There are 6 ways to get from Chicago to Samos by plane, shuttle, ferry, subway, or car ferry
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI)ORD - SMI
18h 44m€282–1,104Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)ORD - ADB
- Take a shuttle bus from Izmir Airport to Kusadasi
- Take the ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
19h 43m€468–723Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Chios Airport, ferry
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Chios Airport (JKH)ORD - JKH
- Take the ferry from Chios to Vathy Samou
20h 26m€300–1,123Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI)MDW - SMI
18h 28m€342–1,304Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport, ferry
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Ikaria Island National Airport (JIK)ORD - JIK
- Take the ferry from Ag. Kirykos to Vathy Samou
35h 27m€301–1,113Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport, subway, car ferry, ferry
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)ORD - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Peiraias
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Mykonos
- Take the ferry from Mykonos to Vathy Samou
24h€399–824
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Samos is to fly and subway and car ferry and ferry which costs €390 - €850 and takes 24h.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Samos is to fly which takes 18h 28m and costs €340 - €1300.
The distance between Chicago and Samos is 9015 km.
It takes approximately 18h 44m to get from Chicago to Samos, including transfers.
Samos is 8h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 4:53 PM in Chicago and 12:53 AM in Samos.
There are 464+ hotels available in Samos.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Samos, Greece?
United Airlines, Edelweiss Air, and four other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) twice daily.
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- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Chios Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Chios Airport via Brussels, Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Chios Airport via Brussels, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Frankfurt, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Munich, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Milan Malpensa, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Brussels, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Vienna, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Chios Airport via Brussels, Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Frankfurt, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Munich, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Brussels, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Vienna, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Milan Malpensa, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–900
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,000
- Phone
- +30 210 8202900
- oasa@oasa.gr
- Website
- oasa.gr
Subway from Athens Airport to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.oasa.gr/en/
- Phone
- 444 0 487
- info@havas.net
- Website
- havas.net
Shuttle from Izmir Airport to Kusadasi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–9
- Schedules at
- havas.net
- Phone
- +30 694 415 6070
- info@makritravel.com
- Website
- makritravel.com
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://www.makritravel.com/
- Phone
- +90 2327121808
- cesme@turyol.com
- Website
- turyolonline.com
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–104
- Website
- https://www.turyolonline.com/en
- Passenger
- €38
- Car
- €104
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–55
- Schedules at
- bodrumexpresslines.com
- info@ido.com.tr
- Website
- ido.com.tr
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- egeadalari.ido.com.tr
- Phone
- +90 (256) 612 88 88
- contact@meandertravel.com
- Website
- meandertravel.com
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–35
- Website
- https://www.meandertravel.com/
- Phone
- +90 252 316 22 22
- info@turkishsealines.com.tr
- Website
- turkishsealines.com.tr
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Website
- https://www.turkishsealines.com.tr/
Ferry from Chios to Vathy Samou
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Ag. Kirykos to Vathy Samou
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Mykonos to Vathy Samou
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–21
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 210 4121001
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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