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Hydrofoil ferries from Piraeus take only forty minutes to reach Aegina; the regular ferry takes about an hour, with ticket prices for adults within the 4–15 euro range. There are regular bus services from Aegina town to destinations throughout the island such as Agia Marina. Portes is a fishing village on the east coast.
Hellenic Seaways, ANES, Saronic Ferries, Aegean Flying Dolphins Year - Round Aegina (Souvala) Antigone none: Saronic Ferries Year - Round Aegina (Agia Marina) Aero 1 Highspeed, Aero 2 Highspeed, Aero 3 Highspeed, Magic I none: Hellenic Seaways, Magic Sea Ferries Seasonal Agkistri
MFD was renamed to Hellas Flying Dolphins in the summer of 2001 [14] and Hellenic Seaways in 2005, following the consolidation of its subsidiaries Hellas Ferries, Saronikos Ferries, and Sporades Ferries. [citation needed] Minoan Lines continued to own a large stake exceeding 30% in Hellenic Seaways until 2018, when it was sold to Attica Group. [15]
MS Express Samina (Greek: Εξπρές Σάμινα) was a French-built RoPax ferry that struck the charted Portes Islets rocks in the Bay of Parikia off the coast of Paros island in the central Aegean Sea on 26 September 2000. The accident resulted in 81 deaths [4] and the loss of the ship. The cause of the accident was crew negligence, for ...
Many mainland Greeks have vacation homes in the Saronic Islands, which are regularly served by ferries from the Athen's port of Piraeus and the Peloponnese. [1] Salamis, the largest island of the group, is where the ancient Greek navy defeated the Persians in the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC.
Nina Andersson, from Sweden, and Derek Barclay, from Scotland, both embarked on European railway adventures in the summer of 1990. The two strangers kept crossing paths and their connection became ...
Agistri is a pine-covered island in the Saronic Islands group. Agistri is very close to the larger Saronic island of Aegina. The island can be reached from Aegina by a number of boats in just ten minutes. These boats include the Agistri Express and a number of small "water taxis".
NorthLink Ferries (also referred to as Serco NorthLink Ferries [1]) is an operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, as well as ferry services, between mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Since July 2012, it has been operated by international services company Serco.