How to Get to Samos Island?

Samos Island is located in the island community of Greece and is known for being the closest island to the Anatolian Peninsula. It is located in the Aegean Sea, right across from Büyük Menderes National Park. You may be wondering how to get to the magnificent island of Samos , which hosts thousands of Turkish visitors every year, has perfect bays, is known for its historical and natural beauties and delicious food.

How to Get to Samos Island from Turkey?

Going by Air

There are different alternatives to reach Samos, also known as Samos Island, from Turkey. It is not possible to reach Samos Island directly from Turkey by air, but you can fly to Samos Island via Istanbul with connections in Thessaloniki or Athens. Your journey from Istanbul to Samos Island takes approximately 4 hours, including waiting times at the airports. You can occasionally find companies organizing flights between Izmir and Athens during the summer months.

Going by Ferry

Another alternative to reach Samos Island is ferry services. You can reach the island of Samos by purchasing a Samos Ferry Ticket . It is possible to reach Samos Island with ferry services organized from Bodrum, Kuşadası and Seferihisar districts in Turkey. When the season starts from Kuşadası, there is a direct ferry service between the two centers almost every day. You reach the island after a 1.5-hour ferry ride.

Another alternative to reach Samos Island by ferry is to choose ferries that carry passengers to Samos from Sığacık town of Seferihisar district of Izmir. Visitors who choose this route also have the chance to visit Sığacık, which has the title of Turkey's first "Slow City" with its magnificent atmosphere before the trip. The journey takes approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes with ferries operating from Sığacık to Samos.

Of course, there are other alternatives to go to Samos. You can reach Samos Island via ferries via Rhodes, Lesbos, Chios, Ikaria, Crete, Mykonos and Meis islands.
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Can I Go to Samos Island Without a Visa?

Samos Island is one of the islands of Greece. It is not possible to enter the island, located in the Aegean Sea, without a visa, as there is no visa-free passage between Turkey and Greece. Entry of Turkish citizens to the Greek islands is facilitated with a gate visa. The gate visa, which provides a 15-day accommodation permit during checks at the entrance to the island, is very advantageous for Turkish citizens.

If there is a disadvantage of the gate visa, it is the pile-up caused by paperwork at island entrances. Considering all the advantages it offers, this disadvantage does not pose much of a problem for visitors. In addition to the gate visa, citizens who have a Schengen Visa can also enter the Greek islands.