The international airport "Dionysios Solomos" is at 4km of distance from the town of Zakynthos. There are regular daily flights from the new Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" - it inaugurated its operation on March 28, 2001- to "Dionysios Solomos"Airport by Olympic Airways. Flight time is approximately 1 hour.
There is also a big number of chartered flights to and from all around Europe.
There is not public transportation connecting the airport to the town. Only taxi services are available.
Zakynthos: tel.: +30-26950-28617 +30-26950-28611
Athens: tel.: +30-210-9666666
The island is linked by car-ferry with the port of Kyllini on the northwestern coast of Peloponnese. There are at least four departures per day. The distance is 18 nautical miles and the duration of crossing is about one hour.
Time Table
| Destination | Monday - Thursday | Wednesday | Tuesday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday |
| Zakynthos to Kilini |
05:30-08:00-10:15-13:00-15:00-18:00-20:00 |
5:30-08:00-10:15-13:00-15:00-20:00 |
5:30-08:00-10:15-13:00-15:00-18:00-20:00 |
| Kilini to Zakynthos |
08:00-10:30-12:30-15:30-17:30-22:00 |
08:00-10:30-12:30-15:30-17:30-22:00 |
08:00-10:30-12:30-15:30-17:30-20:00-22:00 |
There are daily bus services by Greek Road Transport Company (KTEL) from Athens to the port of Kyllini, The distance from Athens to Kyllini is 286 kilometres and the journey takes about four and a half hours. From Kyllini there is a direct link by car-ferry to Zakynthos.
Zakynthos: tel.: +30-26950-42656
Athens: tel.: +30-210-5129432
Time Table
| Destination | Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Saturday - Sunday | Friday |
| Zakynthos to Athens |
05:00-07:30-09:45-12:30-14:30-19:30 |
05:00-07:30-09:45-12:30-14:30-19:30 |
| Athens to Zakynthos |
05:45-07:45-10:45-12:45-17:00 |
05:45-07:45-10:45-12:45-15:15-17:00 |
There are daily bus services by Greek Road Transport Company (KTEL) from Patras to the port of Kyllini.The journey takes about one hour. From Kyllini there is a direct link by car-ferry to Zakynthos.
Zakynthos: tel.: +30-26950-42656
Patras: tel.: +30-2610-220993
Time Table
| Destination | Monday - Sunday |
| Zakynthos to Patras |
05:00-07:30-12:30-14:30-19:30 |
| Patras to Zakynthos |
11:00-16:00-20:30 |
There are weekly bus services by Greek Road Transport Company (KTEL) from Thessaloniki to the port of Kyllini.
Zakynthos: tel.: +30-26950-42656
Larisa: tel.: +30-2410-554111
Thessaloniki: tel.: +30-2310-595416 +30-26950-595465
Time Table
| Destination | Tuesday - Thursday - Sunday | Monday - Wednesday | Friday |
| Zakynthos to Thessaloniki |
07:30 |
- |
- |
| Thessaloniki to Zakynthos |
- |
13:00 |
10:30 |