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Greek Ferry Pass via Eurail? for 2 non Europeans

  • August 4, 2025
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I’m struggling with trying to figure out if a 4 day Greek Island Ferry Pass will be useful. As a non-European (Canadian) I understand that I cannot use an Interrail pass, rather we need a Eurail pass. To purchase the pass is quite easy but I don’t want to do that until I’m sure that my routes would be included.

When I enter my first leg into the trip planner (Athens to Aegina) It gives me this message: “Sorry, we can’t show this entire journey. You can try to split it up into multiple journeys”.It’s a very short (30 minute) ferry trip so I don’t understand why it would need to be split. As well, the Eurail splash page shows Aegina as one of the Greek Islands I can sail to with the pass. I am specifically looking to travel:

September 23 - Athens to Aegina

September 26 - Aegina to Naxos

October 2 - Naxos to Heraklion, Crete

If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful. Thank you in advance.

Best answer by ralderton

You can't do it through the Eurail trip planner. You have to do it through the booking page of the ferry company. 

If you do a dummy booking for Piraeus-Aegena, for example, you'll see the price reduce from €19.50 to €0 when you add the pass discount.

Info on how to book here, under 'Detailed Instructions': https://www.eurail.com/en/eurail-passes/one-country-pass/greek-islands

 

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  • August 4, 2025

You can't do it through the Eurail trip planner. You have to do it through the booking page of the ferry company. 

If you do a dummy booking for Piraeus-Aegena, for example, you'll see the price reduce from €19.50 to €0 when you add the pass discount.

Info on how to book here, under 'Detailed Instructions': https://www.eurail.com/en/eurail-passes/one-country-pass/greek-islands

 


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  • August 4, 2025

Thank you!