and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
16:00 → 19:04
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
44 km
40 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
56,128 → 2,354
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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 44 km against 40 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Who runs this route
Sými is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near SYMI
Most of the points near SYMI open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Rhodes to Sými
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 Rhodes to Sými?
The fastest journey from Rhodes to Sými takes 3h 4m door to door, of which 1h 36m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 3h 10m, 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 Rhodes to Sými?
The cheapest fare from Rhodes to Sými 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 Rhodes to Sými?
The cheapest way from Rhodes to Sými is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on 14 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 6m 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 Rhodes to Sými?
Fares from Rhodes to Sými 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 Rhodes to Sými?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Rhodes to Sými, 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 Rhodes to Sými?
September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rhodes to Sými, 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 Rhodes to Sými?
3 operators sell services from Rhodes to Sými across 1 mode: Dodekanisos Seaways, SAOS Ferries, Sebeco Lines. 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 Rhodes to Sými?
Every service we sell from Rhodes to Sými is direct, with around 27 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 4m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Rhodes to Sými use?
Services from Rhodes to Sými by ferry leave from Esperides and arrive at SYMI. 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 Rhodes to Sými?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Rhodes to Sými 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 Rhodes to Sými on 13 September 2026: 44 km of route against 40 km in a straight line, 27 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 3h 4m 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 Sými a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Sými and across Greece
Day trips that leave Sými in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Rhodes reaches 152 places in 31 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 3,343 km. Sými reaches 6 places in 1 countries, from 40 to 399 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rhodes
- 152Places you can leave for
- 31Countries
- 78Operators
Arriving in Sými
Leaving Sými
- 6Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators