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RODA bus and Dodekanisos Seaways catamaran to Symi.
To Symi harbour, not The medieval old town and Mandraki harbour.

RODA and Dodekanisos Seaways, from the RODA stop between the old to Symi harbour.

155 min ride08:00–14:00, The catamaran at 08:00 on most days all year (read for October and 10 November 2026); the ferry Panagia Skiadeni at 08:30 and 14:00 in OctoberLuggage rules apply

Priced per traveler.

Each traveler pays the fare; group products are applied where they beat it.

TravelersEachTotal
1 adult€34.50€34.50
2 adults€34.50€69
3 adults€34.50€103.50
4 adults€34.50€138
5 adults€34.50€172.50
6 adults€34.50€207
7 adults€34.50€241.50
8 adults€34.50€276

Two tickets: EUR 2.50 on the RODA bus and EUR 32.00 on the Dodekanisos Seaways catamaran, one way, the price its booking page showed in October and November 2026. The slower ferry Panagia Skiadeni is EUR 18.00 on the 08:30 and 14:00 sailings in October. Neither ticket covers the other.

Where to buy

The same ticket, 3 places to buy it

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How to get there

From arrivals to Symi harbour

Three steps once you have collected your bags.

01

Get to the port

The RODA stop between the old.

02

Buy each ticket

Book the crossing ahead in summer; sailings fill.

03

Sail to Symi harbour

155 min.

Worth knowing

The catamaran leaves Rhodes at 08:00 and reaches Symi 45 to 50 minutes later; the slower ferry leaves at 08:30 and, from 13 October, at 14:00. Be at the quay an hour before, so the 06:50 weekday bus is too late for the 08:00: take the 05:45 on a Saturday or Sunday.

Dodekanisos Seaways sells tickets at kiosks at Kolona port and Akandia port and does not say on its site which quay each boat uses; check your ticket.

On some Sundays the slower ferry goes to Panormitis, at the far end of Symi, not to Symi town, and on some days in November there is no boat.

The RODA bus ends at its station on Averof Street, by Mandraki harbour; the quay is a walk from there.

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