You will find bellow information about ferries from/to Rafina, photos and description of the port.
Rafina is the second busiest port of Attica, after Piraeus. All year round, there are ferries from Rafina to Andros, Tinos and Mykonos.
About Rafina
Rafina is a lovely town on the eastern side of Attica. It has the closest port to the International Airport of Athens, as it is only 10 km from the airport and there are frequent buses for this connection. Rafina was first inhabited in the prehistoric times and it was one of the 100 municipalities of ancient Athens. It owes its name to its first governor and local hero, Arafina. The region was developed mostly after 1922, when refugees from Asia Minor settled there. Over the last years, the port of Rafina has grown into the second busiest port of Attica, after Piraeus, serving ferries to Cyclades.
About Rafina Port
Connected ports to Rafina
Andros - Crete, Heraklio - Crete, Rethymno - Folegandros - Ios - Mykonos - Naxos - Paros - Santorini (Thira) - Sikinos - Tinos
Port description
The second busiest port of Athens is Rafina. It is actually a small and lovely town to the north of Athens. It has a lovely waterfront, beautiful squares and many taverns to have a meal. It is located about 30 km from the centre of Athens, 40 km from the port of Piraeus and 10 km from Athens International Airport.
Destinations: The port of Rafina is the only port that serves ferries to Andros, as it is closer than Piraeus. There are also ferries to Tinos and Mykonos.
Directions
From the centre of Athens
By taxi: A taxi will normally take about 1 hour and 15 minutes to go from Omonoia/ Syntagma to Rafina. To get closer to Rafina, visitors can take the blue metro line to Nomismatokopio metro station and take a taxi from there. The trip from Nomismatikopio to Rafina will take about 35 minutes. The taxi fare (indicative) from Athens city centre to the port of Rafina is '50' 'EUR' (50 Euro) in day time and '65' 'EUR' (65 Euro) in night time (24:00-05:00).
By bus: As there is no metro line till Rafina, you have to take a bus to go there. Suburban (KTEL) buses to Rafina leave from Pedion Areos, in Athens centre. Buses usually leave every hour and the ride takes about 70 min, depending on traffic. To go to Pedion Areos, take the green metro line to Victoria station and then walk up Heiden street. Ticket price (2016): '2.40' 'EUR' (2.40 Euro).
Check for bus schedules from Athens Centre to Rafina Port and from Rafina Port to Athens Centre.
From Athens airport
By taxi: A taxi will take about 20 minutes to go from Athens airport to Rafina. There are taxi queues outside all airport gates. The taxi fare (indicative) from Athens airport to the port of Rafina is '35' 'EUR' (35 Euro) in day time and '50' 'EUR' (50 Euro) in night time (24:00-05:00).
By bus: Suburban (KTEL) buses depart from Athens airport and arrive in Rafina in about 30 minutes. Ticket price (2016): '3' 'EUR' (3 Euro).
Check for bus schedules from Athens Airport to Rafina Port and from Rafina Port to Athens Airport
