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Buses on Naxos from the port bus station in Naxos Town — the west-coast beach strip, the airport, and the mountain villages of the Tragaea.
Routes are filed under the operator that runs them, so a bus INTO this area can live on another area’s page — Athens to Delphi, for instance, is a Fokida bus. If what you want is not below, search every area at once with the route finder.
A solid dot is a stop we can place with confidence. A hollow dashed dot is a position we only know to within a village — useful for orientation, not for walking directions. Tap any stop to see exactly where its coordinate came from.
The Naxos bus station sits directly in front of the ferry port, the first building you reach as you step off the pier. The main taxi queue is across from it, though taxis also wait on the pier itself. Tickets have to be bought before you board, not on the bus.
In Naxos Town, buy from the KTEL office by the port. Away from town, look out for kiosks, news agents and mini markets with a bus-ticket or KTEL sign in the window, and keep some cash on you, especially outside Naxos Town. There doesn't seem to be any way to buy tickets online or load an e-ticket, so plan to pay in person. No office hours are given, so build in some spare time.
Buses run down the coast from Naxos Town calling at Agios Georgios, Agios Prokopios, Agia Anna and Plaka. Agios Georgios is the closest stop to town, though most people find it just as easy to walk. For Plaka, ask your hotel which stop lands you nearest before you arrive.
There is no direct bus service to count on from the airport. The workaround is the beach bus, getting off near Naxos Camping and walking the remaining 500 metres or so. For an actual flight, a taxi or a transfer booked in advance is the safer bet, particularly since taxis get stretched in high summer.
Halki, Filoti and Apeiranthos see fewer buses, so check the return time before you leave town rather than assuming another service will turn up soon. Apollonas has limited service, so check both directions before you go. Buses don't stop at the Temple of Demeter near Sagri, so it's a poor bus trip for a hot summer afternoon. From Myli, it is a short walk into the archaeological site. For beach-hopping, remote villages, or stringing several sites into one day, a rental car can suit the island better than waiting on connections.
Larger bags go in the compartment under the bus, while valuables, documents and medication are best kept with you. Arrive 10 to 15 minutes before departure for most trips. At small roadside stops, stand where the driver can see you and raise an arm to be picked up.
Summer services run far more often than winter ones, and summer beach buses keep going later into the evening, but village and remote-beach routes do not. Schedules change several times in a season, so check close to your travel dates rather than relying on an old photo of a timetable. Students can get a reduced fare with a valid student ID. For anything else, the number is +30 22850 22291.
Generated from this page’s own timetable data — every answer reads the same day-by-day calendar as the table above, so it can never say more than the page does.
The busiest starting point in this data is Naxos Town (port bus station). Each route page lists its own departure point — cities with more than one terminal use them for different operators, and they are not interchangeable.
Departures on this page are confirmed day by day to Fri 6 Nov. After that the operators have not yet published, so this page cannot say what runs; check back nearer the time.
Published fares run from €1.80 to €6.20 depending on the journey. Routes with no published fare say so — a missing fare is never rendered as free.