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Which Greek island can I travel to directly from international destinations?

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As of now, there are very few direct flights from Athens to Toronto, so I need to stop over in Europe on the way to my Greek vacation so I don't want to have to stop in Athens before flying to an island. Are there any islands I can fly to directly from Europe?
 
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I know for sure that you can fly to Santorini, Mykonos and Corfu! Not sure about the rest
 
kcixcy said:
As of now, there are very few direct flights from Athens to Toronto, so I need to stop over in Europe on the way to my Greek vacation so I don't want to have to stop in Athens before flying to an island. Are there any islands I can fly to directly from Europe?
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Most certainly,many just look up TUI, amongst many others... Crete, Rhodes,search Ryan air, Easy Jet, Many many more...no shortages of flights to Greece from many European countries and cities.... remind me later and I can help you further...
 
Suggest pick an island and airport arrivals. Chios, for example, has multiple international flights.

Pretty easy to get from Santorini to Crete or Mykonos by Ferry.
 
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I've flown directly to Crete from Frankfurt, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland. The island is large and the airport sees a lot of tourist activity from Europe especially during the summer.
 
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I've flown directly to Crete from Frankfurt, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland. The island is large and the airport sees a lot of tourist activity from Europe especially during the summer.
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did you fly to Heraklion?
 
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did you fly to Heraklion?
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Yes, it was Heraklion both times. One of the trips, it was actually a chartered plane through TUI. I booked the whole package through TUI. That was the Frankfurt flight.
 
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kcixcy said:
As of now, there are very few direct flights from Athens to Toronto, so I need to stop over in Europe on the way to my Greek vacation so I don't want to have to stop in Athens before flying to an island. Are there any islands I can fly to directly from Europe?
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I've flown directly to Crete from Frankfurt, Germany, and also from Zurich, Switzerland to Crete. The one time I flew from Europe to Santorini, the plane stopped in Thessaloniki, but I didn't have to get off. It just made a stop before moving on to Santorini.
 
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