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From: PMCMch on 5 Apr 2010 12:52
I will be in Israel this June and July and plan to travel to Greece
for a week. I've heard about people taking ferries from Haifa, Israel
to Cyprus and various Greek Islands. From what I can tell this option
is no longer widely available. There are cruises available, but
that's not what I had in mind. I've had great experiences traveling
around Greece by ferry and wanted to do this again. Is there an
inexpensive way to travel from Israel to Greece by boat? Am I stuck
flying from Tel Aviv to Athens, then taking a ferry? Any help would
be greatly appreciated!
From: Mike Lane on 5 Apr 2010 16:29
PMCMch wrote on Apr 5, 2010:

> I will be in Israel this June and July and plan to travel to Greece
> for a week. I've heard about people taking ferries from Haifa, Israel
> to Cyprus and various Greek Islands. From what I can tell this option
> is no longer widely available. There are cruises available, but
> that's not what I had in mind. I've had great experiences traveling
> around Greece by ferry and wanted to do this again. Is there an
> inexpensive way to travel from Israel to Greece by boat? Am I stuck
> flying from Tel Aviv to Athens, then taking a ferry? Any help would
> be greatly appreciated!

I think the situation is as you say. There used to be regular ferries from
Piraeus to Haifa via Cyprus run by Poseidon and Salamis lines. Unfortunately
they were suspended in 2002 and have not been started again.

I'm afraid you will have to fly. Never mind though - you will have more time
in the Greek islands!

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Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
email: mike_lane at mac dot com

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