3 Sailings Weekly
2 h 50 minLimnos - Samothraki ferry route details
Samothraki ferry terminal is 76 km northeast of Limnos. This corresponds to a distance of 41 nautical miles.
| Ferry route: | Limnos - Samothraki |
| Port of departure: |  Limnos |
| Destination port: | Samothraki |
| Departures: | 3 times a week |
| Ferry companies: | Zante Ferries |
Samothraki
Samothrace attracts with numerous small, original beaches from the black pebble Kipos Beach to the popular Pachia Ammos. Poseidon is said to have watched the Battle of Troy from Mount Fengari. From the village of Profitis Ilias you can climb the high, bare granite mountain yourself and, on a clear day, see as far as Asia Minor. On the way back, the charming mountain village with its taverns invites you to linger. Once Samothrace was an important trading center. Ruins of fortresses and towers tell of Byzantium and the Ottoman Empire. In the sanctuary of the Great Gods, the Kabirs, the famous Nike of Samothrace was once found, which is now in the Louvre.
The ferry port on the island of Samothrace offers connections to the island of Limnos as well as to the ferry port of Alexandroupoli on the Greek mainland. The routes Samothrace - Limnos and Samothrace - Alexandroupoli are offered here several times a day by the shipping company Zante Ferries.
Limnos
With 480 km², Limnos is one of the ten largest islands in Greece. The rather desert-like landscape in the northwest with its ruins from antiquity gives a vague idea of the importance Limnos must have once had in pre-Christian times. Today the island offers you unique natural treasures to discover. Among the sights are the castle of Myrina, the island's capital, and the Stone Age settlement of Poliochni. It is dated back to several millennia before the birth of Christ and is considered the oldest city in Europe. Ancient treasures, salt lakes and surfing paradises in the east of the island, the volcanic rocks of Falakro as well as wide beaches make Limnos a vacation highlight in the Aegean Sea.
The ferry port on the island of Limnos offers connections to the other Greek islands of Chios, Samothrace, Fournoi, Patmos, Ikaria, Leros, Mykonos, Lesbos, Samos, Agios Efstratios and Syros, as well as to the ports of Piraeus, Lavrio, Thessaloniki, Alexandroupoli and Kavala on the Greek mainland. A total of 19 routes are offered here several times a day by the shipping companies Hellenic Seaways, SeaJets and Zante Ferries.
