A Luxurious Ferry Ride to Aegina Island, Greece

Day 1 – There are many island to visit but we were not sure which one to go. Therefore desiring to find out more about the numerous Greek island trips, we went to Port Pireaus via Athens subway – Metro Blue line, the second last subway station. We paid only 1.2 Euro for the ride, very reasonable compared to some parts of the world where passengers are charged by the distance they travel on the subway. In Athens, Greece, one METRO fare is charged regardless of the distance you travel and passengers will have 90 minutes to reuse their tickets which is a bargain when you need to do a couple of errands in the city.

At the Pireaus Port, we asked the ticket personnel about where we could go for a 1 day island visit. She gave us the names of four islands and we chose Aegean Island for a 1 night stay.

The next day, we bought our tickets online and took the Saronic ferry leaving at 5p.m. from Port Pireaus. A one way ticket was 19 Euro; for a return ticket, it was 24 Euro, much cheaper. This was the first time we went to visit a Greek island via a Greek ferry.

Wow, the interior cabin of the Saronic Ferry was beyond our expectation! It was modern and comfortably furnished with leather / leather like furniture with wide seatings designed for families and groups.

In addition to the large group seatings, there were also smaller seatings for 2 to 4 people.

A cafe called the Flocafe - where hot and cold beverages as well as sandwiches, salad and pastries could be purchased. The ferry ride was about an hour and 15 minutes.

We had lovely sunny weather and the ride was over before we even realized it! The first building we saw at the dock was a tiny church! How cute was that! We couldn't get over how many worshop places we have seen on this trip so far!

We got off the ferry at late afternoon on Aegean Island. We saw many nice trendy restaurnats along the waterfront and diners were obviously enjoying this tranquil island setting.

The sun was setting and we took our time strolling around by the waterfront, enjoying the lovely view on this island. There was a bus going to our hotel located on the other side of the island.

However, the service stopped at 6 p.m. We missed the town bus going to our hotel and thought to ourselves: no problem, we could order an Uber ride. When we tried to order the Uber, it came up to be Can $168.00! Even more expensive than our hotel for a night on this island.

Not willing to pay for that expensive Uber ride, we used our cell phone and asked AI what other alternative was there. AI told us not to use Uber, but go to where the taxi stand was near the port and asked them for a price for a ride to our hotel. We did just that! It costed only 20 Euros! AI saved the day for us! Thank you, Chat GPT!

By the time we got into the taxi, the sun had gone down and it was dark outside; we couldn’t see anything on our way to the hotel. The taxi ride was longer than we thought, more than 30 minutes.

We arrived at this oceanfront hotel and all the staff seemed to have gone to bed already. Finally, after waiting for sometime for the staff to arrive, we checked into our room and called it a night. Looking forward to spending a day on this island the following day.

RT, A Ferry Ride on the Saronic Ferry Athens, Greece, 042026