Caldera village
Oia →
The postcard village at the island’s northern tip — blue domes, white lanes, and the sunset everyone queues for.
Photo: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0
Independent transit guide
A little planning. A whole island to discover.
Your independent guide to Santorini by bus. Find your way through Fira, from the first airport journey to an evening by the sea.
Santorini Bus · Read published timetables offline
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Simple journey guide
Plan through the Fira hub
Choose where you are starting and where you want to go. Results point only to maintained guides; changing a selection never opens a page.
Choose both places, then select Plan journey.
Your first steps on the island
Santorini Airport
From the airport to Fira, step by step.
Athinios Port
From the Athinios ferry quay up to Fira.
Already on Santorini
You can also open any maintained corridor guide directly.
Private transfer option
Need a direct ride?
For port arrivals, luggage, late journeys, or a direct ride to your accommodation that would otherwise require a change in Fira, you can check a pre-booked private transfer.
Check Santorini transfer prices Affiliate link — we may earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you.Network at a glance
Nine corridors meet at Fira
Each line represents a separately published corridor from the Fira hub. Select any named endpoint to open its maintained guide.
Scroll sideways to see all nine corridors.
Start with a favourite journey
Fira → Oia
Departures, fares and the return plan.
Fira → Kamari
Times and returns for Kamari beach.
Fira → Perissa
Times and returns for Perissa beach.
Direct corridor guides
Find your kind of Santorini
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.
Photo: Michelle Maria · CC BY 3.0
South-coast beach
Perissa →
Kamari’s laid-back sibling on the other side of the mountain — a huge black beach with a backpacker soul.
Photo: PCN02WPS · CC BY-SA 4.0
Santorini Bus
Your island companion, in your pocket
Keep published bus times available offline after installation. Recheck the current official timetable before you travel.
- Read published timetables offline
- Plan supported bus journeys
- Search destinations and bus stops
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Make room for something memorable
A day on the caldera or a closer look at the island’s villages. Check the listed pickup arrangements when you book.
Caldera cruise Catamaran cruise with snorkelling, a meal and open bar
Vlychada
A caldera sailing option from Vlychada with Red Beach, Thirassia and hot-spring swim stops.
Getting there: The listing includes pickup and return transport; confirm the pickup point shown for your booking.
Check availability Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0
Island highlights Traditional villages, Akrotiri and Oia sunset day trip
Starts from Fira area
A guided land circuit linking archaeological, village and coastal stops before sunset in Oia.
Getting there: Useful for dispersed sights that are difficult to combine by public bus; confirm the seasonal itinerary.
Check availability Photo: Mustang Joe · CC0Booking through these links supports this free guide at no extra cost to you.
A few things to know before you go
Santorini bus fares, without false certainty →
These are ordinary fares published by KTEL on its page dated 19 May 2026. Reduced and night columns have separate eligibility or time rules.
How to read the timetable →
Treat each direction and every change in Fira as a separate planning decision.
Fira hub →
The published sources do not guarantee connections. Allow your own transfer time in Fira and recheck both departures on the day you travel.
Travel with a clearer picture
Santorini Bus is an independent travel guide. It is not operated by or affiliated with KTEL Thiras, Santorini Airport, the Municipality of Thira, or the Municipal Port Fund of Thira.
What route number goes to Oia?
KTEL does not publish a numeric public route ID for this corridor. Look for the destination-named Fira–Oia service and confirm its current directional departure.
KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetable
Are the timetable times daily?
The official table is labeled summer, but the sources checked do not show an explicit validity range or service-day calendar. Check the current operator publication for your travel date.
KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetable
Does the “return” column show when the bus arrives?
No. The official PDF labels the paired columns as departures from Fira and departures from the destination. Treat them as separate directional departure lists.
KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesPrintable current timetable
Vlychada fare: two official sources currently disagree
The KTEL fare table lists €2.80, while the newer timetable PDF dated 14 July 2026 lists €2.70. This guide does not choose between them—confirm the fare with KTEL before boarding.
KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesPrintable current timetableOfficial fare table
Published times can change with the season
KTEL labels the current web table as a summer timetable, but does not publish an explicit validity range or service-day calendar there. Treat every time as a current publication, not a promise that the same service pattern applies every day.
KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetable
This is a corridor guide, not a stop-by-stop map
The official sources checked for launch do not provide a reusable stop sequence or official stop-coordinate feed. We do not infer stops, guaranteed connections, or walking directions.
KTEL Thiras / Santorini Public BusesInteractive route table (updated 18 May 2026)Printable current timetable
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Keep published bus times available offline after installation. Recheck the current official timetable before you travel.
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