Cruise from Piraeus in Athens
The name of Piraeus is associated with the great events of ancient Greece and modern. Traditionally the port of Athens has been a constant coming and going of tourists and locals. Currently there are eleven million tourists who pass through this port during the year. Located just eight kilometers southwest of the Greek capital, possibly one of the essential visits that you have to do in the city.
The port of Piraeus is the best option for those you want to cruise the Greek islands. There are cruises for all tastes, from which you can do in one day, as it takes three, four or five days. The one-day cruise is a journey that leads us to Poros, Hydra and Aegina, to return back to Piraeus after eleven hours away.
There are cruises for more days like that takes us through some Greek islands and even get to Turkey. This is a three-day cruise which visits Mykonos, Kusadasi in Turkey, Patmos, Crete, Santorini and back to Piraeus. Longer cruises are seven days, running through all these islands and Turkey to more relaxed. It passes through Istanbul, Mykonos, Patmos, Kusadasi, Rhodes, Santorini and Agios Nikolaos.
There are cruises of seven days less known, like those who go to Ancona, Corfu, Santorino, Montenegro, Venice, and others who travel the Mediterranean reaching Santorini, Messina, Malta, Tunis and Malaga.
For those with more vacation cruises may choose up to ten days, traveling from Piraeus Éfeos, Taormina, Amalfi, Livorno, Florence, Monte Carlo and Rome. Another course of ten days is the one that leads to Venice, Ravenna, Split, Dubrovnik, Montenegro, Brindisi, Corfu and back to the Greek port.
And finally there are twelve day cruises that leave from Piraeus and travel to Istanbul, Kusadasi, Rhodes, Jerusalem, Haifa, Piraeus and return to Istanbul, or do the opposite, visiting Rome, Dubrovnik, Corfu, Katakolon, Santorini , Kusadasi, Messina, Piraeus and finally back to Rome.
There are many options from Piraeus for a journey of several days or a few hours for the Greek islands and the Mediterranean. If you come to this port you will see a lack of cruise ships will not be.
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