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How do I get from Rhodes airport to Rhodes city center?
For one traveler we recommend the RODA bus to Rhodes town at €2.50, 45 min, which is also the cheapest way in; the fastest is the Pre-booked private transfer at €36, 22 min. Every option below is priced as a total for your party and says where it leaves you.
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Arriving late?
Not everything runs around the clock: the RODA bus to Rhodes town runs 05:45–00:45. Outside those hours, the Taxi at the municipality’s listed price and the Pre-booked private transfer are what remain. Set the hour you leave arrivals and the board keeps only what is running.
Luggage
Stated when booking; choose the vehicle by luggage as well as seats.
By ferry from this airport
The ride to the port, then the boat, each journey priced on its own page
The RODA bus to Rhodes town leaves from the stop between the old and the new terminal.
The taxi rank
The taxi rank is in front of Arrivals (T1).
At night
The last bus to Rhodes town leaves at 00:45. The first is at 06:50 on weekdays and 05:45 on Saturdays and Sundays; in between only the taxi runs.
Before you travel
Where each one starts, how long it runs, what it carries
taxi · Rhodes licensed taxisTaxi at the municipality’s listed price
From
The taxi rank in front of Arrivals (T1)
To
Any address in Rhodes town
Runs
All night
Journey
20–35 min
EUR 27 to 29 to Rhodes town for up to four, EUR 37 for five to eight, on the municipality’s price list.
The list also names a EUR 4 airport charge and a doubled meter rate from 00:00 to 05:00 without saying whether they apply to its prices. Agree the fare with the driver before you set off.
Cars cannot drive into most of the old town. Expect to be set down at one of its gates.
RODA→Dodekanisos · RODA and Dodekanisos SeawaysRODA bus and Dodekanisos Seaways catamaran to Symi
From
The RODA stop between the old and the new terminal
To
Symi harbour, by Dodekanisos Seaways from Rhodes
Luggage
Dodekanisos Seaways lets a passenger carry hand luggage up to 40 kg and half a cubic metre; bags are stowed where passengers cannot reach them during the trip.
Runs
08:00–14:00
Journey
155 min
Two tickets: EUR 2.50 on the RODA bus and EUR 32.00 on the Dodekanisos Seaways catamaran, one way, the price its booking page showed in October and November 2026. The slower ferry Panagia Skiadeni is EUR 18.00 on the 08:30 and 14:00 sailings in October. Neither ticket covers the other.
The operator asks you to be at the quay an hour before the boat leaves, and the RODA bus takes 45 minutes: for the 08:00 catamaran the first weekday bus, at 06:50, is too late.
Dodekanisos Seaways sells tickets at kiosks at Kolona port and Akandia port and does not say on its site which quay each boat uses; check your ticket.
On some Sundays the slower ferry goes to Panormitis, at the far end of Symi, not to Symi town, and on some days in November there is no boat.
The RODA bus ends at its station on Averof Street, by Mandraki harbour; the quay is a walk from there.
The catamaran leaves Rhodes at 08:00 and reaches Symi 45 to 50 minutes later; the slower ferry leaves at 08:30 and, from 13 October, at 14:00. Be at the quay an hour before, so the 06:50 weekday bus is too late for the 08:00: take the 05:45 on a Saturday or Sunday.
What is the best way from Rhodes airport to Rhodes city center?
For one traveler, the RODA bus to Rhodes town at €2.50, 45 min. The cheapest way in. The Pre-booked private transfer is 23 minutes quicker for €33.50 more, which is not worth it at this party size. From 3 travelers we recommend the Taxi at the municipality’s listed price instead: 20 minutes quicker than the RODA bus to Rhodes town, for €21.50 more for 3. How we weigh price against time is set out on the fares page, in numbers.
What is the cheapest way from Rhodes airport to Rhodes city center?
For one traveler, the RODA bus to Rhodes town at €2.50. 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.
How do I get from Rhodes airport to Rhodes city center by bus?
One bus reaches The medieval old town and Mandraki harbour: the RODA bus to Rhodes town, €2.50 for one traveler, 45 min, to the RODA bus station on Averof Street. For one traveler that is the cheapest way into Rhodes by any means. The fastest way overall is the Pre-booked private transfer, 22 min. See every option by bus
How do I get from Rhodes airport to Rhodes city center by taxi?
For one traveler the cheapest taxi is the Taxi at the municipality’s listed price at €29, 20–35 min; the fastest is the Pre-booked private transfer at €36, 22 min. It is not the cheapest way in: the RODA bus to Rhodes town at €2.50 is. See every option by taxi
How long does it take to get from Rhodes airport to Rhodes city center?
RODA bus to Rhodes town: 45 min. Taxi at the municipality’s listed price: 20–35 min. Pre-booked private transfer: 22 min
How far is Rhodes airport from the city center?
Rhodes Airport does not publish a distance to the city. By time: the fastest way in, the Pre-booked private transfer, takes 22 min; the cheapest, the RODA bus to Rhodes town, 45 min.
How much is a taxi from Rhodes airport to Rhodes city center?
€29. Journey time 20–35 min.
Where do I catch the RODA bus to Rhodes town at Rhodes airport?
The RODA stop between the old and the new terminal. Follow the signs from arrivals. It leaves you at The RODA bus station on Averof Street, by Mandraki harbour and the old town.
Is there a train from Rhodes airport to Rhodes at night?
The RODA bus to Rhodes town runs 05:45–00:45. Outside those hours the taxi at the municipality’s listed price and the pre-booked private transfer are what remain; the taxi at the municipality’s listed price is €29 for the vehicle. About every 30 minutes, from 06:50 on weekdays and 05:45 on Saturdays and Sundays, to 00:45 every night.
Does the RODA bus and Dodekanisos Seaways catamaran to Symi go to The medieval old town and Mandraki harbour?
This goes on by catamaran to Symi, landing at its harbour. The bus ends at Rhodes town, and the quay is a walk from its station.
Worth knowing
RODA buses leave for Rhodes town from the stop between the old and the new terminal, about every 30 minutes, from 06:50 on weekdays and 05:45 at weekends. The last one leaves at 00:45 every night.
Between 00:45 and the first bus only the taxi runs. The municipality lists it at EUR 27 to 29 to Rhodes town for up to four people and EUR 37 for five to eight.
For the resorts the same list gives EUR 18 to Ialysos, EUR 21 to Ixia, EUR 31 to Faliraki and EUR 74 to Lindos for up to four; EUR 23, 27, 43 and 97 for five to eight.
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