Since 2009 Lane Lines provides the connection between Rethymnon and Piraeus using a traditional ferry - the Vicencos Kornaros - but only once a week though, leaving Piraeus on Friday evening, arriving in Rethymnon on Saturday morning. The return journey leaves from Rethymnon on Sunday evening and arrives in Pireaus on Monday morning. This service is provided summer and winter. For the summer in 2010 only, the Vicencos Kornaros provides also a service connecting Rethymnon with Kalamata on the Peloponnese, via Kythira. It leaves Rethymnon on Saturday, early afternoon and arrives in Kalamata before midnight. It returns almost immediately, arriving back in Rethymnon at about 10.30am on the Sunday. For more details, check the Lane Lines website (in Greek only on last check).

Further afield there are several ports on Crete which have ferry connections to the islands and mainland Greece.  These include Kastelli/Kissamos in the West, and Agios Nikolaos and Sitia in the East.

Update: as of 01/12/2009 the Anek Office has been shut down. No ANEK ferry for Rethymnon in the foreseeable future then.

As the ferry schedule between Rethymnon and Piraeus has seen many changes in the past, we strongly recommend that you check the website of the company you intend to travel with.

Taxi services run between both Chania and Heraklion airports and Rethymnon.  Recommended fares are displayed in both these airports; however, it is advisable to check the price with the taxi driver before setting out on your journey.

In Rethymnon, local taxis may be flagged down on the street or picked up from one of the taxi ranks.  The main taxi ranks in Rethymnon are to be found at Platia Iroon (Square of the Unknown Soldier) and Platia 4 Martiron (centre of town, just by the Guora Gate).