Kyllini – Poros (Kefalonia) ferry: three sailings each way, no boat at Christmas

Last winter, between 9 January and 6 March 2026, Poros on Kefalonia had a second Levante destination: a midday boat to Pisaetos on Ithaca at 12:45, back at 13:45, except on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. That page is still on the company's site with no later dates, so for the winter of 2026–27 the only Poros timetable Levante has published is the one to Kyllini on the mainland. Levante's other Ithaca crossing, from Sami to Pisaetos, has a table running to 8 January 2027 (see the Sami – Ithaca ferry). The Kyllini timetable is valid from 1 November 2026 until 28 April 2027, with three departures each way: 08:15, 16:30 and 21:00 from Kyllini, and 05:45, 14:15 and 18:45 from Poros.

This is Poros on Kefalonia, a harbour in the Ionian Sea, not the island of Poros in the Saronic Gulf. On Sundays Levante keeps three Kyllini – Poros sailings each way and moves only the morning one: Kyllini at 09:30 and Poros at 07:30, with the afternoon and evening departures unchanged.

October's timetable also had a fourth boat on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 12:00 from Kyllini and 10:00 from Poros. Levante has not carried it into the winter period, so from November the weekday gap on the mainland side runs from 08:15 to 16:30. The adult fare on foot stays at €14.50 one way on the current list.

08:15, 16:30 and 21:00 from the mainland until 28 April

Levante Ferries winter timetable, 1 November 2026 – 28 April 2027 · checked 30 October 2026   Levante Ferries – Kyllini - Poros (Kefalonia) · 2026-10-30

What Levante charges an adult for Poros: €14.50

Levante's list sets the Kyllini – Poros adult fare at €14.50 under a column headed 'One way'; no return price appears on it. Levante describes every figure there as already discounted. Under its terms of use, the sum printed on a ticket is the full amount, made up of the net fare, third-party fees and deductions, and VAT.

The table also has rows for younger passengers, cars, motorbikes, campers and lorries, and the Greek version adds students, disabled passengers and NAT pensioners to the 5-to-10 band. Since the vehicle rows leave open whether a driver is covered, and the two child rows overlap at age five, only the adult figure is reproduced here; a phone call to Levante (+30 210 94 99 400) gets a quote for a family or a car before booking.

Levante Ferries price list, no end date given; the company may change prices without notice · checked 30 October 2026   Levante Ferries – Pricing · 2026-10-30

Kyllini on the Elis coast, Poros on Kefalonia

Cars and foot passengers board at both ends. Levante's terms want cars parked in the waiting zone a full hour ahead of sailing and people on foot at the ship half an hour ahead, and they are blunt about lateness: a ticket holder who misses the sailing gets nothing back.

Across the Ionian to the south-east corner of Kefalonia

The crossing runs from Kyllini, on the Elis coast of the western Peloponnese, over open Ionian water to Poros on the south-east side of Kefalonia, an island Levante's destination page calls the largest in the Ionian Sea. Neither the timetable nor the price list states a distance or a sailing time for this pair of ports, and no figure is worked out here.

Tickets, refunds and boarding for the Poros boat

• Your name on the ticket

  A Levante ticket is personal and good only for the sailing printed on it. The company asks for identity details, a phone number and an email so it can tell you about a delay or cancellation.

• Miss it, lose it

  Be at the ship 30 minutes before departure on foot, or in the vehicle area 60 minutes before with a car. Arriving after the ship leaves means no refund.

• Refund scale

  Cancellations go through the agency that issued the ticket: everything back 14 days or more ahead, 75% from 7 days, 50% from 12 hours, and nothing within the final 12 hours.

• Open tickets

  An open ticket will not get you aboard. It has to be turned into a booking on a named sailing, and it stays valid for 12 months from issue.

• Mobility aids free

  Besides the 50 kg hand-luggage allowance, a disabled passenger may bring the equipment needed to move independently at no charge, whatever it weighs. Ask for assistance at least 48 hours ahead.

Clean Monday, Easter Sunday and four boats from late April

Two winter dates set this crossing apart from the Kyllini – Zakynthos ferry that leaves the same harbour. On 25 December and 1 January there is no Kyllini – Poros boat at all, while the Zakynthos run keeps one sailing each way. And Levante's Greek page names Clean Monday, Καθαρά Δευτέρα, 15 March 2027, as a day on the Sunday plan for Poros.

From 29 April 2027 a longer timetable takes over with four sailings each way: 07:15, 12:15, 17:00 and 21:30 from Kyllini, and 05:00, 09:30, 14:45 and 19:15 from Poros. Easter Sunday, 2 May 2027, shrinks to one round trip, 09:00 from Poros and 11:00 from Kyllini. The five ships take turns on the route, and the one called Kefalonia, 120.78 m long, has escalators for boarding and kennels on board according to its fleet page.

Five ships, one of them named after the island

Kyllini to Poros on Kefalonia: what people ask