The cheapest way to discover Lefkada Island is travelling by local bus public transports. About the local buses of Lefkada there are a lot of useful informations which you should know, especially the routes and the actual schedules.
Road conditions and geographical features have great influences to local bus transport, because a lot of destinations can be reached only by car or by boat. The local buses in Lefkada connect primarily the villages of the east coast, where the roads are much suitable for buses, than the narrow and winding roads in the west mountains.
Schedules, destinations and ticket prices of Lefkada local buses
The official bus company of Lefkada Island is called KTEL, which operates with more than 30 modern, well equipped buses with A/C. The buses of KTEL Lefkada run primarily on the eastern side of the island, where most of the villages are located.
Lefkada local buses run the most frequent between Lefkada town, Ligia, Nikiana and Nidri, which are the most populated area of the island: up to 7-8 times in a day. Daily routes to other destinations are less frequent, but it depend mostly on actual season: during summer months there are some routes, which have more bus lines from Lefkada town.
Local bus stops are situated primarily next to the main road, which lead in the center of the villages, but there were built quite rare, even in the longest villages such as Nikiana or Ligia. The bus stops for Lefkada local buses are signed well, but usually there are no separate buildings, just a bus sign.
Villages, which can be reached by local buses in Lefkada: Lefkada town, Nidri (Nydri), Lygia, Nikiana, Vasiliki, Agios Nikitas, Kathisma beach, Vlicho, Karya, Kalamitsi, Egklouvi, Poros, Syvota, Evgiros, Syvros, Fterno, Vournika
From Preveza Airport (Aktion International Airport) to Lefkada island local buses run in a few times per a day. Check the actual schedules and updates on the local KTEL bus website: KTEL Lefkada actual bus schedule (opens in new window). It may be an important information for travellers, that bus tickets can be also purchased online on the website of the KTEL.
Lefkada public bus transport has different schedules, which depend on actual seasons. There is a schedule for the summer months (usually from the end of May till October), and there is also a less frequent for out of season months. The routes are the most frequent from Monday to Friday, on weekends the local buses runs slightly less.
The main bus station of the island, known as KTEL Lefkadas – Central Bus Station is located in Lefkada town, in the southern side of the city. Mostly Lefkada local buses depart from here, and this is also the end station of the routes.
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The building of central bus station can be reached easily, because it is situated next to the port, where the largest parking lots of the city were built. In the building of the bus station there is an ATM, a small shop, and just a few meters away a large Sklavenitis supermarket.
