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Hilltop village

How to get to Pyrgos by bus

KTEL lists Pyrgos on two fare rows, "Fira – Vothonas – Pyrgos" (€2.20) and "Athinios port – Pyrgos – Vothonas" (€2.20), and on the PDF fare panel as "Pirgos 2,20 €". OpenStreetMap maps a KTEL stop named Pyrgos on the Fira – Perissa relation. No timetable column names Pyrgos.

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By bus

Getting to Pyrgos

KTEL lists Pyrgos on two fare rows, "Fira – Vothonas – Pyrgos" (€2.20) and "Athinios port – Pyrgos – Vothonas" (€2.20), and on the PDF fare panel as "Pirgos 2,20 €". OpenStreetMap maps a KTEL stop named Pyrgos on the Fira – Perissa relation. No timetable column names Pyrgos.

  • Fare from Fira: €2.20 ordinary (row "Fira – Vothonas – Pyrgos"; PDF panel "Pirgos 2,20 €").
  • Fare from Athinios port: €2.20 ordinary (row "Athinios port – Pyrgos – Vothonas").
  • Mapped stop on the Fira – Perissa corridor (OpenStreetMap); KTEL publishes no stop sequence or Pyrgos departure column.

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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Worth your time

What Pyrgos does best

Pyrgos Kallistis is built amphitheatrically on a hill in the middle of the island, roughly 7 km from Fira according to Wikipedia, with views in almost every direction from its Venetian castle quarter. KTEL publishes fares to Pyrgos from Fira and from Athinios port.

The Kasteli quarter

Lanes climb through the old Venetian fortress settlement to the top of the hill; the view takes in both coasts.

Profitis Ilias above the village

The monastery on the island’s highest point is reached by road from Pyrgos; there is no bus to the summit.

Good to know

  • The bus stop is on the main road below the village; the climb to the castle is on foot.
  • Ancient Thera and Profitis Ilias are not served by any published KTEL fare stage.

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 Pyrgos

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 Pyrgos: Fira – Vothonas – Pyrgos €2.20. All fares.

Through fares KTEL publishes from Pyrgos: Athinios Port and Vothonas €2.20.

Stop coordinates 36.38236, 25.44939 (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); KTEL publishes no stop coordinates.