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Extra Pass Benefits in Greece

Discounts for Eurail Pass Holders

In Greece you can profit from reduced boat crossings and other benefits. The benefits can be obtained locally, or sometimes through a call centre or website of the company concerned.

The benefits mentioned here are available to:

Discounted or free shipping services

Superfast Ferries / Blue Star Ferries
Free * ferry crossings on the Adriatic Sea

  • Ancona-Igoumenitsa
  • Bari-Igoumenitsa
  • Ancona-Patras
  • Bari-Patras

Free air seats/dormitories for 1st class Pass holders, free deck passage for 2nd class Pass holders. Seasonal surcharge: June and September € 10 per person; July and August € 20 per person. Fuel surcharge is extra &
port taxes are € 7.

* These ferries are free when your Eurail Pass is valid in Greece and Italy. If your Pass doesn't include Italy, you get 30% discount.

More information and reservations: www.superfast.com.

Blue Star Ferries
30% discount on Greek domestic routes, on condition that you also made a crossing in the Adriatic Sea with Superfast / Blue Star Ferries. More information on the page about Blue Star Ferries.

Hellenic Mediterranean Lines (HML)

  • Brindisi - Patras: 30% discount on all categories (except the luxury cabin) in high season (15/06 - 15/09) / 50% discount on all categories (except the luxury cabin) outside the high season.

Information and booking: Brindisi +39 0831 528 531, e-mail: resa@hml.it or Rome +39 06 4740141, e-mail hml.roma@tiscali.it.
More information at www.hml.it or www.hml.com.gr.

Ionian Travel

  • One day cruise (lunch included) from Athens to the islands Aegina, Poros and Hydra: reduced price

Booking: Ionian Travel, 4, Pireos str.(1st floor), Athens. Tel: +30 210 5234774

Minoan Lines
Free deck passage for the international routes:

  • Ancona - Igoumenitsa - Patras
  • Venice - Igoumenitsa - Corfu - Patras

Embarkation upon availability). Seasonal surcharge:  June and September € 16 per person; July and August € 26 per person. 50% discount on upgrades.

20% discount on the domstic routes:

  • Corfu - Patras
  • Piraeus - Heraklion 

The company reserves the right to apply a fuel surcharge when this is inevitable due to extraneous factors.
More information and reservations: www.minoan.gr .
Or call: Italy: tel. +39 041 240 7177  / Greece: +30 210 4145700

Other Discounts

Ionian Travel
15% discount on:

  • Certain hotels in Athens
  • One day excursion ot Deli   or Epidaurus (lunch included)
  • Athens sightseeing tour

Booking: Ionian Travel, 4, Pireos str. (1st floor), Athens. Tel: +30 210 5239609, +30 210 5234774.

Athens Railway Museum
Admission free
Daily (except Mondays) 09.00am - 01.00pm + Wednesday from 05.00pm -08.00pm; 4, Siokou street, Athens.

Some rules for using Pass benefits

Usually extra Pass benefits can be obtained locally by showing your Eurail Pass. Sometimes you can make reservations in advance through a call centre or website of the company concerned.

Travel days
If a benefit gives you free transportation, it requires the use of a travel day if you have a Eurail Pass with flexible validity. In case of an overnight ferry, you may enter the day of departure or the day of arrival in your travel calendar. If a a benefit only consists of a discount, it is not necessary to use a travel day.

Ferry crossings
For free passage on international ferry routes, your Pass must be valid for the country of departure AND the country of arrival. In case of discounted passage, your Pass must be valid for the country of departure OR the country of arrival.