Dodekanisos Seaways was established in 1999 in Rhodes with the vision to offer regular connection between the main islands of the Dodecanese and the mainland of Greece. Very soon, George and Yiannis Spanos, who are the owners of the company, realized that there was greater need to connect the smallest islands of the Dodecanese such as Nisyros, Chalki and Kastelorizo to the bigger islands like Rhodos and Kos which were daily connected to the mainland by other ferry companies already.
Nowadays its fleet consists of 3 vessels, 2 catamarans and one conventional ferry that offer regular routes between most the Dodecanese islands thus supporting their economy, by giving them the possibility to develop within the tourism sector. Furthermore it gives the chance to permanent residents and visitors to move from one island to the other in a single day, comfortably and quickly.
Dodekanisos Seaways has been awarded many times for its great consideration towards the environment and for its social policy.
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Reviews
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Fast and comfortable
[Translated from French]
I used the company on 2 routes in the Dodecanese. The boat is fast and comfortable and fully booked in the middle of August. The restaurant service is practical and the staff is friendly. -
Punctual and efficient
[Translated from German]
Went from Kos to Patmos and back with Dodekanisos Seaways and was very pleasantly surprised by the punctuality and efficiency. Loading and unloading is very quick. Suitcases are sorted by destination when boarding and are carefully lined up for removal at the port. Both crossings were on time to the minute. However, I learned that a strong wind can delay the crossing, because then the speed must be reduced, which is understandable. But then that is not the fault of the company, but due to the weather.
Can only recommend Dodekanisos and would book it again at any time! -
Good Service
Very good service from the ferry company overall. I didn't have to queue long to get my pre booked tickets printed out however I do think a euro per ticket is a bit of a rip off just to print them out. Ferry was slightly late but not a problem. It says on the ticket you have an allocated seat number but it doesn't work like that. It is a free for all. Food and drink on board were fine and the toilets were very clean. The unloading and loading is super fast and well organised. No shade to be had at the terminal so it was a bit hot standing waiting for the boat.
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Kos-Kalymnos
Delay of 4 hours without any communication, no service in the harbour, unrespectfull staff in the harbour.
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Not so good
Ferry over an hour late. No one in the office knew about it.
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Super trip
[Translated from French]
Very good organization for our trip which lasted 5 hours. It went very well and it was very comfortable. We did not see the time passed.
The weather was good and the sea was calm. -
Late and too crowded
I paid online and could not change it to the ferry one hour earlier although I was at the port. That ferry was cheaper my ferry I thought better because it was more expensive online was more crowded and 45 minutes late and no information or announcements about the delay time. So frustrating.
Answer by Ferriesingreece.com
We would like to inform you that we contacted Dodekanisos Seaways to check about this delay and as they informed us there has never been a delay over 20 minutes, and whenever there has been a small delay this had to do with the strong winds which cannot be predicted and thus cannot be announced earlier than the trip date.
It is normal that you could not change your tickets at the port to depart with Anes that was departing earlier as this is a different ferry company and tickets can only be changed to other tickets of the same ferry company. This is not because you booked the tickets online. Even if you had bought your tickets locally at any travel agency you would not be able to change them to a different ferry company.
Kindly also note that the duration of the trips of both companies is almost the same (only five minutes difference) and the ticket rate difference between them was clearly stated on the booking form before you proceeded to the booking. -
Excellent ferry
[Translated from Italian]
We used this company / ferry for the transfer from Rhodes to Symi and I have to say that already from the moment of the purchase of the tickets we have found the competent and capable staff. Excellent ferry, clean and functional.
Perhaps a little complicated when looking for the company that had to do this route.