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To Kos Town · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours
Not all night: the KTEL bus to Kos Town runs 08:00–22:30.
The cheapest way in. The Welcome Pickups transfer to Kos Town is 10 minutes quicker for €50 more, which is not worth it at this party size.
Boards at. The KTEL bus stop 50 m from the terminal building
Full fare, paid to the driver.
Hours. Monday to Saturday at 08:00, 10:00, 11:40, 14:20, 15:30, 17:40, 18:30 and 22:30; Sunday only at 09:00, 11:40 and 16:00.
Boards at. Driver meets you in arrivals with a name board
Indicative, the price to Kos Town. Price is fixed when you book.
Luggage. Stated when booking; choose the vehicle by luggage as well as seats.
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Prices are whole-party totals; group fares are included. Ride times are recorded journey durations — no waiting or onward travel has been added — and road times vary with traffic. Confirm prices and availability with the operator. Going the other way? Kos to Kos Airport: where each one boards and when the first one runs
For one traveler we recommend the KTEL bus to Kos Town at €4, 40–45 min, which is also the cheapest way in; the fastest is the Welcome Pickups transfer to Kos Town at €54, 25–35 min. Every option below is priced as a total for your party and says where it leaves you.
Hire a car for Kos Town after 22:30 or on a Sunday afternoon, when no bus runs there, or for Kefalos and the villages away from the KTEL lines. You already reach Mastichari and Kardamena on KTEL buses from the airport, EUR 2.50, several times a day. Discover Cars shows the full price before you book.
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Not everything runs around the clock: the KTEL bus to Kos Town runs 08:00–22:30. Outside those hours, the Welcome Pickups transfer to Kos Town is what remains. Set the hour you leave arrivals and the board keeps only what is running.
Stated when booking; choose the vehicle by luggage as well as seats.
The KTEL bus stop is 50 m from the terminal building. Buses for Kos Town, Mastichari, Kardamena and Kefalos all leave from it.
Buy the ticket from the driver: EUR 4 to Kos Town, EUR 2.50 to Mastichari or Kardamena, EUR 3.20 to Kefalos.
The taxi rank is in front of Arrivals. No fixed fare is published for rides from this airport; the taxi runs on the meter.
Full fare, paid to the driver.
Only eight buses a day, three on Sunday, and none after 22:30. Check KTEL’s timetable for your day.
About 40 minutes from KTEL’s timetables, which print departures only; allow up to 45.
Monday to Saturday at 08:00, 10:00, 11:40, 14:20, 15:30, 17:40, 18:30 and 22:30; Sunday only at 09:00, 11:40 and 16:00.
KTEL bus to Kos Town: what it costs for one to eight travelers
See the times with KTELIndicative, the price to Kos Town. Price is fixed when you book.
This price is indicative: the operator sets it, and it moves with vehicle size, luggage and the exact address. Confirm the total at the time you book.
A minibus for nine to twelve people is EUR 153.
Welcome Pickups transfer to Kos Town: what it costs for one to eight travelers
Book transfer through Welcome PickupsPartner link
The price is for the car, fixed when you book; traffic and the hour do not change it.
Book at least 16 hours ahead; nearer the day a car is offered only when one is free.
Private transfer to Kos port: what it costs for one to eight travelers
Book transfer through KiwitaxiPartner link
The price is for the car, fixed when you book; traffic and the hour do not change it.
Book at least 16 hours ahead; nearer the day a car is offered only when one is free.
Private transfer to Mastichari: what it costs for one to eight travelers
Book transfer through KiwitaxiPartner link
The price is for the car, fixed when you book; traffic and the hour do not change it.
Book at least 16 hours ahead; nearer the day a car is offered only when one is free.
Private transfer to Kardamena: what it costs for one to eight travelers
Book transfer through KiwitaxiPartner link
For one traveler, the KTEL bus to Kos Town at €4, 40–45 min. The cheapest way in. The Welcome Pickups transfer to Kos Town is 10 minutes quicker for €50 more, which is not worth it at this party size. The same holds for a group of up to eight. How we weigh price against time is set out on the fares page, in numbers.
For one traveler, the KTEL bus to Kos Town at €4. Per-person fares multiply with the size of your party and per-vehicle fares do not, so check the total for your group rather than the single fare.
One bus reaches Kos Town: the KTEL bus to Kos Town, €4 for one traveler, 40–45 min. For one traveler that is the cheapest way into Kos by any means. The fastest way overall is the Welcome Pickups transfer to Kos Town, 25–35 min. See every option by bus
One taxi reaches Kos Town: the Welcome Pickups transfer to Kos Town, €54 for one traveler, 25–35 min, to any address in Kos Town. It is not the cheapest way in: the KTEL bus to Kos Town at €4 is. See every option by taxi
KTEL bus to Kos Town: 40–45 min. Welcome Pickups transfer to Kos Town: 25–35 min
Kos Airport does not publish a distance to the city. By time: the fastest way in, the Welcome Pickups transfer to Kos Town, takes 25–35 min; the cheapest, the KTEL bus to Kos Town, 40–45 min.
The KTEL bus stop 50 m from the terminal building. Follow the signs from arrivals. It leaves you at Kos Town, the KTEL stop in the centre, after a call at Mastichari.
The KTEL bus to Kos Town runs 08:00–22:30. Outside those hours the Welcome Pickups transfer to Kos Town is what remains; it is €54 for the vehicle. Monday to Saturday at 08:00, 10:00, 11:40, 14:20, 15:30, 17:40, 18:30 and 22:30; Sunday only at 09:00, 11:40 and 16:00.
This goes to the ferry quay on Kos Town’s harbour, for a boat onward; for an address in town, the transfer to Kos Town is cheaper.
This goes to Mastichari on the north coast, not to Kos Town: the driver takes you to any address there.
This goes to Kardamena on the south coast, not to Kos Town: the driver takes you to any address there.
The KTEL bus to Kos Town is EUR 4, paid to the driver. Monday to Saturday it leaves at 08:00, 10:00, 11:40, 14:20, 15:30, 17:40, 18:30 and 22:30.
On Sunday the bus leaves only at 09:00, 11:40 and 16:00. Nothing leaves for Kos Town between 22:30 and 08:00.
The bus runs by way of Mastichari and takes about 40 minutes into Kos Town. Times change with the season; check KTEL’s current timetable before you travel.
No fixed taxi fare is published for this airport, so no taxi price appears here. Taxis run on the meter from the rank in front of Arrivals.
The same stop has KTEL buses to Mastichari and Kardamena, EUR 2.50, and to Kefalos, EUR 3.20.
