Ayvalık to Mytilene runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 08:45 and the last around 18:00. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 39m over 29 km, on services run by 4 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 Ayvalık
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for September 17, 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 08:45First departure
- 18:00Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Sailings on September 17, 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
08:4509:3045m
TURYOL S.S.Vessel CATAMARAN SAMOSDirect
AYVALIK → MITILINI (LESBOS)
from €35.00deck
E ticketPets carried
08:4509:3550m
JALEM TURVessel NAZLI JALE HSSDirect
AYVALIK → MITILINI (LESBOS)
from €35.00deck
Pets carried
09:0010:151h 15m
UGUR JALE LINESVessel SEDA JALEDirect
AYVALIK → MITILINI (LESBOS)
from €30.00deck
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
09:0010:201h 20m
TURYOL S.S.Vessel FOKAIADirect
AYVALIK → MITILINI (LESBOS)
from €30.00deck
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
09:3011:001h 30m
JALE TURIZMVessel FATIH JALEDirect
AYVALIK → MITILINI (LESBOS)
from €30.00deck
Vehicles carriedPets carried
18:0019:151h 15m
TURYOL S.S.Vessel KAPTAN SEVKETDirect
AYVALIK → MITILINI (LESBOS)
from €30.00deck
E ticketPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €30.00 to €35.00 on September 17, 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Jale Turizm runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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.
September 17, 2026
€30.00
TURYOL S.S.
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 Mytilene. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Mytilene for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Ayvalık to Mytilene
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 most expensive lead time is 0 percent. The most expensive 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 Ayvalık to Mytilene 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
29 km
26 km as the crow flies, 12% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
70,002 → 28,322
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 29 km against 26 km in a straight line, a detour of 12 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from MJT into Mytilene is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Mytilene
Settled in advance, so the ride into Mytilene costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
Mytilene is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Lesvos Intercity Bus Station
Most of the points near Lesvos Intercity Bus Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Ayvalık to Mytilene
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Ayvalık to Mytilene?
The fastest journey from Ayvalık to Mytilene takes 2h 39m door to door, of which 1h 9m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 2h 43m, 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 Ayvalık to Mytilene?
The cheapest fare from Ayvalık to Mytilene is €11.88, as of September 14, 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 Ayvalık to Mytilene?
The cheapest way from Ayvalık to Mytilene is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 15, 2026. That journey takes 2h 39m 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 Ayvalık to Mytilene?
Fares from Ayvalık to Mytilene bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 0 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ayvalık to Mytilene?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Ayvalık to Mytilene, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ayvalık to Mytilene?
September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Ayvalık to Mytilene, 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 service from Ayvalık to Mytilene?
4 operators sell services from Ayvalık to Mytilene across 1 mode: Jale Turizm, Jalem Tur, Turyol S.s., Ugur Jale 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 Ayvalık to Mytilene?
Every service we sell from Ayvalık to Mytilene is direct, with around 24 departures a day and a fastest journey of 2h 39m 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 Ayvalık to Mytilene use?
Services from Ayvalık to Mytilene by ferry leave from AYVALIK and arrive at MITILINI (LESBOS). 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 Ayvalık to Mytilene?
4 of the 4 operators we sell from Ayvalık to Mytilene 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 Ayvalık to Mytilene on September 14, 2026: 29 km of route against 26 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 2h 39m 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 Mytilene a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Mytilene and across Greece
Day trips that leave Mytilene in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ayvalık reaches 1 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 26 to 26 km. Mytilene reaches 23 places in 7 countries, from 26 to 2,699 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Arriving in Mytilene
Leaving Mytilene
- 23Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 19Operators