Argyros Mansion
A restored 19th-century wine-merchant’s house that shows how the island’s wealthier families lived before the 1956 earthquake.
Crossroads village
How to get to Messaria by bus
KTEL lists Messaria on the fare row "Fira – Karterados – Messaria" and on the PDF fare panel, and publishes through fares from Messaria to Akrotiri (village and beach), Emporio, Perissa, Athinios port and Vlychada.
By bus
Getting to Messaria
KTEL lists Messaria on the fare row "Fira – Karterados – Messaria" and on the PDF fare panel, and publishes through fares from Messaria to Akrotiri (village and beach), Emporio, Perissa, Athinios port and Vlychada.
- Fare from Fira: €2.20 ordinary (fare table; PDF panel "Messaria 2,20 €").
- Published through fares from Messaria: Akrotiri village €2.20 (11.8 km), Akrotiri beach €2.20 (13.1 km), Emporio €2.20 (10.9 km), Perissa €2.20 (14.1 km), Athinios port €2.20 (10.3 km), Vlychada €2.20 (16.1 km).
- OpenStreetMap maps a KTEL stop named Messaria on the Fira – Airport and Fira – Kamari relations. KTEL publishes no stop sequence.
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) () · OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): Overpass export of KTEL Santorini bus relations and stations
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Take the route and return guidance for this destination offline. Recheck the official timetable on your travel day because published departures change with the season.
Worth your time
What Messaria does best
Messaria is the crossroads village in the middle of the island where the road from Fira splits towards the airport, Kamari, the port and the south. KTEL publishes more through fares from Messaria than from anywhere except Fira, which is the clearest published signal of how central it is to the network.
A working village
Bakeries, a pharmacy and supermarkets rather than souvenir shops; useful if you are self-catering nearby.
Good to know
- Messaria is where southbound buses from Fira diverge, so double-check the destination board before boarding here.
- The times on this site are Fira departures of routes that publish a through fare from Messaria; KTEL prints no Messaria column.
Keep exploring
More places the buses reach
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 
The island hub Fira Santorini’s capital and the centre of its bus network — every published corridor starts and ends here. Plan the ride 
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 Messaria
From the current KTEL timetable. KTEL publishes no stop list, so the evidence behind each route is stated. Timetable PDF last updated .
- Fira ↔ Perissa KTEL publishes a through fare from here to this corridor’s destination
- From Fira
- –
- Back to Fira
- –
- Ordinary fare
- €2.70
- Fira ↔ Akrotiri KTEL publishes a through fare from here to this corridor’s destination
- From Fira
- –
- Back to Fira
- –
- Ordinary fare
- €2.20
- Fira ↔ Vlychada KTEL publishes a through fare from here to this corridor’s destination
- From Fira
- –
- Back to Fira
- –
- Ordinary fare
- €2.80 / €2.70 (sources differ)
- Fira ↔ Santorini Airport stop mapped on this corridor in OpenStreetMap (community data, not KTEL)
- From Fira
- –
- Back to Fira
- –
- Ordinary fare
- €2.20
- Fira ↔ Kamari stop mapped on this corridor in OpenStreetMap (community data, not KTEL)
- From Fira
- –
- Back to Fira
- –
- Ordinary fare
- €2.20
Published fares naming Messaria: Fira – Karterados – Messaria €2.20. All fares.
Through fares KTEL publishes from Messaria: Akrotiri €2.20; Akrotiri beach (Red Beach) €2.20; Emporio €2.20; Perissa €2.20; Athinios Port €2.20; Vlychada €2.20.
Stop coordinates 36.39964, 25.45133 (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); KTEL publishes no stop coordinates.