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When Does the 2027 Ferry Season Start? Turkey–Greek Islands

When Turkey–Greek islands ferries restart in 2027, route by route: the winter timetable now, when summer 2026 began and which 2027 timetables are out.

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  1. Short answer
  2. Route by route
  3. Notes on the year-round routes
  4. Notes on the seasonal routes
  5. What the 2026 pattern tells you
  6. Visa on arrival in spring 2027 (Turkish passport holders only)
  7. Booking and planning now
  8. How we keep this page up to date
  9. FAQ
Checked on 24 October 2026; Ertürk again on 29 October, Aliağa–Lesvos (Jalem Tur and Turyol) on 2 November 2026. Of the seasonal routes, only Aliağa–Lesvos has a 2027 timetable (Turyol, 12 November 2026); no 2027 start date has been announced for Dikili, Seferihisar, Bodrum–Leros, Kuşadası–Patmos or Çanakkale–Lemnos. Published so far: Turyol’s Ayvalık–Lesvos timetable to 31 October 2027 and Çeşme–Chios to 30 September 2027 (no fares yet), Ertürk’s listings to 30 September 2027 (Çeşme–Chios), 31 October 2027 (Fethiye–Rhodes), 30 November 2027 (Kaş–Kastellorizo) and 28 April 2027 (Bodrum–Kos, winter pattern only), and Sea Dreams’ Marmaris–Rhodes timetable for January 2027. We update this page as soon as an operator publishes more.

There is no single start date for the 2027 ferry season between Turkey and the Greek islands. Seven routes run all year and simply add sailings in spring; the seasonal routes restart one by one, and in 2026 they did so between April and late June. As of 24 October 2026 only two 2027 summer timetables are public, both from Turyol, and no seasonal route has a 2027 start date yet.

Short answer

  • Not announced yet (as of 24 October 2026): a 2027 start date for Dikili–Lesvos, Seferihisar–Samos, Bodrum–Leros, Turgutreis–Leros, Kuşadası–Patmos and Çanakkale–Lemnos, and any 2027 fares.
  • Published for 2027: Turyol’s Ayvalık–Lesvos car ferry Fokaia, daily from 2 June 2027 and twice a day from 26 June to 12 September 2027; Turyol’s Çeşme–Chios catamaran, daily from 1 May to 30 September 2027. Both without fares (2027 tracker).
  • What 2026 looked like: the year-round routes switched to spring timetables in the second half of March (Tilos Travel: Çeşme–Chios and Kuşadası–Samos from 19 March, Bodrum–Kos and Fethiye–Rhodes from 29 March 2026). Seasonal routes followed: Aliağa 10 April, Dikili 22 April, Bodrum–Leros 15 May, Kuşadası–Patmos 26 May, Çanakkale–Lemnos 21 June. This is last year’s pattern, not a promise for 2027.
  • Booking 2027 now: only on Turyol’s two routes and on the winter sailings already listed. For everything else, plan with the 2026 pattern and keep flights and hotels refundable.

Route by route

“Winter now” is what the operators’ timetables show for November 2026 to spring 2027. “Summer 2026 started” is the first date of the spring or summer service that we could source. Where we could not find a dated source, we say so.

Route Winter now (checked 24 Oct 2026) Summer 2026 started 2027 status
Ayvalık–Lesvos Turyol Fokaia (cars) Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun both ways all winter (checked 1 Nov 2026); Turyol catamaran to 28 Feb 2027; Jalem Tur’s own page lists sailings only to 30 Oct Date not verified for Jalem Tur and Turyol; İDO announced 19 March, BADO ran 17 July–27 September Turyol Fokaia published to 31 Oct 2027, no fares
Çeşme–Chios Ertürk fast boat, none 11 Jan–11 Feb, daily 30 Apr–30 Sep 2027 (checked 29 Oct); Turyol Tue and Thu–Sun Tilos Travel daily 19–25 March 2026, then four days a week, daily from 1 May, three a day from 25 May; İDO plan 15 May Turyol published to 30 Sep 2027, Ertürk fast boat daily 30 Apr–30 Sep 2027 (Çeşme 09:00, Chios 18:00); no fares
Kuşadası–Samos Meander Travel daily to 1 Nov, then weekly, Sat out, Sun back, 7 Nov–27 Dec 2026; nothing published for Jan–Mar 2027 Tilos Travel daily from 19 March 2026, four days a week from 23 March, daily again from 1 May; İDO plan 22 April Ertürk system (7 Nov 2026): one sailing so far, 1 April 2027 (Sea Star Samos, Kusadasi 08:00, Samos 17:00)
Bodrum–Kos Ertürk: December Mon, Wed, Sat, Sun; January to 28 April 2027 Mon, Wed, Sat (Bodrum 09:15, Kos 16:30; checked 11 November 2026) Tilos Travel twice daily from 29 March 2026, four a day from 29 May Ertürk’s winter listing runs to 28 April 2027; no summer 2027 timetable
Marmaris–Rhodes Sea Dreams monthly timetables; January 2027 only 1 Jan and Saturdays; February and March not out Not verified January 2027 only
Fethiye–Rhodes Ertürk: from Fethiye Wed, Fri 08:25 and Sat 09:30; from Rhodes Wed, Fri, Sun 15:00, to end of March 2027 Tilos Travel four days a week from 29 March 2026, daily from 27 April, second boat 22 May Ertürk lists Sea Star daily 14 May–31 Oct 2027 (Fethiye 08:25, Rhodes 16:30), second boat 15 May–24 Sep (checked 29 Oct 2026); no fares
Kaş–Kastellorizo Meis Express 13 days in November, 6 in December, last 26 Dec, nothing for January (own timetable, 31 Oct 2026); Meis Ferry Lines Wed, Sat, Sun in November and Saturdays in December; nothing listed 27 Dec–26 Feb Not verified Ertürk’s system lists Meis Ferry Lines from 27 Feb 2027 (Kahramanlar 4; 13 days in March), then Kalimera daily 19 Apr–30 Nov 2027 (Kaş 09:30, Kastellorizo 16:00; checked 31 Oct 2026); Meis Ferry Lines plans 3 round trips a day June–November 2027 (company email 24 Oct 2026); Meis Express not announced
Dikili–Lesvos No winter service 22 April 2026 (İDO plan) Not announced
Aliağa–Lesvos From 21 Nov 2026 mostly Saturday–Sunday; no sailings 8 Feb–4 Mar 10 April 2026 (Jalem Tur) On Turyol’s timetable to 31 Oct 2027; daily July–August (12 Nov 2026)
Seferihisar–Samos No winter service 1 May 2026 (İDO plan) Not announced
Bodrum–Leros No winter service 15 May 2026, ended 25 Oct (Tilos Travel) Not announced
Turgutreis–Leros No winter service Mid-May 2026 (İDO plan) Not announced
Kuşadası–Patmos No winter service 26 May 2026 (İDO plan) Not announced
Çanakkale–Lemnos No winter service Inaugural trip 21 June 2026, regular sailings from mid-July, last 20 Sep Plans reported, no timetable

The sailing days above come from our route guides, which were checked against the operators’ sites on 24 October 2026; the dates for Tilos Travel and İDO come from their own 2025–26 plan and from İDO’s season plan as reported by Capital on 18 March 2026. Planned starts are marked “plan”: we could not confirm for every route that the first sailing left on that day.

Notes on the year-round routes

Ayvalık–Lesvos. The only route with a full 2027 summer plan so far. Turyol’s timetable (checked 1 November 2026) lists the car ferry Fokaia in April and May on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays both ways (Ayvalık 09:00, Sundays 12:00; Mytilene 17:45), daily from 2 June 2027 and twice a day from 26 June to 12 September 2027 (Ayvalık 09:00 and 14:30). Fares and catamaran sailings for summer 2027 are not out. Jalem Tur, the other year-round operator, had not published anything beyond 30 October 2026 on its own page when we looked on 24 October. Details: Ayvalık–Lesvos ferry and our news story.

Çeşme–Chios. Turyol’s timetable runs to 30 September 2027: after the car ferry Chios stops on 3 January 2027, only the passenger catamaran Imbros is listed, on Tuesdays and Thursdays to Sundays in January, February and April, daily from 4 to 14 March and daily from 1 May to 30 September 2027 (Çeşme 09:00). Ertürk’s fast boat (no cars) is now listed to 30 September 2027: 8–10 January, then nothing from 11 January to 11 February, Fridays to Sundays from 12 February, daily from 5 to 14 March and Wednesdays and Fridays to Sundays in April, then daily from 30 April to 30 September (Çeşme 09:00, Chios 16:30, 18:00 from 28 March; checked 29 October 2026, news story). Ertürk’s car ferry Apostolos S. is listed on every Friday to Sunday in January 2027, the last on 31 January (checked 30 October 2026, news story); no car-ferry sailings after that and no 2027 fares yet. See Çeşme–Chios and the news stories on Turyol and Ertürk.

Bodrum–Kos. Ertürk’s listing for the boat Asım Kaptan (Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays) runs to 28 April 2027, which is a winter pattern, not a summer timetable. Tilos Travel’s site still shows only its 2025–26 plan; in that plan the spring timetable started on 29 March 2026 with two sailings a day, and the summer timetable with four a day on 29 May. See Bodrum–Kos.

Rhodes. Sea Dreams publishes Marmaris–Rhodes month by month; on 24 October 2026 its timetable page linked to monthly timetables up to January 2027 and to nothing later. On Fethiye–Rhodes Ertürk lists the winter pattern to the end of March 2027, then Wednesdays and Fridays to Sundays from 31 March, daily from 14 May to 31 October 2027 and a second daily boat from 15 May to 24 September (checked 29 October 2026; no fares yet). In Tilos Travel’s 2025–26 plan the Fethiye boat went daily from 27 April 2026 and a second daily boat ran from 22 May to 20 September. See Marmaris–Rhodes and Fethiye–Rhodes.

Kuşadası–Samos. Meander Travel’s timetable (samosaferibot.com, checked 28 October 2026) has daily sailings up to and including Sunday 1 November, then one Saturday–Sunday round trip a week from Saturday 7 November to 27 December 2026 (Kuşadası 09:15, back from Vathy 17:00), and nothing for January–March 2027. In 2026 Tilos Travel’s Samos boat restarted on 19 March. See Kuşadası–Samos.

Kaş–Kastellorizo. When we searched Meis Express’s own timetable by date on 31 October 2026, it listed 13 sailing days in November, 6 in December (the last on 26 December) and nothing for January 2027; Meis Ferry Lines told us by email (24 October 2026) that it sails once a day on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays in November 2026 and on Saturdays in December. No sailings are listed from 27 December to 26 February. Ertürk’s booking system lists Meis Ferry Lines’ Kahramanlar 4 from 27 February 2027 and on 6-14 March, Kalimera on some days from 20 March (checked 31 October 2026; news). For 2027, Meis Ferry Lines plans 3 round trips a day from June to November 2027; this is a plan, per the company’s email of 24 October 2026. From 19 April to 30 November 2027 Ertürk’s booking system lists Meis Ferry Lines’ Kalimera once a day, every day (Kaş 09:30, Kastellorizo 16:00). Meis Express has published no 2027 dates. See Kaş–Kastellorizo.

Notes on the seasonal routes

İDO (Dikili, Seferihisar, Turgutreis–Leros, Kuşadası–Patmos). İDO announced its 2026 Aegean season on 18 March 2026 (reported by Capital): Dikili–Lesvos from 22 April, Seferihisar–Samos from 1 May, Turgutreis–Leros from mid-May and Kuşadası–Patmos from 26 May. On 24 October 2026 İDO’s Aegean islands site had no 2027 announcement. Last year’s plan was made public in mid-March; İDO has not said when the 2027 plan will follow.

Aliağa–Lesvos. Jalem Tur and Turyol opened this route on 10 April 2026 (Jalem Tur, checked 23 October 2026). The season closed on 1 November 2026. On 12 November 2026 Turyol’s timetable showed the route again with winter sailings from 21 November (mostly Aliağa 08:00 on Saturdays, Mytilene 16:00 on Sundays; none 8 February–4 March). The 2027 season is also on sale to 31 October 2027: weekends in May plus daily 14–23 May, Friday to Sunday in June, daily in July and August; Aliağa departures at 07:45 from June to October. No fares yet. Details in our news report. See Dikili–Lesvos for the nearby options.

Bodrum–Leros. Tilos Travel ran daily from 15 May to 25 October 2026 (Bodrum 08:30, Leros 17:00). Nothing published for 2027. See Bodrum–Leros.

Çanakkale–Lemnos. The route ran for the first time in 2026, with an inaugural trip on 21 June and a last sailing on 20 September. The operator has spoken in the press about sailings around the April 2027 Anzac commemorations; that is a plan, not a timetable. Details and sources on Çanakkale–Lemnos.

Planned new routes. According to a ticket portal’s report of 30 September 2026, Yeşil Marmaris has proposed a Bodrum–Astypalaia line for June to September 2027, two or three times a week, and the Astypalaia municipal council backed it; it is a proposal, not a timetable. An Enez–Samothraki line has no start date. Both are on the ferry map as planned routes.

What the 2026 pattern tells you

Treat this as last year’s calendar, not a forecast:

  • Second half of March: spring timetables on the year-round routes. In 2026 Greece moved to summer time on 29 March, and Tilos Travel’s spring timetables on Bodrum–Kos and Fethiye–Rhodes started the same day. In 2027 the clocks change on 28 March.
  • April: the first seasonal routes (Aliağa 10 April, Dikili 22 April in 2026) and daily sailings on Fethiye–Rhodes from 27 April.
  • May: most remaining seasonal routes and the jump to several sailings a day (Seferihisar 1 May, Bodrum–Leros 15 May, Kuşadası–Patmos 26 May; Bodrum–Kos four a day from 29 May).
  • Late June to July: the latest starters (Çanakkale–Lemnos 21 June, Akçay–Lesvos with BADO 17 July 2026).

Month by month, see the ferry season calendar. If you are planning around holidays, the best time to visit guide lists the 2027 dates.

Visa on arrival in spring 2027 (Turkish passport holders only)

The express visa scheme for 12 Greek islands was extended in April 2026 for one year, to April 2027 (To Vima, 23 April 2026). A further extension for summer 2027 had not been announced by 24 October 2026. Other nationalities are not affected; for the Schengen rules see the visa on arrival guide.

Booking and planning now

  • Winter and early spring trips: the sailings in the table are bookable with the operators. For November to March options and what is open on the islands, see Greek islands in winter and, for 31 December, Greek islands at New Year.
  • Summer 2027: only Turyol’s two routes have dates. Booking sites can show older or placeholder data for 2027, so compare with the operator’s own timetable before you pay.
  • Flights and hotels: if you book before the ferry timetable is out, choose free cancellation.
  • Open tickets for 2027: until 20 December 2026 Tilos Travel sells undated, non-refundable returns for 1 March-31 December 2027 (Bodrum-Kos and Çeşme-Chios €11, Kusadasi-Samos €15, Fethiye-Rhodes €40, port tax extra). Conditions and visa risks are in our news report.

How we keep this page up to date

We check the operators’ timetable pages (Turyol, Jalem Tur, Ertürk, Tilos Travel, İDO, Sea Dreams, Meander Travel, Meis Express, Meis Ferry Lines) regularly through the winter. When an operator publishes a 2027 timetable, start date or fare, we add it here and in the 2027 ferry tracker with the date we saw it and a link to the source. Last checked: 24 October 2026.

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FAQ

When does the 2027 ferry season start between Turkey and the Greek islands?

There is no single date. Of the seasonal routes only Aliağa–Lesvos has a published 2027 timetable (Turyol, 12 November 2026; it also runs at weekends in winter); no 2027 start has been announced for the others. In 2026 the year-round routes added sailings from the second half of March, and the seasonal routes started between 10 April (Aliağa–Lesvos) and 21 June (Çanakkale–Lemnos).

Are the 2027 summer timetables out?

Only Turyol’s: Ayvalık–Lesvos to 31 October 2027 and Çeşme–Chios to 30 September 2027, both without fares. Ertürk and Sea Dreams have published winter sailings into early 2027, not summer timetables.

When does Dikili–Lesvos restart in 2027?

Not announced yet (as of 24 October 2026). In 2026 İDO’s plan gave 22 April as the start date.

Which routes can I use in March 2027?

The year-round ones: Ayvalık–Lesvos, Çeşme–Chios, Kuşadası–Samos, Bodrum–Kos, Marmaris–Rhodes, Fethiye–Rhodes and Kaş–Kastellorizo. So far Ertürk lists Bodrum–Kos and Fethiye–Rhodes for March and Turyol lists Ayvalık–Lesvos and Çeşme–Chios; Marmaris–Rhodes has no March timetable yet.

Can I already book a ferry for summer 2027?

Only where an operator has opened sales, which as of 24 October 2026 means Turyol’s Ayvalık–Lesvos and Çeşme–Chios timetables. For other routes wait for the operator’s timetable before you buy.

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