NoNameAtAll

My wife and I want to see Italy for our next vacation, but we loved the Greek
Islands of Naxos and Santorini so much that we'd love to also go visit another
island if we're going to be that close again. We have not planned the details
of our Italy trip yet, but I'm sure we'll go to Rome for a good portion of it.
Can we fly directly from Rome to any Greek Islands? If so, which ones?

Wolfgang Schwanke

ntiSpam (NoNameAtAll) wrote in
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    > Can we fly directly from Rome to any Greek Islands? If so, which ones?

The only direct flights that probably exist are charter flights targeted at
Italian tourists. You need to book them long in advance, which will be
difficult to do from outside Italy, especially if you wish your flight not
to be bundled with accomodation. You'd have to contact an Italian travel
agent in advance if you wish to do that. The most likely direct
destinations are the popular charter resorts: Mykonos, Santorini, Rhodes,
Iraklion, Kos etc. ..

I don't think there are direct scheduled flights to any Greek island from
abroad, just domestic ones. You can of course book a scheduled flight if
you're prepared to change planes in Athens. That should be bookable from
anywhere in the world. Any island which has an airport is available. In the
Cyclades that will be: Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Milos, Syros, and
lots of others outside the Cyclades. If you wish to do that, you should
book early in the year, as the Greek domestic flights are booked out months
ahead. Also I don't think that a non-Italian travel agency will be able to
find attractive budget options for that route, so better expect a rather
expensive price.

Of course you can just fly Rome - Athens and use a ferry from there. It's
probably easier to find budget flights on that route from abroad.

Regards

Tony Day

"NoNameAtAll" <> wrote in message
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    > My wife and I want to see Italy for our next vacation, but we loved the
Greek
    > Islands of Naxos and Santorini so much that we'd love to also go visit
another
    > island if we're going to be that close again. We have not planned the
details
    > of our Italy trip yet, but I'm sure we'll go to Rome for a good portion of
it.
    > Can we fly directly from Rome to any Greek Islands? If so, which ones?

Have you thought of the Greek islands in the Adriatic? All have nice parts,
even very touristy ones like Corfu (which is no more touristy than
Santorini!)

You can sail direct to Greece (Patras) from several Italian ports (Ancona,
Bari, etc) and from Patras to any of the Adriatic islands, but the greatest
choices are from Brindisi, including daily sailings direct to Corfu in
summer, and others to Zante, Kefallonia, etc. Takes about 8 hours to Corfu.

Tony

Sosna

You can fly with Olympic airways from Rome to many islands like
Chios,Creta,Kefallonia,Corfu,Mykonos,Paros,Rhodes etc but you will have
to change plane in Athens..Check www.olympicairlines.com
.Otherwise if you are planning to travel in summer I am sure that you
can find direct charter flights from Rome in the islands you want..