Planning guide
Bus tickets on Santorini: where to buy and how to pay
KTEL Santorini publishes its fares in detail and its sales rules hardly at all. This page separates the two: what the operator states, and what it does not.
The short answer
The only published sales rule is the airport's: on the airport – Fira bus, tickets can be purchased from the bus conductor [source]. KTEL's fare table gives four columns for every row — ordinary, reduced (−50%), student (−25%) and night (+25%, 00:30–05:00) [source] — and no source this site uses states whether cards are accepted, whether tickets are sold in advance, or whether day passes exist. Carry cash in small notes and expect to pay on board.
Step by step
What the fare table publishes
Thirty-one rows, each with an ordinary fare and, where KTEL prints it, a distance. From Fira: Oia €2.20 (11.8 km), Kamari €2.20 (7.3 km), Akrotiri village €2.20 (15.1 km) or beach €2.20 (16.5 km), Perissa – Perivolos €2.70 (20.4 km), Vlychada €2.80 (20.4 km), Athinios port €2.70 (18 km), the airport €2.20 on the row Fira – Kamari – Monolithos – Airport [source]. The full table is on the fares page.
The four columns
The reduced column is marked with an asterisk for large families and disability ("Πολυτέκνων και Αναπηρίας"); the student column is −25%; the night column adds 25% between 00:30 and 05:00 [source]. Eligibility evidence is not described on the table; ask KTEL.
The PDF fare panel
The timetable PDF prints a shorter fare panel from Fira with sixteen destinations at 2,20 € or 2,70 €, and it disagrees with the fare table on Vlychada — 2,70 € against €2.80 [source, source]. Both are shown across this site; pay what the conductor asks.
Where tickets are sold
Airport – Fira: from the conductor, per Santorini Airport [source]. Every other corridor: KTEL's routes page and PDF publish no sales channel [source, source]. KTEL's published contact details are the phone number 22860 25404 and the email [email protected] [source].
What is not published
Payment methods on the on-island corridors, day passes or multi-ride tickets, child fare thresholds and luggage charges do not appear on the fare table or the PDF [source, source]. This site does not fill those gaps with guesses.
Routes in this guide
Places: Fira
Quick answers
Can I buy Santorini bus tickets online?
No online sales channel is published by KTEL on its routes page, fare table or PDF [source, source, source].
Do I pay the driver or the conductor?
Santorini Airport says tickets on the airport – Fira bus are sold by the bus conductor [source]. For other corridors no rule is published.
Is there a night fare?
The fare table's night column adds 25% between 00:30 and 05:00 [source]; no published departure falls inside that window [source].
Are there discounts?
A −50% column for large families and disability and a −25% student column [source].
Carry the timetable
Every corridor offline in the Santorini Bus app
The published KTEL corridors and fares, stored on your phone for the moment the last bus matters and the signal does not.
Sources
- KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public Buses — Official fare table (last update 19/05/2026) , source-dated , read
- KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public Buses — Printable timetable PDF (last update 15/09/2026) , source-dated , read
- Santorini Airport / Fraport Greece — By Public Bus , read
- KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public Buses — Interactive routes table, summer programme (last update 18/05/2026) , source-dated , read