Athens/Santorini ferrry and hotel

[Greek50]

In Athens pre-cruise early August - want to take a Sunday morning ferry to Santorini and spend two nights there. Having difficulty locating legitimate ferry company etc. Anyone have recommendation on ferry logistics? Inexpensive hotels on Santorini? Flying in from Rome late Saturday night. Flying to London Thursday. Hoping to spend Sunday thru Tuesday in Santorini. Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Are ferry reservations absolutely a must?

[Susan-M]

Not a direct answer to your questions, but a couple of sites that might be of help:

http://www.greektravel.com/greekislands/santorini/

 

My favourite site for planning land travel: http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowForum-g189433-i245-Santorini_Cyclades.html

 

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g189433-i245-k2097994-Ferry_from_Athens_to_Santorini-Santorini_Cyclades.html

[MMDown Under]

http://www.santorini.gr-santorini.com/holidays/boats/bluestar.htm

 

Hope this website helps.

 

We travelled with them overnight on a big ferry to Crete.

[numbersix]

Since you're flying in, what about continuing on, flying to Santorini? I've never taken a ferry to Santorini, but it's a long time...getting to Piraeus, waiting for the ferry, the ferry takes something like 12 or 14 hours...don't know about relative costs, though.