Hillside village
How to get to Vourvoulos by bus
A quiet hillside settlement on one of the island’s most limited published bus corridors.
By bus
Getting to Vourvoulos
Scheduled service
Fira ↔ Vourvoulos is a current published corridor with limited service: the maintained timetable lists one afternoon departure from Fira and two from Vourvoulos, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The sources publish no guaranteed connection with another corridor, so plan any change in Fira as a separate journey.
- Ordinary fare listed by KTEL: €2.20.
- The maintained publication lists one afternoon departure from Fira and a morning and an afternoon one from Vourvoulos; the route page has the times.
- No guaranteed connection is published; allow your own margin for a separate departure in Fira.
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 ()
Check current Fira–Vourvoulos times
Bus routes serving Vourvoulos
From the current KTEL timetable. KTEL publishes no stop list, so the evidence behind each route is stated. Timetable PDF last updated .
- Fira ↔ Vourvoulos named in this corridor’s KTEL timetable column
- From Fira
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- Back to Fira
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- Ordinary fare
- €2.20
Published fares naming Vourvoulos: Fira – Vourvoulos €2.20. All fares.
No named stop node exists in OpenStreetMap for Vourvoulos, so no coordinates are shown rather than guessed.
Vourvoulos
The bus network over the terrain
Lines Vourvoulos
Terrain © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA. Roads: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0)
Before you go
Your way back, even without signal
The last bus back is the time that matters, and the beach is where signal drops. Santorini Bus keeps every KTEL departure back to Fira on your phone, offline. Recheck the official timetable on the day.
Worth your time
What Vourvoulos does best
Vourvoulos is a different kind of Santorini destination: a lived-in village of white houses spread across the slope, away from the caldera-centre itinerary. KTEL includes it among the nine current corridors from Fira, but the maintained publication shows only a limited set of departures. Build the return leg into the visit rather than treating the bus as a turn-up-and-go service.
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A village on the slope
Vourvoulos spreads in tiers of white houses rather than along the caldera rim. Its everyday village scale is the point: this is a stop for seeing another side of the island, not racing between headline sights.
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A slower bus day
The limited published departures make the journey part of the plan. Check both directions before leaving Fira and decide in advance which return departure fits your day.
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Fira as the connection
The official network is centred on Fira. If Vourvoulos is one part of a longer day, treat the next corridor as a fresh trip with your own time margin.
Good to know
- Do not infer frequency from other Santorini corridors: Vourvoulos has its own limited directional list.
- The maintained times are departures, not arrival promises; recheck the current PDF on the day you travel.
- For airport or Athinios travel, changing in Fira means separate legs with no guaranteed connection.
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