Santorini to Serifos Ferry Guide: Routes, Connections and Ferries

By Dave Briggs · Published 2020-12-08 · Last updated 2026-09-13

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There is usually at least one ferry per day, and on occasion two ferries per day sailing from Santorini to Serifos during the summer season. This Santorini Serifos guide has all the information you need to plan your trip between these two Greek islands.

Serifos island in Greece

Having dodged the mass-tourism bullet, Serifos has managed to maintain its peace and quiet. Sure, it does have a tourist season, but it's really nothing when compared to the more famous Cyclades islands of Santorini or Mykonos.

If you're looking for trendy beach bars and clubs, you'll need to start looking at other islands to visit after Santorini. If you like great food in unpretentious settings, amazing beaches, and hiking trails as I do, we may bump into one another in Serifos!

How to get from Santorini to Serifos

Like many other Greek islands in the Cyclades group, there's no airport on the Greek island of Serifos. The only way to get from Santorini to Serifos is by ferry.

During the summer tourist season, there is usually at least 1 direct ferry per day sailing to Serifos from Santorini. On some days, there may be 2 ferries.

These ferries to Serifos from Santorini have been operated in recent seasons by the ferry companies Zante Ferries and SeaJets.

Ferries to Serifos from Santorini

The trip duration can vary quite dramatically depending on which service you take. For example, the quickest ferry journey from Santorini going to Serifos takes around 3 hours and 25 minutes. The slowest vessel sailing to Serifos from Santorini island has travel times of 8 hours and 10 minutes.

You can generally expect faster ferries to have more expensive tickets prices, and this is the case with the Seajets. The Zante Ferries vessel, when it operates the crossing, has run less often than the Seajets.

The simplest place to look at schedules for Greek ferries is at the Ferryscanner website

What to see in Serifos Greece

Spending time in Serifos is more about experiences than ticking things off of a 'must see' list. As such, some suggestions of things to do in Serifos you should include in your vacation itinerary are:

• Spend time on the beaches (obviously!)
• Enjoy stunning views of Serifos from the ruined castle
• Wander the paths around the Chora
• Discover the mining history of Serifos on the hiking trails
• Taste the local specialties in a taverna

When should I get to the port in Santorini for this ferry?

Plan on being there half an hour before departure at the latest. Boarding itself only takes a few minutes, but it saves any panic if the port is busy.

Is it worth booking a cabin on the Santorini to Serifos ferry?

The slower sailings on this route run to over six hours, so a cabin is worth thinking about if you want somewhere quiet to sit out the journey. On the quicker boats a normal seat does the job.

Islands to visit after Santorini

If you're still planning how to spend your time island hopping in Greece, these other guides on islands near Santorini might be a useful read.

I hope this page has helped you plan your Greek island hopping itineraries. If you'd like more destination advice when it comes to booking accommodation or ferries, drop a comment below and I'll get back to you!

Dave Briggs
Dave is a UK travel writer living in Athens since 2015. With 20 years of firsthand travel experience and over 80,000 km of bicycle touring across six continents, he's been blogging at Dave's Travel Pages since 2005. Every guide is based on places he's actually been.

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