Peter
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[b]GREECE - ITALY | Ferry: Patras/Igoumenitsa - Ancona/Venice[/b]
There are two ferry companies which offer this free crossing from GREECE to ITALY and back.
:arr: [b]Attica Enterprises[/b]
[b]Superfast Ferries[/b]: [ux]https://rail.shop/superfast[/ux]
[b]Blue Star Ferries[/b]: [ux]http://www.bluestarferries.com[/ux]
If you travel on an InterRail Global Pass or an One Country InterRail Greece PLUS Pass you can use the following ferry for a free deck passage:
[b]Patras / Igoumenitsa (Greece) to Ancona / Bari (Italy)[/b]
[b]Supplements:[/b]
June and September: 10 EUR per person
July and August: 20 EUR per person + fuel surcharge (4 EUR) + port taxes
More information: [ux]http://www.bluestarferries.com[/ux]
[b]Example - per person - one-way:[/b]
port dues: EUR 7
fuel surcharge: EUR 10
high Season supplement: EUR 20
air seats: EUR 18 (you don't need them when sitting just on deck)
:arr: [b]Minoan Lines[/b]
[ux]https://rail.shop/minoan[/ux]
Only with an InterRail Global Pass you get a free deck passage on the routes:
[b]Patras - Igoumenitsa - Ancona[/b]
[b]Patras – Corfu – Igoumenitsa - Venice[/b]
[b]Supplements:[/b]
June and September: 16 EUR
July and August: 26 EUR (attention: you DON'T have to pay port taxes !!!)
Upgrades for cabins:
50% on the official prices (based on availability)
:arr: [b]Hellenic Mediterranean Lines (HML)[/b]
[ux]http://www.hml.it[/ux]
Route: [b]PATRAS (Greece) - BRINDISI (Italy)[/b]
You don't travel for free, but you get a discount on all categories (except the luxury cabin) of:
- 25% in high season (15 June to 15 September)
- 50% outside the high season
information and booking
Brindisi
phone: +39 0831 528 531
email: <!-- e -->[u]mailto:resa@hml.it[/u]<!-- e -->
Rome
phone: +39 06 4740141
email: <!-- e -->[u]mailto:hml.roma@tiscalinet.it[/u]<!-- e -->.
:arr: If you are travelling with an InterRail pass XX days out of YY days, you need only ONE of your InterRail pass travel-days.
Just choose if you want to fill in the departure day or the arrival day of the ferry - as the ferry runs overnight.
:!: [b]Buy your ferry ticket always at their official offices![/b]
[b]Update: September 2010[/b]
