Ten minutes from San Rocco to Kanoni if Bus 2 behaves
Public Bus No. 2 Kanoni–Mandouki Circular is a blue city bus used mostly by locals for shopping and commuting between San Rocco Square, Kanoni, Halikiopoulou Lagoon and Mandouki, with daytime headways of roughly 15–30 minutes. It runs on the standard Corfu city fare, around €1–2 per ride when you buy a ticket at kiosks instead of on board. Think of it as a Corfu Town mover first, and only a side-option for airport users with light bags.
This route does not enter Corfu Airport Terminal 1 at all, so you will not see “Bus 2” on airport boards. Its circular loop passes through San Rocco in the centre, then Kanoni near the famous mouse island viewpoint, then Mandouki on the town side. Travel time from San Rocco to Kanoni is usually 10–15 minutes in normal traffic, which lines up with what TripAdvisor riders report.
If you are landing at CFU and staying in Kanoni, the local trick is: Line 15 from the airport stop into San Rocco, then transfer to Bus No. 2 toward Kanoni. Both lines use the same blue urban buses and the same ticket system, so you are still paying around €1–2 per leg if you pre-buy. This avoids trying to guess which point on the Kanoni–Mandouki loop comes closest to the runway fence.
Regulars say Bus 2 feels frequent enough in the middle of the day but warn that effective headways can stretch beyond 30 minutes on Sundays and in the afternoon heat. Several r/Corfu posts mention short-turns, with some late buses skipping parts of the loop, especially around Mandouki. If you are timing a beach meetup or a restaurant booking in Kanoni for 20:00, build a 20–30 minute buffer in case the circular pattern goes off-script.
Complaints focus on crowding and luggage. Expect school kids and commuters around 13:00–15:00, when the bus can be standing-room only and drivers are visibly unhappy about big suitcases on a city route. Information is mostly in Greek: printed timetables at Kanoni and San Rocco stops use Greek headings, and several riders say online PDFs for route 2 go out of date mid-season. Late evening runs also have a reputation for skipping little-used stops.
What locals with light bags actually do: they sometimes walk between Kanoni and the airport in about 25–30 minutes rather than juggling a Line 15 plus Bus 2 combo before 07:00. If you want to lean on Bus 2, buy kiosk tickets in town during the day, screenshot the latest timetable you find, and treat the posted times as a guideline, not a promise.