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Limnos facts

  • General
  • Limnos Port
  • Limnos Ferries - Updated Jan 2018

Due to its strategic position near the Dardanelle straits and between Mount Athos and Turkey, Limnos has been since antiquity an important outpost. It has come under the rule of the Athenians, the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Genoese and the Turks before it was united with the rest of Greece in 1912. During World War I, the Allies used the island as a base for the Gallipoli campaign. The island spans 477.583 km2 (184mi2), has a population of 18.104 and Myrina is its capital and main port. Moudros is the 2nd largest town on the island but places like Portiano, Kaspakas, Atsiki, Katalako, Karpassi, Kodias, with its windmills and Poliohni with an archeological site pre-dating Troy are worth seeing. Limnos is an easy going island so its main attraction are its beaches like Platy, Thanos, Gomati, Kontopouli, and Tigani.

Interesting information about Limnos can be found through the Greek Travel Pages (GTP) and Wikipedia.

The island has one port:

  • Myrina, which is situated on the western side of the island.

There are frequent bus schedules that connect the port with the rest of the island.

Useful info: Limnos port authority tel.: +30 22540 25660, Greek Tourist Police: +30 22710 81539 (in Chios)

Travel times

Ferry from Athens to Limnos

  • Conventional ferries: Min 8 hours - Max 20 hours depending on the vessel and the route.

Ferry from Thessaloniki to Limnos

Conventional ferries: approximately 8 ½ hours

Limnos ferries schedule announcement

There are four, so called, "ferry schedule seasons":

  1. Winter ferry season 1st of November until 31 st of March.
  2. Spring ferry season 1st April - beginning of June.
  3. Summer ferry season beginning of June - mid September.
  4. Autumn ferry season rest of September - 31st of October.

Ferry connections and schedules for domestic routes, like to Limnos, are usually announced by most shipping companies, a couple of weeks before the beginning of each season.

From Piraeus:

  • Afternoon – Three times a week 1 conventional ferry.

Macedonia to Limnos ferry schedule frequency during summer

From Thessaloniki:

  • Morning – Once a week 1 conventional ferry.
Information concerning ports serving routes to Limnos can be found further down.

Ferry types operating routes to Limnos

Conventional car ferries

These vessels can be divided into two categories: the old ones and the modern ones.

The main differences between them are

  • their cruising speed
  • the quality of accommodation and services provided and
  • the prices

They are usually very big vessels, which also carry vehicles. Their advantages compared to the High Speed vessels, like the catamarans, are that they are more seaworthy, offer more "relaxed" accommodation and cabins and the passengers have the possibility to sit outside and enjoy their cruise around the Greek islands.

Ferry connections to & from Limnos

  • Piraeus (Athens main port) - click here for port information
  • Lavrio (Athens secondary port - East Attica coast) - click here for port information
  • East Macedonia & Thrace - Kavala
  • Macedonia – Thessaloniki
  • North Aegean – Agios Efstratios, Chios, Ikaria, Lesvos, Samos
  • Dodecanese islands: Patmos
  • Cyclades islands: Naxos, Paros

Note: Not all above connections operate throughout the year.

Ferry to Limnos prices

Prices quoted below concern 2017, for the most popular routes, in economy class and are indicative. Same prices apply v.v. These prices are subject to change without prior notice.


Athens – Limnos ferries Ferry types
Conventional ferry Hydrofoil/Catamaran*
Piraeus – Limnos ferry approx. 60€/adult --
Macedonia – Limnos ferries  
Thessaloniki – Limnos ferry approx. 30 €/adult --

*Note: Hydrofoils/Catamarans usually operate between May and October.

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Greek Ferries to popular destinations

Cyclades ferries:
Amorgos ferries,
Andros ferries,
Anafi ferries, Antiparos ferries, Folegandros ferries, Ios ferries, Kea ferries, Koufonissia ferries, Kythnos ferries, Milos ferries, Mykonos ferries, Naxos ferries, Paros ferries, Santorini ferries, Serifos ferries, Sifnos ferries, Sikinos ferries, Syros ferries, Tinos ferries.
Dodekanissos ferries:
Astypalea ferries, Chios ferries, Ikaria ferries, Chalki ferries, Kalymnos ferries, Kassos ferries, Kastelorizo ferries, Kos ferries, Leros ferries, Lesvos ferries, Lipsi ferries, Nissyros ferries, Patmos ferries, Rhodes ferries, Samos ferries, Symi ferries, Tilos ferries. Limnos Ferries.
Crete ferries:
Chania ferries, Rethymno ferries, Heraklio ferries, Agios Nikolaos ferries

Ionian ferries:
Zakynthos ferries, Kefallonia ferries, Ithaki ferries, Lefkada ferries, Paxi ferries, Kerkyra ferries.
Northern Sporades ferries:
Alonissos ferries, Skiathos ferries, Skyros ferries.

Saronic Gulf Islands ferries:
Egina ferries, Poros ferries, Hydra ferries, Spetses ferries.

Greek Ports serving major ferry routes

To Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanissos, Saronic Gulf:
Piraeus Port, Rafina Port, Lavrio Port.
To Northern Sporades:
Agios Konstantinos Port, Volos Port, Thessaloniki Port.
To Ionian:
Patra Port, Kyllini Port, Igoumenitsa Port.

Ferry Connections between Italy and Greece

Italy-Greece ferries:
Ancona port (Italy) - Patra Port (Greece), Ancona port (Italy) - Igoumenitsa Port (Greece), Bari port (Italy) - Patra Port (Greece) , Bari port (Italy) - Igoumenitsa Port (Greece), Brindisi port (Italy) - Patra Port (Greece), Brindisi port (Italy) - Igoumenitsa Port (Greece), Brindisi port (Italy) - Kerkyra (Corfu) Port (Greece), Brindisi port (Italy) - kefallonia Port (Greece), Venice port (Italy) - Patra Port (Greece), Venice port (Italy) - Igoumenitsa Port (Greece), Venice port (Italy) - Kerkyra (Corfu) Port (Greece).
Greece-Italy ferries:
Patra Port (Greece) - Ancona port (Italy), Patra Port (Greece) - Bari port (Italy), Patra Port (Greece) - Brindisi port (Italy), Patra Port (Greece) - Venice port (Italy) , Igoumenitsa Port (Greece) - Ancona port (Italy), Igoumenitsa Port (Greece) - Bari port (Italy), Igoumenitsa Port (Greece) - Brindisi port (Italy), Igoumenitsa Port (Greece) - Venice port (Italy), Kerkyra (Corfu) Port (Greece) - Brindisi port (Italy), Kerkyra (Corfu) Port (Greece) - Venice port (Italy).
Greek ports serving Greece - Italy routes:
Patra port, Igoumenitsa port, Kerkyra island, Kefallonia island.
Italian Ports serving Italy - Greece routes:
Venice port, Ancona port, Bari port, Brindisi port.

Ferry Connections between Greek Islands and Turkey

Chios island (Greece) - Cesme port (Turkey), Mytilini island (Greece) - Ayvalik port (Turkey), Kos island (Greece) - Bodrum port (Turkey), Rhodes island (Greece) - Marmaris port (Turkey)
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