Mytilene to Izmir runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 18:30 and the last around 18:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 42m over 102 km, on services run by 1 operator 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
- 32%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Mytilene
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for September 25, 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 18:30First departure
- 18:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Departures on September 28, 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
16:0016:1796h 17m
17819SUPERFAST FERRIES6 changes
Μυτιλήνη → İZMİR (BASMANE)
SUPERFAST FERRIES timetable
Sailings on September 25, 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
18:3019:1040m
IDOVessel IDODirect
MITILINI (LESBOS) → DIKILI
from €35.00deck
E ticket
Fares on the crossing run from €35.00 to €35.00 on September 25, 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Ido 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 25, 2026
€35.00
IDO
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 Izmir. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Izmir for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Mytilene to Izmir
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
- €15.743 days
- €13.541 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 32 percent. The most expensive point is €15.74, 3 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 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Mytilene to Izmir and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
19:00 → 23:42
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
102 km
92 km as the crow flies, 11% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
28,322 → 2,938,292
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 102 km against 92 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Izmir is large, and the road in from ADB can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Izmir
Settled in advance, so the ride into Izmir costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Izmir Basmane
Most of the points near Izmir Basmane open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Mytilene to Izmir
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 Mytilene to Izmir?
The fastest journey from Mytilene to Izmir takes 4h 42m door to door, of which 3h 27m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 4h 51m, 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 Mytilene to Izmir?
The cheapest fare from Mytilene to Izmir is €11.88, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.89. 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 Mytilene to Izmir?
The cheapest way from Mytilene to Izmir is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 21, 2026. That journey takes 4h 57m 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 Mytilene to Izmir?
Fares from Mytilene to Izmir 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 32 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 Mytilene to Izmir?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Mytilene to Izmir, 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 Mytilene to Izmir?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Mytilene to Izmir, 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 Mytilene to Izmir?
1 operators sell services from Mytilene to Izmir across 1 mode: Ido. 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 Mytilene to Izmir?
Every service we sell from Mytilene to Izmir is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 4h 42m 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 Mytilene to Izmir use?
Services from Mytilene to Izmir by ferry leave from MITILINI (LESBOS) and arrive at IZMIR (ALL PORTS). 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 Mytilene to Izmir?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Mytilene to Izmir 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 Mytilene to Izmir on September 14, 2026: 102 km of route against 92 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 4h 42m 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 Izmir a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Izmir and across Türkiye
Day trips that leave Izmir in the morning and cover a good part of Türkiye by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Mytilene reaches 23 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 26 to 2,699 km. Izmir reaches 144 places in 36 countries, from 45 to 4,524 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Mytilene
- 23Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 19Operators
Arriving in Izmir
Leaving Izmir
- 144Places you can leave for
- 36Countries
- 32Operators