İDO ferry services to Greek Islands have begun: How much are the ticket prices?

İDO, which announced that it would begin services on April 6, started ticket sales last week. İDO will operate ferry services to the Greek island of Samos from both Seferihisar in İzmir and Kuşadası in Aydın.

Seferihisar-Samos services will operate with a morning departure and evening return, 3 days a week, and every day of the week in August.

Kuşadası-Samos services will operate with a morning departure and evening return, 3 days a week until June 15, and every day of the week after June 15.

HOW MUCH ARE THE TICKET PRICES?

The fares for the upcoming services have also been announced. For example, a round-trip journey from Seferihisar to Samos costs 35 Euros (approximately 1085 TL). The price for a round-trip journey from Kuşadası to Samos is 41 Euros (approximately 1,300 TL).

HIGH-SPEED İDO

Samos services will begin with two ships named “İDO Ege” and “İDO Akdeniz,” and the ships will depart from Seferihisar Sığacık Teos Marina and Kuşadası Ege Port. 

While it was stated that İDO will use high-speed sea buses for its services to the Aegean Islands, İDO General Manager Murat Orhan made a statement on the subject, saying, “We have a total of 47 ships, including 5 ferries, 24 sea buses, and 18 car ferries, as well as 35 piers in our fleet. As İDO, we operate in the field of passenger and vehicle transportation, serving approximately 11 million vehicles and 35 million passengers annually in the Marmara Region with our 1,250 employees. We are starting our Samos services in the Aegean Sea in April. With our high-speed sea buses with a capacity of 449 people, we aim to offer a safe, fast, and comfortable travel experience by shortening the travel time from the Aegean coast to the islands. We have started ticket sales for our services, which reduce the travel time between Seferihisar and Samos to 1 hour and between Kuşadası and Samos to half an hour. Sığacık Teos Marina, the main mooring and departure point for our ships in İzmir, is 45 kilometers from the center of İzmir and can be reached in approximately 30-40 minutes. There are also municipal buses from İzmir to Seferihisar-Sığacık. The main mooring point for our ships in Kuşadası is Kuşadası Ege Port, which is located in the center of Kuşadası.”

WHERE TO BUY TICKETS?

Tickets for Samos services can be obtained online at egeadalari.ido.com.tr, from İDO sales offices, authorized agencies, and call centers. For Seferihisar - Samos services, the round-trip fare is set at 35 Euros for same-day returns and 49 Euros for returns on different days. The journey is stated to take approximately 1 hour. For Kuşadası - Samos services, the round-trip fare is 41 Euros for same-day returns and 52 Euros for returns on different days, with the journey taking approximately half an hour.

ENTRY AND IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS

While a valid passport and a Schengen or gate visa are required for entry to Samos Island, it was stated that the passport must be valid for at least 3 months from the date of return and must not be older than 10 years. It was reported that passenger transport with vehicles is not provided on these İDO lines.