Take a Ferry, Catamaran or Hydrofoil from the Bodrum Peninsula to a Greek Island
If you want to swap Turkish hospitality for Greek – there are numerous options to visit a Greek island during your stay on the Bodrum Peninsula.
Below is a grid for the different Greek island destinations from Bodrum and Turgutreis, with hyperlinks to the boat companies offering the service.
One of the closest, and easiest to reach is the island of Kos – which is close enough for a day trip, from either Bodrum and Turgutreis. The ferry takes a couple of hours, but there’s also catamarans or hydrofoils which take about 20 minutes.
Ferry Reference Websites:
I found a couple of good Ferry reference sites:
-
ferries-turkey.com. You can make on-line bookings via Aegean Tour’s Ferry Booking website.
-
ferrybodrum.com. Has fully details of the Bodrum>Kos Routes, availability and pricing.
Both of these sites have advertised the new 2011 catamaran route between Bodrum and Kos: New in 2011, there is now a fast catamaran ferry service between Bodrum and Kos – just 20 minutes.
| ROUTE & Ferry Company | Turkish Sealines Ferries* | Bodrum Ferry Boat** | Yeşil Marmaris Line | Bodrum Express Lines | Meis Express |
| TURGUTREIS-PATMOS | X | ||||
| TURGUTREIS-KOS | X | XFerry Boat | X | ||
| TURGUTREIS-KALYMNOS | X | XFerry Boat | |||
| BODRUM-KOS | X | XFerry Boat | X | X | XExpress |
| TURGUTREIS-DIDIM | |||||
| BODRUM-RHODES |
X |
XCatamaran | X | X | |
| BODRUM-SIMI/SYMI | X |
* Not a good website
** Also has a service to Datca, TR
Bodrum Peninsula Route Maps: (c) Aegeantourtravel.com
If you're interested in finding out why I started writing this blog and publish Travel Guides about Turkey's Bodrum Peninsula... Click here to read my About Page
Click here for help on planning your Bodrum Peninsula itinerary
Would love to visit the Greek island of Symi. It’s been on our list for a long, long time – before we even moved to Turkey. Didn’t realise you could sail to there from Bodrum. Hmm, worth thinking about. Useful post! 🙂
Julia
Turkey’s For Life recently posted..Exploring The Xanthos Valley – Letoon In Photos
Hi Jay,
I enjoyed viewing your website. Thanks. I am thinking of trying the Zanadu Island hotel at the end of August, do you know anything about it? also what is the weather usually like at that time of the year? I would like to go sailing round the area for the day and go on a ferry to Kos, what do you think? Elle
Here’s my Ferry Index Page. The closest place for you would be to get a boat from Turgutreis to Kos. It takes less than 15 minutes to get to Kos:
https://www.bodrumpeninsulatravelguide.co.uk/ferry-boat-home-page/
Here’s my post about the average weather temperatures in the Bodrum area:
https://www.bodrumpeninsulatravelguide.co.uk/weather-averages-bodrum-beach/
Unfortunately I haven’t been to the Zanadu hotel – but you should check Trip Advisor for their reviews.
thanks, Jay
Roving Jay recently posted..My Bodrum Peninsula Travel Guide will be arriving in Paperback June 2015
Good day
We are group of 5 females from South Africa visiting Turkey in July 2015.
We would like to visit a Greek island for a day or 2 . From Bodrum would it be imperative
Too get visa
Please give some advise
Thank you
The visa requirements for Greece vs Turkey are different based on your nationality – I’d recommend looking at the South African consulate website to see what the official word is regarding your visa requirements.
Roving Jay recently posted..Bodrum Itinerary based on Jack Scott’s Bodrum Books