Transport
Chora is 25 km south, about 35 minutes and €40 by taxi; Potamos is about €25, Agia Pelagia €20 and Diakofti port €10. There is no airport bus; most visitors rent a car.
Read more: TransportGuide to Kythira Airport
Kythira Airport “Alexandros Aristotelous Onassis” (KIT) is on the flat north-east of the island near Diakofti, the ferry port, 25 km from Chora, the capital and castle at the southern tip. The runway takes turboprops and small jets: Olympic Air and Sky Express fly from Athens daily all year, with occasional summer flights to Thessaloniki. There are no international flights.
Kythira hangs off the southern tip of the Peloponnese, administratively Attica, historically Ionian, and mostly visited by Greeks and the Australian-Kytherian diaspora. It is a big island with scattered villages, few buses and a quiet airport whose 40-minute flight replaces a long drive and ferry from Neapoli.
Local tips
- Reserve a hire car for your flight time. Kythira is large, the bus is rare, and the taxis are few; the car is the island’s transport.
- Compare the flight with the drive: Athens to Neapoli is four hours and the ferry an hour and a quarter, so with a car from home the ferry route wins for a long stay.
- An hour before departure is enough; the terminal is one hall and the queue is one aircraft.
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Prices and timetables are indicative and change seasonally. Confirm before you travel.