How to reach Corfu island

Airplane

Corfu is very easily reachable from Athens with daily flights (1 hour). 
The airline companies that cover this route are the Olympic Air (www.olympicair.com) and the Aegean Airlines (http://en.aegeanair.com). 
On their websites there are timetables and prices.

There are also direct charter from many European cities to Corfu.

Corfu island’s airport, named Ioannis Kapodistrias, is 2 Km far from Corfu town and you can reach it by taxi, buses or private vehicles. 
Inside the airport you can find different public services as restaurants, bars, shops, bank, post office, rentals, police, fire police and first aid service. 
Outside the airport there is a large public parking. 

There is a bus that connects the airport with the city and the stops are:
Garitsa, Alexandras street, San Rocco square (in the centre of the city), the central bus station and the port.
The cost is 1,50 € and you can buy the ticket directly on the bus.
For more information call: 0030 26610 31595

The best way to get from Corfu airport to your hotel is Welcome Pickups. You can easily book your transfer for the same price as a taxi from the line, skip all the hussle and arrive safely to your accommodation.
You will experience a 5-star service with local, fluent-in-English drivers who meet and greet you at the gate and will give you useful tips and information for the city.
Another perk of the service is that you can cancel for free up to 24 hours before the transfer.
So, book your Corfu airport transfer now!

Ferry-boat 

There are many companies both Greek and Italian that from Italy can take you to Corfù island by ferry boat (Minoan, Hellenic, Anek, Superfast, Blue Star, Ventouris...) with departure from Venezia, Ancona, Bari, Brindisi and arrival to Igoumenitsa. 
From Igoumenitsa you need to take a ferry boat to go to Corfu. 
From Kerkyra you can also reach the near small islands of Paxos (1 hour) and Diapondia islands with departure from Sidari, A. Stefanos or Corfu town.

 

Corfu-Igoumenitsa

The local ferry-boat that link the island of Corfu with Igoumenitsa leave every day one per hour. 
There are 3 different kind of ferry-boat: 
- Open-deck: they work only with good weather conditions and they take 1 hour and 45 minutes. 
- Close-deck: they work in every weather conditions, they’re bigger and they take 1 hour and 10 minutes. 
- Hydrofoils: they just take 45 minutes. 

Timetable from 1/4 to 14/7 and from 3/9 to 31/10

Bus

From Corfu is also possible to reach Athens (7/8 hours) and Thessaloniki (8 hours) by a bus service line (KTEL) that operates all the year round.
Website of the bus company KTEL GREEN to see timetable and prices: www.greenbuses.gr
Prices do not include the cost of the ferry from Corfu to Igoumenitsza.

For more information:
KTEL of Corfu: +30 26610 28927
KTEL of Athens: +30 210 5129443
KTEL of Salonika: +30 2310 595470, 595411

DOMESTIC RUNS

There are buses every day that connect the chief town of Corfu to the following resorts and viceversa:

- Paleokastritsa (7 runs per day)
- Kassiopi (6 runs per day)
- Ag. Ilia (4 runs per day)
- Pirgi and Ipsos (12 runs per day)
- Barbati and Nisaki (7 runs per day)
- Roda and Acharavi (7 runs per day)
- Afiona and Arillas (3 runs per day)
- Ag. Georgios Pagon (4 runs per day)
- Sidari (7 runs per day)
- Ag. Stefanos (5 runs per day)
- Glifada (7 runs per day)
- Ermones (5 runs per day)
- Ag. Gordios (6 runs per day)
- Spartera (2 runs per day)
- Ag. Georgios Argyrades (2 runs per day) 
- Kavos (10 runs per day) 
- Mesongi (13 runs per day) 
- Issos (2 runs per day).

The number of runs is approximate and the price of one-way ticketis between 1,60 and 4,40 Euros according to the destination.

For the timetable of these runs: http://greenbuses.gr/index.php/routes-en


Timetables are very changeable during the summer season, Corfu-Kerkyra.eu will see to update them as often as possible but is not responsible in case of variations or cancellations. 
We highly recommend to check through the competent office before leaving.