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Beach stop

How to get to Akrotiri beach (Red Beach) by bus

KTEL publishes "Fira – Akrotiri (beach)" at €2.20 ordinary over 16.5 km, separately from "Fira – Akrotiri (village)" at 15.1 km, plus through fares to the beach stage from Messaria (13.1 km) and Karterados (16.3 km). The Fira ↔ Akrotiri corridor is published in both directions.

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By bus

Getting to Akrotiri beach (Red Beach)

KTEL publishes "Fira – Akrotiri (beach)" at €2.20 ordinary over 16.5 km, separately from "Fira – Akrotiri (village)" at 15.1 km, plus through fares to the beach stage from Messaria (13.1 km) and Karterados (16.3 km). The Fira ↔ Akrotiri corridor is published in both directions.

  • Fare from Fira to the beach stage: €2.20 ordinary, 16.5 km; to the village: €2.20, 15.1 km.
  • Published through fares to the beach stage: from Messaria €2.20, from Karterados €2.20.
  • KTEL prints no stop sequence, so which departures continue from the village to the beach stage is not published; ask the driver.

Source: KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public Buses: Official fare table (last update 19/05/2026) () · KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public Buses: Printable timetable PDF (last update 15/09/2026) ()

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Worth your time

What Akrotiri beach (Red Beach) does best

KTEL distinguishes two fare stages on the Akrotiri corridor: the village at 15.1 km from Fira and the beach at 16.5 km. Red Beach, the volcanic red-sand beach that Wikipedia describes as one of the island’s best-known attractions, is the beach on the Akrotiri peninsula, and the Bronze Age site of Akrotiri lies beside the village of the same name.

Red Beach

Red volcanic cliffs above a strip of dark red sand; the path down from the car park is uneven, so check the signs on the day.

The prehistoric city of Akrotiri

The Bronze Age settlement preserved under volcanic ash takes its modern name from the nearby village; the site entrance is on the road between the village and the beach.

Good to know

  • The last published Akrotiri → Fira departure is the one that fills; check it before you settle on the beach.

Keep exploring

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

Bus routes serving Akrotiri beach (Red Beach)

From the current KTEL timetable. KTEL publishes no stop list, so the evidence behind each route is stated. Timetable PDF last updated .

Published fares naming Akrotiri beach (Red Beach): Fira – Akrotiri (beach) €2.20 (16.5 km). All fares.

Through fares KTEL publishes from Akrotiri beach (Red Beach): Messaria €2.20; Karterados €2.20.

No named stop node exists in OpenStreetMap for Akrotiri beach (Red Beach), so no coordinates are shown rather than guessed.