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GETTING TO PAXOS

Although most visitors to Paxos fly to Corfu and then travel on to Paxos by hydrofoil, there are many different ways of getting here.

By air – It is possible either to fly direct to Corfu or via Athens or Thessaloniki, depending on the time of year and departure airport. There are regular direct charter flights to Corfu from the UK and most of Europe between May and October and, for Summer 2012, easyJet is operating scheduled services from London Gatwick, London Luton, Manchester and Bristol to Corfu. EasyJet flights from all four airports start at the end of March with flights from London Gatwick on five days a week and from London Luton, Manchester and Bristol on two days a week. The London Gatwick service becomes a daily service from 26 April and the Manchester service increases to three days a week from the end of April and to four from the beginning of July. Easyjet flights from London Gatwick, London Luton and Manchester operate until 27 October and those from Bristol until 26 October.

Transfers from Corfu – There are several different ways of reaching Paxos from Corfu.

Hydrofoil - The most popular way is by hydrofoil, which runs at least once a day in summer and only takes one hour but which does need to be booked in advance.
Car Ferries - There are car ferries on most days which go via Igoumenitsa on the mainland, are very cheap but take four to five hours.
Sea Taxis - There are sea taxis which take between 30 minutes and one hour and leave either from Corfu Town (1 hour), Lefkimi (40 minutes) or from Kavos (30 minutes) at the southern end of Corfu.
Sea taxis can be very convenient if a group of people are travelling together but otherwise they can be a very expensive option. Sea taxis run at any time of the day but do need to be booked well in advance, particularly in high season.

By land and sea – An increasing number of visitors to Paxos are now choosing to travel overland across Europe to one of the Italian ports on the Adriatic and then take a car ferry to Igoumenitsa on the coast of Epirus just opposite Paxos. Driving from the UK, the journey can be through France, Switzerland and Italy, through Belgium, Germany, Austria and Italy, or indeed by any other route and usually takes three or four days. Car ferries for Igoumenitsa leave from Venice, Ancona, Bari and Brindisi, so it is also possible to have a short cruise at the end of the trip. From Igoumenitsa it is then necessary to take another much smaller car ferry to Paxos.  It is also possible to reach Paxos by travelling overland across Europe without a car, as there are coach and rail services from London to Venice, and from there one just travels as a foot passenger, in as much or as little comfort as one chooses, on one of the car ferries to Igoumenitsa.

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Paxos Life Activities Ltd
telephone: 0044 1444 258048 or 0030 69810 18036

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