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Kefalonia & Ithaki · KTEL Kefalonias
The operator lists this route as “Athens - Patra - Kyllini - Poros - Argostoli” · via Patra (return)
This bus leaves from Athens (Kifissos, Terminal A), not Athens (Liosion, Terminal B). Check which Athens station you need before you travel — station details. See all buses from Athens.
The bus from Athens to Argostoli leaves from Athens (Kifissos, Terminal A) and arrives at Argostoli. The departure point is the bus station at Kifisou Ave 100 & Drakontos St, Athens (Kolonos/Peristeri boundary) — phone numbers, hours and directions are on the station page.
The journey takes about 7 h 24 min.
KTEL Kefalonias sells tickets online — bookings are currently open for travel dates up to 30 October 2026. That is how far ahead the booking system sells, not when buses stop running.
Every departure on this page in one view — ✓ runs on that weekday every week to the date confirmed below, ◕ on some of those weeks (tap or hover for the dates), — not on that weekday, blank means the operator has not published that far ahead. Tap a row for that departure’s stop-by-stop times.
Departures are confirmed day by day to Fri 30 Oct. That is as far ahead as the operator has published; later dates are not yet known, not ruled out.
| Departs | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:15 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
To each stop on the way, in travel order, where the operator prices it.
| Argostoli | around €35.80 |
| ΝΕΟ ΛΙΜΑΝΙ ΠΟΡΟΥ(ΚΕΦΑΛΟΝΙΑ) | around €31.10 |
| ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΒΛΑΧΑΤΑ → Argostoli | around €2.20 |
| Δ/ΣΗ ΕΛΕΙΟΥ → Argostoli | around €2.50 |
| Markopoulo (Kefalonia) → Argostoli | around €3.10 |
| ΝΕΟ ΛΙΜΑΝΙ ΠΟΡΟΥ(ΚΕΦΑΛΟΝΙΑ) → Argostoli | around €5.50 |
| Patras → Argostoli | around €13.60 |
| Patras → ΝΕΟ ΛΙΜΑΝΙ ΠΟΡΟΥ(ΚΕΦΑΛΟΝΙΑ) | around €8.90 |
| Markopoulo 1 → Argostoli | around €3.10 |
This route carries a notice from the operator — read it above before you rely on this fare.
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↔ Scroll the table sideways to see every stop. — means the run does not call there; · means it calls but no time is published; +1 means the following morning; ? means the operator names the town but not this stop, so whether the run calls here is not something it tells us; and a blank cell means we hold nothing at all for that stop on that departure — not a denial, just no information.
| Departs | Athens (Kifissos, Terminal A) | Palataki (Attica) | Dafni 1 | SKARAMANGAS | Aspropyrgos 1 | Elefsina 1 | Megara 1 | Kentrikos Isthmou (bus station) | Kiato 1 | Akrata 1 | Aigio 1 | Patras | Agios Andreas 1 | Avex 1 | K. Achagia 1 | Lechaina 1 | KYLLINI PORT | POROS NEW PORT(KEFALONIA) | Palio P (port) | Ragia P (bridge) | Atrou (junction) | RIZA | Mykinaikos Tafos | Pyrgiou (junction) | Vrysi Tzanata | Tzanata 1 | Venzinadiko Ag. Eirini | Ekklisia Ag. Eir | Ag. Eirini (centre) | Agalma Iraklis | Agios Georgios | Pastra 2 | Ekklisia Past | Pastra 1 | Kremmidi (square) | MARKOPOULO SQUARE | Panagia Fidiotissa | Markopoulo 1 | Agios Dionysis | Kapandriti (junction) | Atsoupades (centre) | ELIOS CROSSROAD | Platies (centre) | Venzinadiko Plateies | Gefyraki Simotata | Simotata 2 Pasara | Simotata (centre) | Vlachata 2 | Vlachata | Vlachata 1 | Mousata | Mousata (square) | Anisopedo | Karouza | Adraki | Karavados (junction) | Petrino | Magoulata Rigani | Peratata 2 | Peratata 1 | Travliata Paidiki Chara | Travliata (junction) | Travliata 1 | CASTLE CROSSROAD | Tritos Komvos | Argostoli |
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The operator publishes 2 other routes between the same two places — a different working, a variant, or the same buses listed from another source. Check them before deciding this page is the whole picture.
Athens (Kifissos, Terminal A) → Palataki (Attica) → Dafni 1 → SKARAMANGAS → Aspropyrgos 1 → Elefsina 1 → Megara 1 → Kentrikos Isthmou (bus station) → Kiato 1 → Akrata 1 → Aigio 1 → Patras → Agios Andreas 1 → Avex 1 → K. Achagia 1 → Lechaina 1 → KYLLINI PORT → POROS NEW PORT(KEFALONIA) → Palio P (port) → Ragia P (bridge) → Atrou (junction) → RIZA → Mykinaikos Tafos → Pyrgiou (junction) → Vrysi Tzanata → Tzanata 1 → Venzinadiko Ag. Eirini → Ekklisia Ag. Eir → Ag. Eirini (centre) → Agalma Iraklis → Agios Georgios → Pastra 2 → Ekklisia Past → Pastra 1 → Kremmidi (square) → MARKOPOULO SQUARE → Panagia Fidiotissa → Markopoulo 1 → Agios Dionysis → Kapandriti (junction) → Atsoupades (centre) → ELIOS CROSSROAD → Platies (centre) → Venzinadiko Plateies → Gefyraki Simotata → Simotata 2 Pasara → Simotata (centre) → Vlachata 2 → Vlachata → Vlachata 1 → Mousata → Mousata (square) → Anisopedo → Karouza → Adraki → Karavados (junction) → Petrino → Magoulata Rigani → Peratata 2 → Peratata 1 → Travliata Paidiki Chara → Travliata (junction) → Travliata 1 → CASTLE CROSSROAD → Tritos Komvos → Argostoli
The line joins the stops in order. It is not the road the bus takes — it is a straight chord between points, so treat it as sequence, not geometry. A hollow, dashed stop marker means the coordinate is a village centre rather than a surveyed bus bay; tap it to see where it came from.
Generated from this page’s own timetable data — every answer reads the same day-by-day calendar as the table above, so it can never say more than the page does.
One departure, at 16:15 (Mon–Fri & Sun) (confirmed to Fri 30 Oct).
Mon–Fri & Sun (confirmed to Fri 30 Oct).
The operator has published departures to Fri 30 Oct. Beyond that this page cannot tell you what runs: Greek bus operators publish a few weeks ahead, so check back nearer the time.
7 h 24 min (Derived from the printed stop times).
Published fares on this route run from €2.20 to €35.80 depending on where you board and alight — see the fare table.
It leaves from Athens (Kifissos, Terminal A). Note the exact terminal — cities with more than one bus station use them for different operators, and they are not interchangeable.