Don Madge Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 We are presently near Fethiye in a rented cottage over looking the Kaya valley. In Turkey Diesel is now about £1.40 per litre and petrol is nearer £1.60. We planned to stay for a couple of months and then Island hop from Turkey (Marmaris) to Rhodes then on to Crete spending about six/seven weeks touring the island before taking the ferry to Piraeus (Athens). We had a big shock when we checked out the ferry prices with a local travel agent, the three ferries from Turkey to Greece came to €1200. After further checks we found that if we drove from Fethiye to Piraeus (1050 miles) we could we could get a return trip with Minoan Lines on a day sailing for €340 return this is almost half what a night sailing would cost. The downside is the day sailings only operate on two days, Friday and Sunday. We don't normally book in advance but with only two day sailings a week we booked there and then as our sailing date was close to the Easter holiday and the ferries would be very busy. We sail Piraeus to Crete on the 21 March and do the return trip on the 7 May. I don't know why but there are no senior discounts or reductions when booking a return trip. So if you are planning a trip to Crete your in the picture. Safe travelling. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Ord Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Hi Don, Slightly of theme but I've been checking the weather daily in Kusadasi and it's been pretty cool. What's the attraction of Turkey, I'm assuming it's not the weather. Bill Ord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Madge Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 Bill Ord - 2010-02-05 4:29 PM Hi Don, Slightly of theme but I've been checking the weather daily in Kusadasi and it's been pretty cool. What's the attraction of Turkey, I'm assuming it's not the weather. Bill Ord Hi Bill, We are not in Kusadasi we are at Fethiye. The weather here at present bears no relation to the forcast, we have had 9 hours wall to wall sunshine the last three days. Regards Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petra Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Minoan only run daytime ferries at cerain times of year, usually Easter, summer holidays and Christmas. Otherwise it is overnight. However Superfast run a daily ferry leaving Piraeus around 3pm which gets into Heraklion at 10pm. The return leaves at midnight getting into Piraeus at 8am. There is no camping on board on the Crete ferries but on the Superfast midnight sailing we just pull the curtains and stay in the van. They put the campers on the open deck anyway with hook up. The Greeks never follow the rules, the longer you are in Greece the less rules you follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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