Corfu International Airport to Corfu Town
Only 3 km from CFU; the blue line 15 bus costs about €1.70 and takes fifteen minutes, while taxis run a fixed €15 by day and €20 at night.
A UNESCO-listed old town of Venetian arcades and Italianate facades between two fortresses, with the cricket-pitch Spianada at its centre and lanes narrow enough that the whole thing is walked rather than driven.
Every way to get there
Our verdict: for Corfu Town, a private transfer is the easiest door-to-door option (from €22). Travelling light on a budget? The bus is cheapest (from €1.7) but slower, with a change in the city.
What it costs for your group
The bus is charged per person, while a taxi or private transfer is one price for the whole car — so the more of you there are, the better door-to-door value looks.
| Group | Bus (per person) | Private transfer | Best value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo · 1 traveller | €1.7 | €22 | Bus |
| Couple · 2 travellers | €3.4 | €22 | Bus |
| Family of 4 · 4 travellers | €6.8 | €22 | Bus |
Which option should you choose?
| If your priority is… | Our pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price | Bus | From €1.7, though slower with a change in the city. |
| Speed & comfort | Private transfer | Door-to-door, fixed price, a driver waiting for you. |
| A group of 3–4 | Transfer or taxi | One flat fare splits cheaper than several bus tickets. |
| A late-night arrival | Transfer or taxi | Both run 24/7 when buses and the tram have stopped. |
By transport mode
Bus / shuttle
€1.70 is the cheapest airport fare in this guide. Two caveats: it runs every half hour to an hour rather than continuously, and there is no luggage compartment — it's a city bus, so large cases are awkward at busy times.
Where to catch it: The blue urban bus stops on the road outside the terminal. Pay the driver in cash — exact change is appreciated and cards are not reliably accepted.
Best for solo & budget travellersTaxi
For three kilometres that's fair, and it's the obvious choice with luggage or a late landing. The queue does build when two charters land together, which is the main argument for booking ahead in peak season.
Where to catch it: The rank works to fixed rates for common destinations — around €15 into town by day and €20 after dark.
Best for small groups in a hurryPrivate transfer
On a twelve-minute ride the premium buys certainty rather than time. Worth it if you land at midnight or your hotel is deep inside the Campiello, where the lanes are too narrow for any car.
Where to catch it: Corfu Town's old quarter is largely pedestrianised, so a booked driver takes you to the nearest vehicle access point for your specific address rather than a generic drop-off.
Best for families, groups & late arrivalsCar rental
A poor idea for a town-only stay: the old town bans cars, parking around the Spianada is metered and scarce, and everything inside the walls is a walk. Hire later for the north and west coasts.
Where to catch it: Counters in arrivals with collection immediately outside.
Best for travellers who want to exploreCorfu Town & Corfu in photos
Buying tickets in Corfu
Corfu runs two bus networks and only one serves the airport. The blue urban buses cover Corfu Town, and line 15 connects the terminal to the centre for about €1.70 — cash to the driver, exact change appreciated, every 30–60 minutes, and no luggage compartment since it is an ordinary city bus. The green KTEL coaches are the intercity network reaching Sidari, Kavos (route B1, around €5.30), Paleokastritsa, Kassiopi and the rest — and they leave from their own terminal in Corfu Town, not from the airport. So any resort journey means a blue bus in, a walk between terminals, a second ticket and a green coach out. Green services thin out sharply outside July and August, so check the current timetable if you are travelling in the shoulder months.
Taxi scams & safety in Corfu
Corfu's airport taxis use fixed rates for common destinations rather than a meter — roughly €15 into town by day and €20 after dark — so there is little scope for dispute; agree the figure at the rank before loading. The queue rather than the price is the pressure point, since several charters often land together on summer Saturdays. Be aware that Corfu Town's old quarter is largely pedestrian, so a drop-off will be at the nearest vehicle access rather than your door; that is a planning matter, not a driver trying to cut the trip short. For car hire, inspect and photograph before you leave and confirm the excess in writing — and note that the mountain roads to the north coast are winding rather than difficult, but they take longer than the distances suggest.
Getting from CFU to Corfu Town
Three kilometres. Corfu's runway ends almost within sight of the old fortress, which makes this one of the shortest airport-to-city journeys anywhere in Greece — twelve minutes in a car, fifteen on the bus, and a fare of €1.70 if you take the right one. The trap is that this proximity convinces people the island is small, and it is not: Kavos is forty-seven kilometres south and Sidari thirty-seven north, on roads that take an hour.
Blue buses and green coaches are two different systems
Learn this on day one and it saves confusion all week. The blue buses are the urban network around Corfu Town, and line 15 is the one that serves the airport for a flat €1.70. The green KTEL coaches are the intercity network that reaches the resorts — Sidari, Kavos, Paleokastritsa, Kassiopi — and they run from their own separate terminal in town, not from the airport. Different company, different tickets, different building. Anyone heading to a resort will use both: blue in, walk across, green out.
Cash, exact change, and no luggage rack
Three practical details about line 15. It runs every thirty to sixty minutes rather than continuously, so a bad landing time means a wait. You pay the driver in cash and exact change is genuinely appreciated — cards are not reliably accepted. And it is an ordinary city bus with no luggage compartment, which is fine with a rucksack and awkward at 5pm with two large cases and a full standing load. For €1.70 those are reasonable trade-offs; they are just worth knowing before you commit.
The rank works on fixed rates, around €15
Taxis outside arrivals quote fixed prices for common destinations rather than running a meter — roughly €15 into town during the day and about €20 after dark. For three kilometres that is not cheap per kilometre, but it is a small absolute sum for a door-to-door ride with luggage, and it is the obvious choice on a late arrival. The queue is the variable: when two charters land together it builds quickly, and Corfu's summer schedule produces exactly that on Saturday afternoons.
The old town does not admit cars
Kerkyra's historic centre — the Campiello, the arcaded Liston, the lanes between the two fortresses — is a UNESCO site and largely pedestrian. Whatever you arrive in stops at the edge. That is not a great hardship over three kilometres, but it means the drop-off point matters: a driver who knows your hotel will pick the nearest vehicle access, while a bus leaves you at the terminus by the port and lets you work it out. If your accommodation is deep in the Campiello, where the lanes are barely two metres wide, a booked transfer at €22 to €32 buys someone who has done it before.
What Venetian rule left behind
Corfu never fell to the Ottomans, and four centuries of Venetian administration show in a way they do not elsewhere in Greece: tall ochre buildings with shuttered windows, arcaded streets, an Italianate cathedral, and a cricket pitch on the Spianada left by the British who followed. The Old Fortress and the New Fortress bracket the town, both walkable and both worth an hour. It is the least Greek-looking Greek town in the country and that is precisely the appeal.
Do not hire a car for a town stay
Rates run €25 to €50 a day, and in Corfu Town a car is a liability — no access to the old quarter, metered and scarce parking around the Spianada, and one-way systems designed for horses. Everything inside the walls is a walk. If you plan day trips to Paleokastritsa or the north, hire for those days from a town office rather than collecting at the airport and paying to park it from the start.
Simply: €1.70 on the blue line 15 if you travel light and the timing suits, €15 fixed in a taxi otherwise. And if you are heading onward to a resort, remember the green coaches leave from town — the airport has no intercity service at all.
