Minoan Lines is one of the largest passenger ferry companies in Europe, and one of the dominant passenger ferry companies in Greece, sailing between Piraeus and Crete and in the Adriatic Sea, between Patras and various Italian ports. The company was founded in May 1972. Since 2008 Grimaldi’s Compagnia di Navigazione SpA owns and controls 95.9 of the stock of Minoan Lines.

Routes

• Crete
  • Festos Palace & Knossos Palace: Piraeus – Milos – Heraklion
  • Kydon Palace: Piraeus – Chania
• Cyclades
  • Santorini Palace: Heraklion – Santorini – Ios – Paros – Mykonos
• Greece- Italy
  • Europa Palace: Patras – Ancona