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Santorini

The island of Santorini in the Cyclades. Ports, the Vlychada fishing shelter, anchorages, getting here and when to visit.

Picture made with AI. It shows the place but is not a photograph.

15 to 20 m

longest boat at the Vlychada fishing shelter (two Port Fund pages differ)

700 m

useful pier length at Vlychada (Municipal Port Fund of Thira)

8 km

from Athinios port to Fira (Municipal Port Fund of Thira)

Pages

Santorini pages

For crewJobsPort contacts on Santorini, the cable car at Fira, Schengen entry and pay by yacht size.For captainsBerthsWho runs the ports of Santorini, what the Vlychada shelter offers private boats and the cruising fee.For owners and charter guestsVisitingClimate by season, what the port fund says about anchoring and how to reach Santorini.

Map

Athinios, the old port and the port authority

Athinios, the ferry port, is about 3.5 km south of the old port of Fira. The Port Authority of Thira is about 0.4 km east of the old port. Vlychada is further south and is not on this map.

Athinios port. Ferry terminal. The Port Fund lists regular routes to Piraeus, Rafina, the Cyclades, Crete and the Dodecanese.

Old port of Fira. Cruise tender port in Fira bay. Cable car to Fira.

Port Authority of Thira. Office in Fira, about 0.4 km east of the old port.

Seasons

Best months and weather

14.3°

71.3

Jan

14.4°

58.6

Feb

15.7°

49.8

Mar

18.6°

18.4

Apr

21.9°

9.8

May

25.7°

2.8

Jun

26.6°

0.6

Jul

26.2°

2.8

Aug

24.6°

5.7

Sep

21.4°

39.3

Oct

18.6°

47.4

Nov

15.8°

69.4

Dec

Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonTop number: mean daily high, °C. Bars: rain, mm.

WMO climate normals 1961 to 1990, Naxos Island station (WMO 16732, 9 m, 37 degrees 06 minutes N, 25 degrees 23 minutes E), as provided by Greece to the WMO (NOAA GCOS WMO-Normals file 16732.TXT). No Santorini station is published. The station is about 76 km north of the old port of Fira. Season bands are our own estimate.

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Athinios, the old port and the port authority

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