Otherwise you take the ferries from Italy to Patras or to Igoumenitsa, from there across the highway to Athens and then from the port of Piraeus different ferries are driving to Chania, Rethymno and Heraklion every night. ###>Otherwise you take the ferries from Italy to Patras or to Igoumenitsa, from there across the highway to Athens and then from the port of Piraeus different ferries are driving to Chania, Rethymno and Heraklion every night.