Greek Beaches
Islands transport

Blue Star Catamaran.

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Hoping to go hopping between Greece beaches? Gone are the porous rust-buckets, welcome the huge car ferries with escalators and superb stabilisers, small fast noisy hydrofoils [for short distances], and - pick of them all - high speed catamarans. These boats travel as fast as a train - well a lot faster than a British train obviously - with less noise, better seats, bigger windows and at a fraction of the cost. These babies make Greek island hopping a dream, provided that the wind doesn't get up to much.
Book a couple of days before, but be flexible. If the cat is cancelled at the last minute you may have to change to a slower vessel.
At best, circulating in an island group, island to island will take half an hour to 2 hours of flat calm, no puke comfort.

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