Travelling to Greece Post Camino

MichaelNW

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• May 19, 2015

• #1

For those of you who know the ins and outs of European travel I have a question. I have friends on the island of Antiparos in Greece. After my walk I would like to go visit. Antiparos is a tiny island next to Paros. The only way to get there is by ferry. One can fly or ferry to Paros from Athens or one can fly to Mykonos and ferry to Paros. There are also ferries from Santorini. So here is question - how can I get there from Santiago de Compostela as cheaply as possible.

 

Ekelund

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• May 19, 2015

• #2

Alsa does have international busses but according to their website it seems like they don't go to Athens. Maybe get a cheap flight out of SDC or Madrid to Athens?

 

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whariwharangi

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• May 19, 2015

• #3

Athens Airport - See travellers info/Airlines and click search to see drop down list of destinations available from Athens.
https://www.aia.gr/traveler/

Aena manages airports in Spain. Each airport has a list of destinations and the airlines that serve them.
http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite/HomeAena

If I were you I would go from Santiago by plane, train, or bus to either Bilbao, Madrid, or Barcelona and fly to Athens from there.

Rome2Rio is a good tool to research transport options.
https://www.rome2rio.com/

 

angeliki louk

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• May 19, 2015

• #4

MichaelNW said:

For those of you who know the ins and outs of European travel I have a question. I have friends on the island of Antiparos in Greece. After my walk I would like to go visit. Antiparos is a tiny island next to Paros. The only way to get there is by ferry. One can fly or ferry to Paros from Athens or one can fly to Mykonos and ferry to Paros. There are also ferries from Santorini. So here is question - how can I get there from Santiago de Compostela as cheaply as possible.

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Hallo!!!! Well since I am from grecce I can give u the information!!! First of all antiparos is a great small island and you will really enjoy it!!! From santiago u can fly to Madrid with Ryanair the cost is 69€ and from Madrid to Athens with Aegean air and the cost is 140€. Well these are the flights that I took last year to return and I am also talking this year to return from santiago.
Buen camino!

 

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NicoZ

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• May 19, 2015

• #5

MichaelNW said:

For those of you who know the ins and outs of European travel I have a question. I have friends on the island of Antiparos in Greece. After my walk I would like to go visit. .

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When? During the summer your choice of flights soars. OTOH it's likely getting late for the good prices. Vueling out of Barcelona . They tend to have sales. The other airlines may have flights from different airports. The problem is you need to combine the cost of getting to the airports and the flight.

If you're going off season it may be cheaper to do some strange routing. There may be more flights out of London for example at a cheap price. Meaning it ends up saving you money to fly first to London.

 

MichaelNW

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• May 19, 2015

• #6

Oh sorry - didn't think about timing - April - like sometime between 15-30 2016.

 

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NicoZ

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• May 19, 2015

• #7

MichaelNW said:

Oh sorry - didn't think about timing - April - like sometime between 15-30 2016.

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On the upside you've got plenty of time. On the downside less flights during April.

If I was you I'd go to the Vueling ,Ryanair and Easyjet website. Sign up for the email ads they send out. The first two have sales fairly often. You'll have to wait but when you see a sale jump on it.

 

MichaelNW

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• May 20, 2015

• #8

Thank you all!!!