Cheapest€16.13
- ΚΤΕΛ Ιωαννίνων S-380810:164h 14m14:30Athina KifissosKTEL - Bus Station Terminal of Giannina
Door to door 4h 58mCO2 8.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Athens to Ioannina bus
Buses from Athens to Ioannina start at €19.43 and take 4h 58m at their fastest.
The Buses from Athens to Ioannina starts at €19.43 and takes 4h 58m door to door, run by 1 operator over 311 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 58mDoor to door
- 4h 14mMoving
- €19.43From
- 8.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΚΤΕΛ Ιωαννίνων | €16.13 | 4h 51m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Ioannina. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Ioannina
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When to book Athens to Ioannina
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.0890 days
- €12.8360 days
- €15.0345 days
- €16.1330 days
- €18.3321 days
- €22.1814 days
- €26.587 days
- €27.133 days
- €38.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 197 percent. The most expensive point is €38.13, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €22.18Sun
- €20.53Mon
- €21.63Tue
- €19.43Wed
- €23.28Thu
- €22.18Fri
- €23.28Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Athens
Bus
- Athina Kifissos
- KTEL Athens Bus Station Terminal B
Ioánnina
Bus
- KTEL - Bus Station Terminal of Giannina
- ΑΜΦΙΘΕΑ -ΑΦΕΤΗΡΙΑ
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 311 km against 311 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kalamariá, Lárisa, Volos, Pátra. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Athens at 06:03 and the last at 18:42, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 3h 59m | 49m | 3h 10m | €39.08 | 79.0 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 4h 58m | 4h 14m | 44m | €19.43 | 8.4 kg | 4 |
Questions about Athens to Ioannina
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Athens to Ioannina take?
The Coach from Athens to Ioannina takes 4h 58m door to door, of which 4h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 311 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Athens to Ioannina cost?
The Coach from Athens to Ioannina starts at €19.43 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €19.43. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Athens to Ioannina?
1 operators run the Coach from Athens to Ioannina: ΚΤΕΛ Ιωαννίνων. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Athens to Ioannina use?
The Coach from Athens to Ioannina leaves from Athina Kifissos and arrives at KTEL - Bus Station Terminal of Giannina. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Athens to Ioannina?
Traveling from Athens to Ioannina by Flight costs €39.08 and takes 3h 59m door to door, against 4h 58m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Athens to Ioannina?
Fares for the Coach from Athens to Ioannina bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 197 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Athens to Ioannina produce?
The Coach from Athens to Ioannina produces about 8.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 311 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Athens to Ioannina?
Operators on the Coach from Athens to Ioannina publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 58m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Athens to Ioannina on September 11, 2026: 311 km of route against 311 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €19.43, and 4h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Ioannina is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Ioannina
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Ioannina, with free cancellation on most of it.
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