Corfu International Airport to Kavos
The furthest run at 47 km; the green KTEL coach reaches it for about €5.30 but leaves from Corfu Town, not the airport. Taxis run €80–100.
The island's southern tip and its party resort — one long strip of bars and clubs behind a sandy beach, with the quieter Lefkimmi salt flats and the Paxos ferry a short drive back up the road.
Every way to get there
Our verdict: for Kavos, a private transfer is the easiest door-to-door option (from €75). Travelling light on a budget? The bus is cheapest (from €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 | €7 | €75 | Bus |
| Couple · 2 travellers | €14 | €75 | Bus |
| Family of 4 · 4 travellers | €28 | €75 | Bus |
Which option should you choose?
| If your priority is… | Our pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price | Bus | From €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
Roughly seven euros all in — a tenth of the taxi. Budget well over two hours with the change and the walk between terminals. It's the cheapest way to the far south by a wide margin if you're travelling light.
Where to catch it: Blue line 15 into town (€1.70), then the green KTEL B1 coach to Kavos at about €5.30 from the intercity terminal.
Best for solo & budget travellersTaxi
Agree the fixed rate before loading. Kavos strip addresses are mostly apartment blocks rather than named hotels, so have the property name written down.
Where to catch it: The longest standard fare from this airport, straight down the island's spine.
Best for small groups in a hurryPrivate transfer
Split between a group it comes out near the coach fare per person and saves two hours. Book the return too — Kavos is seventy minutes out and early departures beat the first coach.
Where to catch it: Per car rather than per head, which is the whole point for the groups of six or eight that make up much of Kavos's market.
Best for families, groups & late arrivalsCar rental
Rarely worth it for a Kavos holiday — the strip is walkable and drink-driving rules make a car a liability on a nightlife trip. Useful only if you plan day trips to Lefkimmi or the Paxos ferry.
Where to catch it: An hour and ten down the island; Kavos parking is on-street and chaotic in August.
Best for travellers who want to exploreKavos & 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 Kavos
Kavos sits at Corfu's southern tip, forty-seven kilometres from the airport — the longest run on the island and about seventy minutes by road. As with everywhere else on Corfu, no coach leaves the terminal directly; the green KTEL route B1 that serves Kavos starts from the intercity station in Corfu Town, which means a blue bus in first and a second ticket after it.
Seven euros against ninety, and two hours between them
The full public route: blue line 15 to Corfu Town for €1.70, then the B1 green coach to Kavos at around €5.30. Roughly seven euros and, with the walk between terminals and the wait for a departure, well over two hours. A taxi or transfer runs €80 to €100. That is one of the widest cost gaps in this guide, and for the groups of six or eight that make up much of Kavos's market, splitting a car brings the per-head figure close to the coach fare anyway while saving most of a morning.
Apartment blocks, not named hotels
An arrival detail specific to this resort. Much of Kavos's accommodation is low-rise apartment complexes rather than hotels with recognisable names and signed entrances, strung along and behind the main strip. Drivers navigate by complex name, and having yours written down — not just the resort — is what gets you to the right door at two in the morning. If you booked through a package operator, the complex name is on your voucher; if you booked independently, check it before you fly.
What the resort is, plainly
Kavos is Corfu's party strip: about a kilometre of bars and clubs behind a long sandy beach, aimed squarely at eighteen-to-thirty holidays, packed from late June to early September and largely shuttered outside those months. That is not a criticism, it is a description — people who book it knowing what it is have a good time, and people who book it expecting a quiet Greek village do not. The beach itself is genuinely good and surprisingly calm in the mornings, when the strip is asleep.
Ten minutes away it is a different island
Worth knowing if you want an afternoon off. Lefkimmi, a working town with a canal and no tourism to speak of, is fifteen minutes back up the road, and the salt flats south of it are a birdwatching site. The ferry to Paxos leaves from Lefkimmi's port, an hour's crossing to an island with none of this. Both are easy with a car and awkward without, since the B1 coach runs to a summer timetable and stops early in the evening.
Why a hire car is usually the wrong call here
Unusually for this guide, the advice is to skip it. Kavos is walkable end to end, the strip is the point of the holiday for most visitors, and drink-driving enforcement in Greece is serious — a car on a nightlife trip is a liability rather than an asset. Parking on the strip is on-street and chaotic in August. Hire for a day mid-stay if you want Lefkimmi or the Paxos boat, and use the coach or a taxi otherwise.
Book the return before the last night
Departures from Corfu cluster in the morning and Kavos is seventy minutes from the terminal — earlier than the first B1 coach of the day in most seasons. Arranging the outbound transfer when you book the inbound costs the same and avoids the situation where every departing group in the resort is trying to find a car at six in the morning. It is the single most common logistical failure at this end of the island.
Worth adding that the resort effectively closes out of season — by mid-October most of the strip is shuttered and by November there is very little open at all. Anyone booking a shoulder-month trip should check what will actually be running.
Bottom line: seven euros and two hours by coach, or €80–100 in a car that splits well across a group. Have the apartment complex name to hand either way, and sort the journey home when you book the journey out.
