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The family beach

Fira to Monolithos bus: timetable, fare and return times

Fira ↔ Monolithos is a current published corridor. The fare listing groups Monolithos with Exo Gonia at the standard ordinary fare.

By bus

Getting to Monolithos

Fira ↔ Monolithos is a current published corridor. The fare listing groups Monolithos with Exo Gonia at the standard ordinary fare.

  • Ordinary fare listing includes Monolithos / Exo Gonia: €2.20.
  • The corridor is published with directional departure lists — check the current table.
  • The beach sits close to the airport’s approach path — plane-spotting comes free.

Source: KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public Buses: Interactive route table (updated 18 May 2026) () · KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public Buses: Printable current timetable () · KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public Buses: Official fare table ()

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Wind-carved sandstone cliffs at Monolithos beach, Santorini
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Worth your time

What Monolithos does best

Named for the single volcanic rock that guards it, Monolithos is where Santorini’s families swim: a dark-sand beach with genuinely shallow water, rare natural shade from tamarisk trees, and tavernas that price for locals. If the caldera towns feel like a stage set, this is the island being itself.

Swimming for everyone

The water deepens slowly for tens of metres — the safest swimming on the island for small children, and the tamarisks throw real shade.

Local tavernas

The fish tavernas along the sand serve the neighbourhood as much as visitors; prices and pace follow suit.

The quiet end of the east coast

Walk south and the beach empties fast, with the wind-worked sandstone shapes for company.

Good to know

  • This is the closest published beach corridor to the airport side of the island.
  • Facilities are simple: tavernas, a playground, showers in season — bring anything fancier.
  • The sea can pick up with the summer meltemi wind; mornings are calmest.

Keep exploring

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