Symi – Kos
Ferry to Dodecanese Islands
Symi – Kos
Ferry to Dodecanese Islands
The Symi Kos ferry is serviced by 2 ferry companies: Dodekanisos Seaways & Blue Star Ferries. Symi Kos ferries take around 1 hour 25 minutes. The ferry costs between £17 and £108, depending on ticket details. Prices exclude any service fees. Ferry timetables change seasonally, use our Deal Finder to get live pricing and availability for ferries from Symi to Kos.
The first Symi Kos ferry typically departs from Symi at around 08:50. The last ferry usually departs at 18:30.
The Symi Kos ferry trip can take around 1 hour 25 minutes. The fastest sailings are approximately 1 hour 20 minutes with Dodekanisos Seaways. Sailing times can vary between ferry operators and can be impacted by weather conditions.
There are 9 weekly sailings from Symi to Kos provided by Dodekanisos Seaways & Blue Star Ferries. Timetables can change from season to season.
Dodekanisos Seaways provide 6 sailings weekly. Blue Star Ferries provide 3 sailings weekly.
Symi Kos ferry prices typically range between £17* and £108*. The average price is typically £32*. The cheapest Symi Kos ferry prices start from £17*. The average price for a foot passenger is £31*. The average price for a car is £89*.
Pricing will vary depending on number of passengers, vehicle type, route and sailing times. Pricing is taken from searches over last 30 days and exclusive of service fees, last updated July 25.
The distance between Symi to Kos is approximately 41.8 miles (67.3km) or 36 nautical miles.
Yes, Dodekanisos Seaways & Blue Star Ferries ferries allow cars on board ferries between Symi and Kos. Use our Deal Finder to get live pricing for car ferries between Symi and Kos.
Yes, foot passengers can travel with Dodekanisos Seaways & Blue Star Ferries ferries between Symi and Kos.
Pets are allowed on ferries travelling from Symi to Kos with Dodekanisos Seaways & Blue Star Ferries. Please also note that your pet may have to stay in the vehicle during the journey unless the ferry operator supplies pet accommodation.
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| Symi - Kos Ferry Route summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Departure Destination | Dodecanese Islands | |
| Destination | Dodecanese Islands | |
| No. of Operators | 2 | |
| Operators | Dodekanisos Seaways & Blue Star Ferries | |
| Average Price | £32 | |
| Average Daily Sailings | 2 | |
| Average Weekly Sailings | 9 | |
| Average Sailing Duration | 1 h 25 m | |
| Fastest Sailing Duration | 1 h 20 m | |
| First Ferry | 08:50 | |
| Last Ferry | 18:30 | |
| Distance | 36 Nautical Miles | |
* Prices subject to change, pricing is taken from last 30 days, last updated 1 July 2025.
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The Greek island of Symi is one of the Dodecanese Islands and is located around 40 km to the north west of the island of Rhodes and 420 km from the Port of Piraeus. Symi's closest neighbours are the Datca and Bozburun peninsulars of Mugla Province in Turkey. The island's terrain is mainly mountainous and its coastline is made up of either beaches and secluded coves, or rocky cliffs. Located on the north east coast of the island is its main town, also called Symi. The lower town is the area around the harbour, called Yialos, and the upper town is called Horio or Ano Symi. There isn't a great deal to see or do on the island, and this is perhaps where its charm is. Apart from lazing on the beach or swimming in its crystal clear waters the Monastery of the Archangel Panormitis, which is an early 18th century Greek Orthodox monastery built on the coast in the south west of the country, is worth visiting. Overlooking Ano Symi is the Kastro which was built by the Knights of St. John as an expansion of a Byzantine castle on the same site. Quite a bit of the structure remains and there are also signs of an ancient citadel on which two later castles were built.
Kos is a Greek island that lies in the eastern Aegean Sea and is situated to the south of the island of Kalymnos and to the north of the island of Nisyros. The island, which is only around 3 miles off the Turkish coast and sits in the Keramiko Gulf, or the Kos Gulf, is the third largest of the Dodecanese islands. Kos is a well known and popular holiday destination where visitors go to enjoy the island's beaches. Kos was also one of the first Greek islands to recognise the benefits of tourism to its economy and as a result many hotels were built along the island's long and sandy coastline in the east and south. Cycling is a popular activity on Kos as the island's terrain is quite flat and because there are many bicycle hire outlets throughout the island along with some dedicated cycle paths between some of the larger hotels.
There are daily services between Kos and Piraeus along with services between Kos and the rest of the Dodecanese, the islands of the north eastern Aegean and Turkey. The trip by conventional ferry can take up to 13 hours, depending on the intermediate stopovers, and the trip with a high speed boat can take between 5 and 8 hours.
