KTEL coaches depart from the central station of Kifisos in Athens. 

There are stops in Corinth, Tripoli, Sparta.

There are also coach services from Kalamata to Sparta and from there transfer to Neapoli.

Please contact the following phones to confirm itineraries, availability and booking:   : https://www.ktel-lakonias.gr/

• KTEL Neapolis Lakonia : +30 2734 023222
• KTEL Athens: +30 210 5124913
• KTEL Tripolis: +30 2710 222560
• KTEL Sparta: +30 2731 026441
• KTEL Molai: +30 2732 022209
• KTEL Kalamata: +30 2721 022823

For Elafonisos you have to choose the coaches to Neapoli of Laconia. Upon your arrival at Neapolis, there is a connecting bus service to Pounta (the port opposite Elafonisos). This service is available only for the morning itinerary.

Ticket fee: € 33,7  Students: € 25,30

Saturday and Sunday

Ticket fee: € 1,80, Students: € 1,40

KTEL Laconia inside the island of Elafonisos
from 04/07/2022 to 31/08/2022

Route (circular route around the Island):

Megalo Limani (next to the Port Guard) - Simos - Sarakiniko - Panagia - Megalo Limani

Hours: 10.15 am - - 12:30pm  -14.45 pm - 16.15 pm - 18.15 pm - 20.15 pm

 Days: daily and weekends

 Ticket price and issue: 1.60 euros (all the way)

Greece by plane

Athens' Elefthérios Venizélos International Airport located near the Athens suburb of Spáta is the country's largest, busiest airport and main hub for domestic flights to the Airport of Kalamata and the Airport of Kythera that are the nearest if you want to visit Elafonisos.

Airport of Kalamata

The airport with the largest number of arrivals and departures that can serve the visitors of Elafonisos is Kalamata Airport. (IATA: KLX, ICAO: LGKL, CAA: KAKL). It is about 9 km west of the city of Kalamata.

It operates flights from and to destinations such as Athens, Thessaloniki (direct flights) and Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Kos, Mykonos, Milos, Santorini, Argostoli, Ioannina, Skiathos, Samos, Kythera, Leros, Lemnos, Mytilene, Sitia, Skyros and Chios (with a stopover).

France, Cyprus, Italy, Germany, Russia, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Czech Republic, Poland, Israel and Slovakia are among the countries that are expected to link with direct flights to Kalamata Airport for this summer (2017) many of which will be maintained during the autumn.

Car rental companies operate at the airport, so visitors of Elafonisos can continue their journey from Kalamata by car.

Alternatively, there is a bus connection to the Kalamata coach station, for the continuation of the trip to Elafonisos by coach (KTEL).

Kythera Airport

The nearest airport that can serve the visitors of Elafonisos is Kythera Airport.

Kythera National Airport serves domestic flights daily (direct flights from Athens and Thessaloniki) and flights from abroad (with a stopover).

Then from Kythira Airport head to the island's Passenger Port at Diakofti. From there, take the ship "Porfirousa" to Neapoli. To book tickets from NEAPOLI to KYTHIRA call 27340 24004 or 27340 29004 and from KYTHIRA to NEAPOLI at 27360 31390. More information

From Neapoli, Elafonisos is just 10 minutes by car or by taxi and 15 minutes by bus.

Before your trip, check out the available Ferry Boats Schedules of Elafonisos.

Contact info

Kythera National Airport "Alexandros Aristotelous Onasis"

Civil Aviation Authority

80200 KYTHERA

Tel .: +30 2736033297

Fax: +30 2736038039

Telex: 0242174 LGKC GR

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

From Athens Airport to Elafonisos

If you arrive at Athens' Elefthérios Venizélos International Airport and want to continue by car, you will find plenty of car rental agencies at the airport.

From Athens follow the route below: Elafonisos by car

Otherwise you can catch the bus from the designated area at the arrivals level (between Exit 4 and Exit 5). All bus routes are available 24 hours a day - 7 days a week. To arrive to Elafonisos, catch bus Route X93: Kifisou avenue - Athens Airport (View Timetable) which connects Athens airport to the Athens intercity coach station. The trip takes about 65 min. This bus route is the only way to reach the intercity coach station besides taxi. It departs every 40 minutes.

Information: http://www.athensairportbus.com/en/

From Athens intercity coach station (Kifisos) you take the KTEL for Neapoli (Laconia).

January 2026

Greece by boat

From Italy, several ferries depart for Greece daily. Ferries to Patras leave throughout the year from the Italian port cities of Venice, Trieste, Ancona, Bari and Brindisi. For more information on Italy-Greece ferries.

Information:

www.greekferries.gr, , and www.ferries.gr

From Patras you can either hire a car following the route

or take a coach to Corinth and then switch and take a coach to Neapoli - Laconia

Elafonisos by boat

The co-ordinates of Elafonisos (in Degrees, Minutes, Seconds) are:

N. Stavros (the islet in the entrance of the two ports of the village of Elafonisos):

36° 30΄ 48΄΄Β 22° 58΄ 56΄΄Α
Elafonissos Placemark (Google Earth)

Anchorages

There are no organized marinas. The main anchorage is in the two ports of Elafonisos, which are protected from any kind of weather, as well as in several bays of the island.

In the old harbor with the characteristic church on the island that is, with its bridge, part of the harbor, the passes are full of reefs, with an entrance draft of 0.4 meters. It is advised to enter the eastern pier at a distance of about ten meters.

The new harbor, east of the old, Megalo Tigani, has a draft of more than 4 meters on its pier, but you will need luck to find a place there. On the inside, the moorings should be avoided because there are large ferry boats that tie up there, running at least 30 trips to the opposite shore of Pounta every day.

The sea channel between Elafonisos and the Peloponnese with its golden-green waters has a maximum draft of 2.05 meters, hiding several pitfalls such as "Papa Aloni". It is advisable to consult the locals about its crossing and to sail to it with very low speed.

At Elafonisos there is a gas station as well as at Neapoli at 3.7 nautical miles east.

There is also a washer-dryer that serves the vessels delivering them to the port.

A safe anchorage, depending on the weather, can be in the eastern part of the island in the bay of Lefki with sand on the bottom and deep waters. On the south side of the bay of Frangos across just 4.5 meters from the lighthouse at the Cape Spathi of Kythera with sand on the bottom and good waters, as well as in all the coves of the island. Right next to it we find the largest bay of the island, the Bay of Sarakiniko. In Frango and Sarakiniko, usually in the afternoon and afterwards, there is an intense swell, that keeps until dawn. On the west of the island there is the bay of Panagia at Katonisi where attention is needed at the entrance as it is surrounded by many small islands.

Port Authority of Neapoli Voion, tel: +30 27340 22228

Agia Pelagia Port Station, Kythira, tel: +30 27360 33280

Kapsali Port Station, Kythera, tel: +30 27360 31222

Diakofti Port Station, Kythera, tel: +30 27360 34222

Weather
Windguru
Poseidon

Source

elafonissos.gr