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We thought it would be useful to share some of the lessons we learnt when using ferries to hop between the Cyclades Islands: 1) Pre Book We pre-booked all our ferries, using Ferry Hopper  before we left the UK. Ferries quickly get full up, especially the fast ones and buying tickets on the day, or even a couple of days before, can be a lot more expensive that buying in advance.   2)  Ferry Hopper App  We downloaded the Ferry Hopper App and used this to manage our tickets, but also to track where the ferry is, you'll see why this is important below! 3) They're not like German Trains Don't expect them to be on time. All our ferries were late and from what we heard, this is not unusual. We used the Ferry Hopper app to track exactly were the ferry was so we knew what time we had left. The app was very accurate at tracking and it stopped us getting stressed out about what's going on and how much time we had to grab one (or two) drinks.  4) Find a Bar  All t...

The ferry arrived into Mykonos and the entire port area was absolute chaos, more than the normal Greek Ferry chaos we had come to love. The port is also the location the cruise ship passengers come on land and we had just arrived at a key offloading (or maybe onloading, I couldn't tell between the craziness) time. It took us a good 20 minutes to find our driver, get out of the port, and head to our hotel. Mykonos Town is a car free area and our hotel, the Andromeda Residence , was right in the heart of the no car zone. The taxi dropped us as close as he could, and then we had a short but challenging walk trying to find the entrance, but it was worth it. We chose the hotel for two reasons. Firstly, it had a pool. A mandatory requirement from us for any sun holiday. Secondly, it was super close to the action. It was going to be a massive struggle to stay awake beyond midnight so we needed all the help we could get to minimise the distance to our beds after partying. The hotel was a l...