by Andy W » 22 Feb 2018, 09:16
The evening ferry from Rhodes leaves at 7pm on a Friday. It starts its journey at Kastellorizo, but unless there has been bad weather on the outbound journey from Piraeus to Kastellorizo, making it late leaving to come back, it will normally be on time in July. It actually leaves Symi for Piraeus at 8.40pm, so needs to arrive by 8.30 at the latest to unload passengers and vehicles from Rhodes and load those heading for points north from Symi.
If you see taxis near the ferry arrival point they will have been prebooked, and as Allan says, the taxi rank is on the other side of the harbour, but there's no harm in having a word with the drivers, they may well agree to return and collect you after they've dropped off the people they're waiting for.