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Santorini bus schedules, routes and fares

Plan KTEL buses from Fira to Oia, the airport, Kamari, Perissa and other major destinations. Check current official timetable links, understand fares and connections, and keep the schedule offline in the iPhone and Android app.

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  • 9 Fira corridors All nine Fira routes in one clear list, named the way KTEL names them.
  • Offline timetables Timetables stored on your phone — no roaming needed at the beach.
  • Published fares Published KTEL fares beside each corridor, flagged when sources disagree.

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Guide checked 25 July 2026

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Current network snapshot Destination names, never invented route numbers

AIRPORT
Fira ↔ Santorini Airport Directional departure lists published by KTEL CHECK LIVE
CALDERA
Fira ↔ Oia One of nine current Fira corridors PUBLISHED
SOUTH
Fira ↔ Vlychada Service published; official fare sources conflict FARE CHECK

Data shown comes from KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public Buses and Santorini Airport / Fraport Greece; official sources win if anything here differs. See the source ledger.

Vlychada fare: two official sources currently disagree

The KTEL fare table lists €2.80, while the newer timetable PDF dated 14 July 2026 lists €2.70. This guide does not choose between them—confirm the fare with KTEL before boarding.

Source: KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesOfficial fare tablePrintable current timetable

Published times can change with the season

KTEL labels the current web table as a summer timetable, but does not publish an explicit validity range or service-day calendar there. Treat every time as a current publication, not a promise that the same service pattern applies every day.

Source: KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetable

This is a corridor guide, not a stop-by-stop map

The official sources checked for launch do not provide a reusable stop sequence or official stop-coordinate feed. We do not infer stops, guaranteed connections, or walking directions.

Source: KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetable

€2.20

Airport, Oia and Kamari

Ordinary fare published by KTEL on 19 May 2026 for each of these journeys from Fira.

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesOfficial fare table

14 Jul

Latest PDF date checked

The mutable official timetable PDF was source-dated 14 July 2026 when this guide was checked.

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesPrintable current timetable

Find the right Santorini bus guide

Each link has one clear search and planning purpose, so you can reach the useful answer without reading duplicate pages.

Useful first journeys

Three plans to understand before you arrive

Santorini is easier by bus when you separate each directional departure and use Fira as the planning point.

AIRPORT Arrival connection

Airport to Fira

The official airport and KTEL sources publish a direct airport–Fira bus connection.

  • The airport stop is by the departures building.
  • The airport says tickets for this service are sold by the bus conductor.
  • For onward destinations, check a separate current departure from Fira.

Santorini Airport / Fraport GreecePublic bus accessKTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)

Open airport bus guidance Airport bus
BEACHES Separate published corridors

Fira to the south coast

Perissa, Akrotiri and Vlychada each appear as their own current Fira corridor; they are not one numbered route.

  • Fira–Perissa ordinary fare: €2.70.
  • Fira–Akrotiri village or beach ordinary fare: €2.20.
  • Vlychada service is published, but its fare is currently conflicting.

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesPrintable current timetableOfficial fare table

Compare current departures

The complete current list

Nine destination-named corridors from Fira

These are the corridors in the official timetable checked at launch. No numeric identifiers or unpublished stop sequences have been added.

AIRPORT verified

Fira ↔ Santorini Airport

A current two-direction corridor. Airport-specific boarding and ticket guidance comes from Fraport Greece.

Ordinary fare listed: €2.20

Fira → Santorini Airport

First bus
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Santorini Airport → Fira

First bus
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Official sources disagree. Plan around the earlier time and confirm before relying on a late return.

Frequency: Not stated by the operator, which publishes individual departure times rather than a frequency.

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetableOfficial fare tableSantorini Airport / Fraport GreecePublic bus access

Official airport guidance
AKROTIRI verified

Fira ↔ Akrotiri

A current corridor published in both directional tables. The fare page distinguishes village and beach journeys.

Ordinary fare listed for village or beach: €2.20

Fira → Akrotiri

First bus
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Akrotiri → Fira

First bus
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Official sources disagree. Plan around the earlier time and confirm before relying on a late return.

Frequency: Not stated by the operator, which publishes individual departure times rather than a frequency.

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetableOfficial fare table

CALDERA verified

Fira ↔ Firostefani / Imerovigli

The official PDF publishes outbound departures from Fira and return departures from Firostefani–Imerovigli.

Do not interpret paired columns as arrival times

Fira → Firostefani / Imerovigli

First bus
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Firostefani / Imerovigli → Fira

First bus
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Official sources disagree. Plan around the earlier time and confirm before relying on a late return.

Frequency: Not stated by the operator, which publishes individual departure times rather than a frequency.

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetable

KAMARI verified

Fira ↔ Kamari

A current directional corridor between the Fira hub and Kamari.

Ordinary fare listed: €2.20

Fira → Kamari

First bus
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Kamari → Fira

First bus
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Official sources disagree. Plan around the earlier time and confirm before relying on a late return.

Frequency: Not stated by the operator, which publishes individual departure times rather than a frequency.

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetableOfficial fare table

MONOLITHOS verified

Fira ↔ Monolithos

A current directional corridor. No official stop sequence is claimed by this guide.

Ordinary fare listing includes Monolithos / Exo Gonia: €2.20

Fira → Monolithos

First bus
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Monolithos → Fira

First bus
(Printable current timetable) (Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026))
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Official sources disagree. Plan around the earlier time and confirm before relying on a late return.

Frequency: Not stated by the operator, which publishes individual departure times rather than a frequency.

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetableOfficial fare table

OIA verified

Fira ↔ Oia

A current directional corridor between the Fira hub and Oia.

Ordinary fare listed: €2.20

Fira → Oia

First bus
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Oia → Fira

First bus
(Printable current timetable) (Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026))
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Official sources disagree. Plan around the earlier time and confirm before relying on a late return.

Frequency: Not stated by the operator, which publishes individual departure times rather than a frequency.

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetableOfficial fare table

PERISSA verified

Fira ↔ Perissa

A current directional corridor. Some official timetable entries carry unexplained raw annotations, so this guide does not interpret them.

Fira–Perissa / Perivolos ordinary fare listed: €2.70

Fira → Perissa

First bus
Last bus
(Printable current timetable) (Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026))

Perissa → Fira

First bus
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Official sources disagree. Plan around the earlier time and confirm before relying on a late return.

Frequency: Not stated by the operator, which publishes individual departure times rather than a frequency.

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetableOfficial fare table

VLYCHADA check current

Fira ↔ Vlychada

The corridor is published, but the newer timetable PDF and the fare page disagree on its fare.

Fare unresolved: check directly with KTEL

Fira → Vlychada

First bus
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Vlychada → Fira

First bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)
Last bus
(Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)) (Printable current timetable)

Official sources disagree. Plan around the earlier time and confirm before relying on a late return.

Frequency: Not stated by the operator, which publishes individual departure times rather than a frequency.

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetableOfficial fare table

VOURVOULOS verified

Fira ↔ Vourvoulos

A current directional corridor with a limited set of published departures.

Ordinary fare listed: €2.20

Fira → Vourvoulos

First bus
Last bus

Vourvoulos → Fira

First bus
Last bus

Frequency: Not stated by the operator, which publishes individual departure times rather than a frequency.

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetableOfficial fare table

A source-honest way to travel

Plan in four small checks

The official publication is compact but seasonal. Keep your plan directional and leave room for a source change.

  1. Choose the destination name

    KTEL publishes destinations rather than public route numbers. Match Fira with Airport, Akrotiri, Firostefani / Imerovigli, Kamari, Monolithos, Oia, Perissa, Vlychada, or Vourvoulos.

    KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetable

  2. Read each direction separately

    The PDF labels one column “FROM FIRA” and the other from the destination. A paired return value is another departure, not an end-to-end arrival time.

    KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesPrintable current timetable

  3. Recheck the official table

    The current source is labeled summer and can change at its stable URL. Confirm on the travel day rather than relying on a saved time.

    KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetable

  4. Treat transfers as separate trips

    The current network is published around Fira, but KTEL does not guarantee connections in the sources checked. Recheck both departures and allow your own margin.

    KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Municipality of Thira tourism portalGetting around Santorini

Official fare table · checked 25 July 2026

Useful fares, with the uncertainty left visible

These are ordinary fares published by KTEL on its page dated 19 May 2026. Reduced and night columns have separate eligibility or time rules.

Popular ordinary fares from Fira

KTEL lists Airport, Oia, Kamari, and both Akrotiri village and beach at €2.20; Perissa / Perivolos and Athinios Port at €2.70.

  • Airport, Oia, Kamari: €2.20 each
  • Akrotiri village or beach: €2.20
  • Perissa / Perivolos: €2.70
  • Athinios Port: €2.70

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesOfficial fare table

Open the official fare table

Reduced and night columns

The official table publishes a 50% reduced column, a 25% student column, and a 25% night supplement for 00:30–05:00. Confirm eligibility and evidence directly with KTEL.

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesOfficial fare table

Buying the airport bus ticket

Santorini Airport says tickets for the airport–Fira bus can be bought from the bus conductor. The official sources checked do not establish that as a universal sales or payment rule for every corridor.

Santorini Airport / Fraport GreecePublic bus access

Read the airport guidance

Fares

Airport, port and hub

Arrival connections without invented promises

Official airport and port sources verify where public-bus service exists. They do not guarantee every onward connection.

Santorini Airport

Fraport Greece confirms bus service between the airport and Fira, with the stop by the departures building. It also scopes conductor ticket sales to this airport service.

Santorini Airport / Fraport GreecePublic bus access

Official airport bus page

Athinios ferry port

The Municipal Port Fund identifies Athinios as the island’s central passenger and commercial port and confirms a city-bus departure point there. KTEL lists a €2.70 Fira–Athinios ordinary fare, but its current July PDF does not publish port departure times.

Municipal Port Fund of ThiraAthinios port informationPort organization and passenger servicesKTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesOfficial fare tablePrintable current timetable

Official Athinios information

Private transfer option

Need a direct ride?

For port arrivals, luggage, late journeys, or a direct ride to your accommodation that would otherwise require a change in Fira, you can check a pre-booked private transfer.

Check Santorini transfer prices Affiliate link — we may earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you.

Worth the ride

Places the buses can take you

Each guide pairs one place with what the official sources actually publish about reaching it — no invented stops, times, or connections.

Three blue church domes above the caldera in Oia, Santorini Caldera village Oia The postcard village at the island’s northern tip — blue domes, white lanes, and the sunset everyone queues for. Plan the ride Whitewashed buildings of Fira stacked along the caldera cliff edge The island hub Fira Santorini’s capital and the centre of its bus network — every published corridor starts and ends here. Plan the ride Kamari's black-sand beach with sunbeds beneath the Mesa Vouno headland Black-sand resort Kamari A long black-sand beach with a proper seafront promenade, an open-air cinema, and ancient Thera on the mountain above. Plan the ride Perissa's dark sand beach and the Mesa Vouno headland at sunset South-coast beach Perissa Kamari’s laid-back sibling on the other side of the mountain — a huge black beach with a backpacker soul. Plan the ride Excavated bronze-age streets and buildings inside the Akrotiri archaeological site Bronze-age town & red cliffs Akrotiri A 3,600-year-old city preserved in volcanic ash, minutes from the red-black drama of the southern cliffs. Plan the ride Skaros Rock promontory seen from the white houses of Imerovigli The caldera balcony Imerovigli The highest village on the rim, with Skaros Rock in front of it — many say the finest caldera view on the island. Plan the ride
All destinations

Optional experiences

Experiences that solve more than a bus ride

These curated options help with dispersed sights, guided context or awkward meeting points. Official bus information remains separate.

Booking through these links supports this free guide at no extra cost to you.

Red sailing catamaran with tour passengers anchored in a bay below the cliffs of Akrotiri, Santorini Caldera cruise

Catamaran cruise with snorkelling, a meal and open bar

Vlychada

A caldera sailing option from Vlychada with Red Beach, Thirassia and hot-spring swim stops.

Getting there: The listing includes pickup and return transport; confirm the pickup point shown for your booking.

Check availability Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0
Whitewashed houses and a windmill of Oia village stacked along the Santorini caldera rim Island highlights

Traditional villages, Akrotiri and Oia sunset day trip

Starts from Fira area

A guided land circuit linking archaeological, village and coastal stops before sunset in Oia.

Getting there: Useful for dispersed sights that are difficult to combine by public bus; confirm the seasonal itinerary.

Check availability Photo: Mustang Joe · CC0
Bowl of Greek salad with a slab of herbed feta, tomatoes, red onion and olives Cooking

Santorini cooking class with wine tasting and lunch

Santorini

A hands-on cooking experience followed by the prepared meal and an introduction to local wine.

Getting there: Pickup and return are listed; use the booking voucher rather than assuming a bus-accessible venue.

Check availability Photo: Rawpixel · CC0
See all curated experiences

Sources

Timetable and fare details are checked against the operators’ own publications. Open the original before travel if plans depend on it.

Santorini Bus is an independent travel guide. It is not operated by or affiliated with KTEL Thiras, Santorini Airport, the Municipality of Thira, or the Municipal Port Fund of Thira.

See every source and when it was checked
operator

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public Buses

Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026)

Interactive corridors and directional departure tables; older than the printable PDF
Checked 2026-07-25 Source dated 2026-05-18 Automated check limited Open KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public Buses
operator

KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public Buses

Printable current timetable

Corridors, directional departures, raw annotations, and compact fare panel
Checked 2026-07-25 Source dated 2026-07-14 Open KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public Buses
port

Municipal Port Fund of Thira

Port organization and passenger services

Municipal confirmation of the city-bus departure point at Athinios
Checked 2026-07-25 Open Municipal Port Fund of Thira

Good to know

Questions before you board

Short, scoped answers drawn from the source ledger above.

What route number goes to Oia?

KTEL does not publish a numeric public route ID for this corridor. Look for the destination-named Fira–Oia service and confirm its current directional departure.

Source: KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetable

Can I buy a ticket from the bus conductor?

Santorini Airport explicitly says tickets for its airport–Fira bus can be bought from the conductor. This guide does not extend that airport-specific statement to every route or payment method.

Source: Santorini Airport / Fraport GreecePublic bus access

How much is the bus to Vlychada?

The current official sources conflict: the fare page lists €2.80 and the newer timetable PDF lists €2.70. Confirm the current amount with KTEL before boarding.

Source: KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesOfficial fare tablePrintable current timetable

Are the timetable times daily?

The official table is labeled summer, but the sources checked do not show an explicit validity range or service-day calendar. Check the current operator publication for your travel date.

Source: KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetable

Does the “return” column show when the bus arrives?

No. The official PDF labels the paired columns as departures from Fira and departures from the destination. Treat them as separate directional departure lists.

Source: KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesPrintable current timetable

Is there a bus at Athinios ferry port?

The Municipal Port Fund confirms a city-bus departure point at Athinios, and KTEL lists a Fira–Athinios fare. The current timetable PDF checked here does not publish port departure times, so confirm on arrival.

Source: Municipal Port Fund of ThiraAthinios port informationPort organization and passenger servicesKTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesOfficial fare tablePrintable current timetable

Before you leave

Take Santorini bus times with you.

Keep Santorini timetables, routes, stops, and published fares on your phone — even when your connection drops.

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