By boat
The principal port of Samos is at Vathi, also called Samos. The other two ports are Karlovassi and Pithagorion. Ferries from Piraeus and and the Cyclades usually stop at both Vathi and Karlovassi. There's a daily overnight ferry, the 'Nissos Mykonos' to Karlovassi and Vathy from Piraeus, Syros, Mykonos and Ikaria.
Hydrofoils to the Dodecanese islands depart regularly from Vathi and Pithagorion. Samos is also connected with all the islands of the North Aegean and the Dodecanese islands once a week through the shipping route from Alexandroupoli to Rhodes. Finally, Samos is connected on a daily basis more or less throughout the year with the port of Kusadasi in Turkey with two Greek and two Turkish boats. The trip takes two hours and costs € 35 one-way. Ferries depart at 8:30AM and 5:30PM. In low season, one ferry only departing Kusadasi at 8:30AM and returning from Samos at 4:30PM.
By plane
There are daily flights from Athens airport (55 minutes) by Olympic Air and from Thessaloniki airport (65 minutes) by Astra Airlines. You can also fly into Samos from other Greek islands.
From May till October charter airlines fly directly to Samos from several European airports.
• Air Berlin flies from many airports in Germany and from Austria and Switzerland;
• Jetairfly flies from Belgium;
• SmartWings flies from Czech Republic;
• Transavia flies from The Netherlands.
Flights arrive near the old capital of Pythagoreion
