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Destinations Vessels Ports of Call Companies Dates Operated Aegina: Aero 1 Highspeed, Aero 2 Highspeed, Aero 3 Highspeed, Flying Dolphin Athina, Flying Dolphin Venus I, Flyingcat 5, Flyingcat 6, Nissos Aigina, Foivos, Achaeos, Apollon Hellas, Poseidon Hellas, Antigone
Blue Star Maritime S.A., operating under the brand name Blue Star Ferries, is a Greece-based company founded in 1993 [1] which provides ferry services between the Greek mainland and the Aegean Islands. Blue Star Ferries is the biggest ferry company in Greece, serving more than 20 destinations.
Symi island seen from above, with Turkey in the background. Symi is part of the Dodecanese island chain, located about 41 kilometres (25 miles) north-northwest of Rhodes and 425 km (264 mi) from Piraeus, the port of Athens, with 58.1 square kilometres (22.4 sq mi) of mountainous terrain.
For the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, 13 cruise ships were docked in Piraeus to serve as floating hotels. [41] Piraeus consistently ranks in the top 10 cruise destinations in Europe and the Mediterranean. Piraeus has been the top cruise destination in Greece for the tenth consecutive year, beating Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes, and Crete. [42]
The island's tourism in the early 1950s generally took the form of small numbers of wealthy tourists on yacht cruises though the Aegean. The island's children would present arriving passengers with flowers and bid them happy sailing by lighting small lanterns along the steps from Fira down to the port, offering them a beautiful farewell spectacle.
Celestyal Cruises has two cruise ships: [11] the MS Celestyal Discovery and the MS Celestyal Journey. The cruise line operates out of Athens, Greece [12] offering itineraries on a 3,4- and 7-night basis [13] around the Greek islands, Turkey, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It is reported that it carried 115,000 guests in 2019. [14]
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