Lemnos International Airport to Keros
About 20 km east of the airport; a taxi is €25–32 on the posted board and there is effectively no bus.
A long shallow bay on the east coast backed by dunes, and one of the better windsurfing and kitesurfing spots in the Aegean thanks to a reliable summer wind funnelling across the flat interior.
Every way to get there
Our verdict: for Keros, a private transfer is the easiest door-to-door option (from €32). Travelling light on a budget? The bus is cheapest (from €3) 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 | €3 | €32 | Bus |
| Couple · 2 travellers | €6 | €32 | Bus |
| Family of 4 · 4 travellers | €12 | €32 | Bus |
Which option should you choose?
| If your priority is… | Our pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price | Bus | From €3, 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
Taxi
Check the board — Keros is usually listed. Board bags do not fit every car, so if you are arriving with kit, mention it when you approach the rank rather than after the boot is open.
Where to catch it: Twenty-five minutes east across the flat middle of the island and down to the coast.
Best for small groups in a hurryPrivate transfer
The kite and windsurf schools that operate here will often arrange collection themselves if you have booked lessons or storage — worth asking before paying separately.
Where to catch it: The obvious choice for surfers: state oversized luggage when booking and an estate or van is sent instead of a saloon.
Best for families, groups & late arrivalsCar rental
There is nothing at Keros but the beach, a seasonal canteen and the surf centres. Everything else — food, supplies, a change of scene — means driving, and the nearest village of any size is fifteen minutes away.
Where to catch it: Twenty-five minutes; parking on the sand track behind the dunes.
Best for travellers who want to exploreBus / shuttle
Listed for completeness only. Nobody carrying a board should attempt it, and nobody without one has much reason to come here.
Where to catch it: No route serves this beach directly; reaching it by bus means a village service to Kalliopi and a walk.
Best for solo & budget travellersKeros & Lemnos in photos
Buying tickets in Lemnos
Lemnos does something unusual and helpful: taxis at the airport work to a posted fare board with set prices to the main settlements — Myrina around €30, Moudros €12–18, Plati €32–38, Thanos €34–42. Glance at the whole list on your way out, because it tells you what journeys will cost later in the week. KTEL Limnou also runs buses to Myrina roughly three times a day, Monday to Saturday, taking about 31 minutes for a few euros, terminating at Eleftherios Venizelos square where all island routes begin. There are no Sunday services. Beyond the capital the network thins to village runs timed for residents, and the beaches are essentially unserved, which is why nearly everyone staying outside Myrina hires a car.
Taxi scams & safety in Lemnos
With fares posted rather than negotiated, Lemnos is about as low-friction as Greek island arrivals get. The risks here are logistical. The rank is small — this island takes few flights — so a full arrival can clear it. More importantly, large parts of Lemnos have no taxi rank and no passing traffic at all: Keros, Thanos, Agios Ioannis and the archaeological site at Poliochni are all places a car drops you and then leaves. If you take a taxi to a site rather than a settlement, agree a return time with the same driver before they go. And if you are flying out early from anywhere outside Myrina, arrange the departure transfer when you book the arrival — with three buses a day and no passing trade at dawn, there is no fallback.
Getting from LXS to Keros
Keros is twenty kilometres east of the airport, a long shallow bay backed by dunes on the island's eastern shore — and one of the more reliable windsurfing and kitesurfing spots in the Aegean, because the summer wind funnels across the flat interior of Lemnos and arrives here with nothing in its way.
Twenty-five minutes, €25 to €32 on the board
The drive east crosses the flat middle of the island and drops to the coast. Keros is usually listed on the airport fare board, which saves the negotiation that this sort of out-of-the-way beach normally involves. Twenty-five minutes on empty roads.
Board bags and what will actually fit
The practical issue for most people arriving here. A nine-foot board bag does not go in a standard saloon, and the Lemnos taxi fleet is small and mostly saloons. Mention what you are carrying as you approach the rank rather than after the boot is open. Better: book a transfer at €32 to €44 and state oversized luggage, so an estate or a van is sent. The kite and windsurf centres operating on this beach will often arrange collection themselves if you have booked lessons or storage — worth asking before paying separately.
Why the wind is so consistent
Lemnos is flat. There is no mountain range to break the northerly meltemi, so it crosses the island and hits the eastern bays with a steadiness that mountainous islands cannot match. Keros gets side-onshore conditions through most of the summer with shallow water for a long way out, which is exactly what learners want and why the schools are here rather than somewhere prettier.
There is nothing here but the beach
Set expectations properly. Keros has a seasonal canteen, the surf centres, dunes and sand. No village, no shop, no taverna strip. The nearest settlement of any size is fifteen minutes away, and everything — food, supplies, a change of scene — means driving. People come for the wind and organise around that.
No bus, in any useful sense
There is no route serving this beach. Reaching it on public transport would mean a village service towards Kalliopi and a long walk, on a timetable of about three buses a day island-wide. Nobody carrying equipment should attempt it, and nobody without equipment has much reason to be here.
A car, and where to park it
€25 to €45 a day, parking on the sand track behind the dunes. For a windsurfing week the car is not optional: it is how you get food, how you reach Myrina for an evening, and how you move gear if conditions push you to a different bay. Book in advance — Lemnos rental is a handful of small local firms and the summer fleet is finite.
The rest of the east coast
North of Keros the coast runs up towards Kotsinas and the eastern dunes at Gomati, an area of genuine sand desert that is one of the odder landscapes in Greece. South is the great bay of Moudros. Both are short drives, both are empty, and neither has any public transport at all — which is the recurring theme of this island.
Gomati, and the sand desert twenty minutes north
Lemnos has genuine dunes — the Gomati desert on the northern coast, several square kilometres of wind-piled sand that looks like nothing else in the Aegean and is reached by a track from the village of Katalakko. It is twenty minutes from Keros by car and completely empty. For anyone already out on this side of the island with a vehicle, it is the thing to see that nobody expects Greece to contain.
One seasonal detail: the wind that makes this beach worth the journey also makes it uncomfortable for anyone who came to lie still. In July and August the afternoon blow picks up sand along the whole strand, which is why the canteen has windbreaks and why non-surfers on Lemnos tend to book the sheltered western beaches instead.
Practically: €25–32 on the posted board, or a booked van at €32–44 if you are arriving with boards. Hire a car for the week; there is no version of a stay here that works without one.
