€1.10–€1.70 gets you from CFU to San Rocco on Blue Bus Line 15
Line 15 runs straight from Corfu Airport Terminal 1 to Corfu Town’s San Rocco Square and the port, with a stop just across the small car park outside arrivals. Daytime frequency sits around every 20–30 minutes, and the ride can be as quick as 15 minutes if traffic is light and the bus skips extra detours.
Tickets cost about €1.10–€1.70 from the kiosk or mini‑market outside arrivals, and a bit more if you pay the driver in cash on board. Regulars mention that paying the driver is the “lazy tax,” so have coins ready and grab the cheaper ticket before you walk to the stop pole.
The bus stop stands opposite the terminal across the short-term car park, with a basic shelter and a pole that still shows old route info. That pole is often wrong on timings, and locally updated times live on the Corfu blue bus website instead of on the printed timetable stuck to the stop.
Line 15 usually runs from early morning through early evening, but there is no late‑night service and nothing lining up with those 23:00–01:00 Ryanair and charter arrivals. Travellers on 06:00 departures from Corfu Town also report no bus early enough, so taxis fill the gap for those first‑wave flights.
Journey time swings between about 15 and 30 minutes for a 2 km run because the bus often loops via the port and then crawls through traffic into San Rocco. On cruise‑ship days, that port detour plus queues near the Liston stretch the ride right to the top of that 30‑minute window.
Crowding hits hardest when two or three flights arrive within 20 minutes and dump luggage‑laden passengers onto the same platform. Reviews talk about people standing in the aisle, bags stacked near the front, and older buses where the air‑con struggles in August when outside temperatures hit over 30°C.
On board, the driver is generally relaxed about luggage in the aisle as long as doors can close and the front entrance stays clear. One rider reported wheeling a full‑size suitcase and backpack onto a daytime service for €1.10 from the kiosk without any comment from the driver.
Step-by-step: Airport to Corfu Town by Blue Bus Line 15
- 1. Exit arrivals at Terminal 1 and walk straight across the small car park; this takes about 2 minutes on foot.
- 2. Buy your ticket at the kiosk or mini‑market outside the terminal, paying about €1.10–€1.70 instead of the higher on‑board fare.
- 3. Find the Line 15 stop at the shelter and pole opposite the terminal; ignore old printed timetables stuck to the post.
- 4. Check departure times on your phone using the Corfu blue bus website, since Google Maps can be off by 10–15 minutes in summer.
- 5. Board through the front door, validate or show your ticket, and keep larger bags in the aisle space without blocking the driver’s view.
- 6. Stay on for San Rocco Square if you’re heading for central Corfu Town, or hop off earlier at the Port stop if your hotel sits on the north side and you want to walk 5–10 minutes.
- 7. For the return to the airport, catch Line 15 from San Rocco or the Port, and build in 30 minutes in case of traffic plus another 2–3 minutes to walk from the stop into departures.
Practical tip: landing after about 20:00 in high season, price out a taxi as backup, because the last usable Line 15 toward town can leave the airport earlier than some airline schedules suggest.