Cyprus Intercity Buses: Routes, Times and Fares (2026)

Fourteen of the 21 possible pairings between the seven main bases in the south of Cyprus are linked by a direct Intercity Buses route, and adult singles cost EUR 5 to EUR 10 as of 9 October 2026. The most frequent weekday link, Nicosia to Larnaca, lists 30 departures each way and takes about 1 hour 15 minutes for EUR 5. Six of the seven gaps involve Polis, reached by district bus from Paphos at EUR 2 by day.

Our getting around Cyprus guide covers the wider choice between buses, taxis and a hire car. Every figure here was read from operator pages on 9 October 2026, so confirm your departure before you travel.

Is there a direct bus between your two bases?

Intercity Buses runs the town-to-town network and lists ten numbered routes in its catalogue. The seven bases here are Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos, Nicosia, Ayia Napa, Protaras and Polis, which makes 21 pairs. Fourteen pairs are served by one of those routes; the other seven had no such route on 9 October 2026, which is not proof that no other bus exists.

Pairs with a direct intercity route

Between	Route	Published time	Weekday departures
Larnaca and Nicosia	42	1 h 15 min	30 each way
Larnaca and Limassol	45	1 h 30 min	20 each way
Larnaca and Paphos	36, 46	2 h (36), 2 h 45 min (46)	4 each way
Larnaca and Ayia Napa	43, 36	Whole-route time only	17 from Larnaca, 16 from Paralimni (route 43)
Larnaca and Protaras	36	Whole-route time only	1 each way; OSEA 711 also direct
Limassol and Nicosia	25	1 h 45 min	27 each way
Limassol and Paphos	56	1 h 15 min	20 from Limassol (2 skip New Port), 18 back
Limassol and Ayia Napa	35	Whole-route time only	2 each way
Paphos and Nicosia	26	2 h	14 each way
Paphos and Ayia Napa	36	Whole-route time only	1 each way
Paphos and Protaras	36	Whole-route time only	1 each way
Nicosia and Ayia Napa	23	Whole-route time only	15 each way
Nicosia and Protaras	23	Whole-route time only	Selected departures only
Ayia Napa and Protaras	36	Whole-route time only	1 each way (short hop not confirmed); OSEA 101, 102

Every pairing of Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos, Nicosia and Ayia Napa has a direct route.

Pairs without a direct intercity route

From and to	First leg	Change at	Second leg
Paphos and Polis	District route 645, or 641 (Monday to Saturday)	No change needed	None
Limassol and Polis	Route 56	Paphos Karavella	District route 645, or 641 (Monday to Saturday)
Larnaca and Polis	Route 36, or 46 (Monday to Friday)	Paphos Karavella	District route 645, or 641 (Monday to Saturday)
Nicosia and Polis	Route 26	Paphos Karavella	District route 645, or 641 (Monday to Saturday)
Ayia Napa and Polis	Route 36	Paphos Karavella	District route 645, or 641 (Monday to Saturday)
Protaras and Polis	Route 36	Paphos Karavella	District route 645, or 641 (Monday to Saturday)
Limassol and Protaras	Route 45	Larnaca	Route 36 (one bus a day) or OSEA 711

Legs are listed from the first town named, so reverse them for the return. No page checked here promises a connection or a through ticket, so treat each change as two separate journeys and check both timetables. For Limassol to Protaras, OSEA lists route 711 from Metropolis Mall, and its stop list includes Archiep. Makariou C' Avenue and Filiou Tsigaridi 1, the address Intercity Buses gives for its Nikolaidis Building stop.

Intercity buses in Cyprus: routes, journey times and fares

Fares are the adult single and return under the tariff in force since 1 April 2025, as shown on 9 October 2026.

Route	Between	Published time	Single (EUR)	Return (EUR)
25	Nicosia and Limassol	1 h 45 min	6	11
42	Nicosia and Larnaca	1 h 15 min	5	9
23	Nicosia and Ayia Napa, Paralimni	2 h	6	11
26	Nicosia and Paphos	2 h	8	15
45	Larnaca and Limassol	1 h 30 min	5	9
43	Larnaca and Ayia Napa, Paralimni	1 h 15 min	5	9
56	Limassol and Paphos	1 h 15 min	5	9
36	Paralimni, Protaras, Ayia Napa, Larnaca and Paphos	3 h (2 h from Larnaca)	10	19
46	Larnaca, Limassol and Paphos	2 h 45 min	10	Not available
35	Paralimni, Ayia Napa and Limassol	2 h or 2 h 30 min	8	Not available or 15

Four routes share the lowest fare of EUR 5, and three of them (42, 43 and 56) also have the shortest published journey, about 1 hour 15 minutes. A return saves EUR 1 over two singles on every route that offers one.

Each published time is the operator's approximate figure for the whole route, which on routes 23, 43, 36 and 35 means the run to or from Paralimni (route 36 also has its own figure from Larnaca). For Ayia Napa stops, the operator's summer 2026 PDF timetable says to add 10 minutes to the start time from Paralimni.

How often the buses run on weekdays and at weekends

Intercity Buses keeps an older and a newer page for most routes. Counts here are from the older pages as read on 9 October 2026, including variants marked as serving different stops; where the newer page differs, both figures are shown. First and last times are from the starting stop.

Monday to Friday

Route	Direction	Departures	First	Last
25	Nicosia to Limassol	27	05:40	21:30
25	Limassol to Nicosia	27	05:25	22:00
42	Nicosia to Larnaca	30	06:00	22:00
42	Larnaca to Nicosia	30	05:50	21:00
23	Nicosia to Paralimni	15	07:15	21:15
23	Paralimni to Nicosia	15	05:20	19:00
26	Nicosia to Paphos	14	04:45	19:15
26	Paphos to Nicosia	14	05:00	19:45
45	Larnaca to Limassol	20	05:55	21:15
45	Limassol to Larnaca	20	05:40	21:20
43	Larnaca to Paralimni	17	05:55	21:30
43	Paralimni to Larnaca	16	05:55	21:15
56	Limassol to Paphos	20	06:00	21:00
56	Paphos to Limassol	18	05:45	20:00

Saturday, Sunday and public holidays

Route	Direction	Departures	First	Last
25	Nicosia to Limassol	21	07:00	22:30
25	Limassol to Nicosia	22	05:25	22:30
42	Nicosia to Larnaca	20	07:00	21:45
42	Larnaca to Nicosia	20	06:30	20:35
23	Nicosia to Paralimni	20 or 21	08:00	22:00
23	Paralimni to Nicosia	20	06:30	20:40
26	Nicosia to Paphos	9	07:00	19:00
26	Paphos to Nicosia	8	08:00	18:30
45	Larnaca to Limassol	12	07:30	19:30
45	Limassol to Larnaca	12	07:30	19:30
43	Larnaca to Paralimni	16	06:00	21:30
43	Paralimni to Larnaca	15	05:55	21:15
56	Limassol to Paphos	13	08:00	19:30
56	Paphos to Limassol	14	08:00	19:30

Nicosia to Larnaca is the most frequent weekday link with 30 departures each way, followed by Nicosia to Limassol with 27. The 30 include runs marked as university hours, so check those for your date.

At weekends Nicosia to Paphos falls from 14 departures each way to 9 and 8, and the last bus from Paphos to Nicosia leaves at 18:30. Larnaca to Limassol drops from 20 each way to 12, with the last departure at 19:30 in both directions.

Route 23 is the exception: its older page lists 20 departures each way at weekends against 15 on weekdays, and the newer page adds a 16:30 from Nicosia. On route 56, two of the 20 weekday entries from Limassol (one of the two 06:00 departures and the 06:55) stop in Limassol only at Agios Georgios Havouzas and Erimi, so they do not serve the New Port.

Larnaca to Paphos bus and other low-frequency routes

Three routes run so rarely that every listed departure fits in one table (as published on 9 October 2026).

Route	From	Departures	Days listed
36	Paralimni	07:30	Every day
36	Larnaca (same bus)	09:00	Every day
36	Paphos	16:00	Every day
46	Larnaca	05:55, 10:15, 15:45	Monday to Friday
46	Paphos	05:45, 10:00, 20:00	Monday to Friday
35	Paralimni	07:45, 13:30	Every day
35	Limassol	10:30, then 16:30 or 16:00	Every day

Larnaca to Paphos has two direct options. Route 36 runs every day: it starts in Paralimni at 07:30, leaves the Nikolaidis Building stop in Larnaca at 09:00 and is published at about 2 hours from Larnaca, with one bus back from Paphos at 16:00. Route 46 runs three times each way, Monday to Friday, with a stopover in Limassol and is published at about 2 hours 45 minutes. Both cost EUR 10 in total. No weekend timetable is published for route 46, which leaves route 36 as the only direct bus listed on Saturdays and Sundays.

The operator's newer page presents route 46 as routes 45 and 56 run through, at EUR 5 plus EUR 5. Changing yourself at Limassol New Port on those two routes costs the same, and their published times add up to the same 2 hours 45 minutes before any wait.

Route 35 is the only intercity route between Limassol and Ayia Napa: two departures a day each way for EUR 8, with no Protaras stop listed. Its afternoon bus from Limassol is 16:30 on the older page and the PDF timetable but 16:00 on the newer page, so check before you travel.

Where the intercity bus leaves from in each town

Stop names are given as the operators publish them, checked on 9 October 2026.

Town	Stop	Routes
Nicosia	Solomos Square	25, 42, 23, 26
Larnaca	Nikolaidis Building (Arch. Makarios III Avenue and Filiou Tsigaridi)	42, 45, 43, 36, 46
Limassol	New Port, passenger terminals	25, 45, 56, 46, 35
Paphos	Pervola Karavella Station	26, 56, 36, 46
Ayia Napa	Ayia Napa Monastery	23, 43, 36, 35
Paralimni	New Famagusta Station (Super Action)	23, 35
Paralimni	Agios Georgios or New Famagusta Station	43
Protaras	Hotel stops, including Crystal Springs Hotel and Sunrise Beach Hotel	36, selected 23 departures
Polis	Polis Chrysochous Bus Station	District routes 645, 641

None of these is an airport stop. If you are starting from a terminal, our pages on Larnaca International Airport and Paphos International Airport cover the transfer into town.

In Nicosia, the newer route 42 page marks one weekday 14:20 departure as starting from Agapinoros Street. In Larnaca, the 05:50 and 05:55 weekday departures to Nicosia start at Saint George Church, not at the Nikolaidis Building. In Limassol, the two early route 56 departures noted above skip the New Port. In Paralimni, routes 23 and 35 are timed from New Famagusta Station, while route 43 to Larnaca is timed from Agios Georgios on its older page and from New Famagusta Central Bus Station on its newer one, so confirm the stop before you travel.

Ayia Napa to Larnaca bus, and buses for Protaras

Ayia Napa is on four intercity routes, all listing the Ayia Napa Monastery stop: 43 to Larnaca, 23 to Nicosia, 35 to Limassol and 36 to Larnaca and Paphos. Route 43 is the frequent one, with 16 weekday departures towards Larnaca for EUR 5 as of 9 October 2026. Its timetable is written from Paralimni, and the operator's summer 2026 PDF timetable says to add 10 minutes to the start time for Ayia Napa stops.

Protaras has less: route 36 calls at its hotel stops once a day in each direction, and only selected route 23 departures, marked on the route page, pass through Protaras on the way to or from Nicosia.

For local journeys, the district operator OSEA lists route 711 (Larnaca, Ayia Napa, Protaras, Paralimni) and routes 101 and 102 (Ayia Napa, Protaras, Paralimni) at EUR 2.00 for a daytime single under the tariff in force since 1 April 2025. OSEA's current timetables are valid from 25 May to 31 October 2026. Those files could not be read reliably, so no local times appear here.

Paphos to Polis by bus, and on towards Latchi

Polis has no intercity route. Its link to the network is Pafos Buses district route 645 between Polis Chrysochous Bus Station and Karavella in Paphos, plus route 641 through Terra, Droushia, Inia, Kathikas and Theletra. Times are as listed on 9 October 2026.

Route	Days	From	Departures	First	Last
645	Monday to Friday	Polis	17	05:30	23:00
645	Monday to Friday	Paphos Karavella	17	06:20	00:00
645	Saturday	Polis	12	06:30	23:00
645	Saturday	Paphos Karavella	12	08:00	00:00
645	Sunday and public holidays	Polis	14	07:00	23:00
645	Sunday and public holidays	Paphos Karavella	14	08:00	00:00
641	Monday to Saturday	Polis	2	07:20	13:45
641	Monday to Saturday	Paphos Karavella	2	12:00	15:20

As of 9 October 2026 a daytime single costs EUR 2.00 and a district day ticket EUR 6.50; the fare page shows no effective date. The last route 645 buses of the day fall under the night fare: the fare table shows EUR 3.00 after 21:00, while the page's text on the evening ticket (21:01 to 03:49) gives a maximum charge of EUR 3.50.

No journey time is published for either route. On public holidays Pafos Buses runs its Sunday timetable and routes without Sunday service do not operate; route 641 lists Monday to Saturday departures only.

Neither route's published stop sequence includes Latchi, so the harbour needs a local connection from Polis that this page did not check. Our Polis and Latchi page describes the area.

Tickets, passes and how to pay

On an intercity bus the driver takes cash only and issues one-way tickets and paper monthly tickets. The operator's regulations add that Visa is not accepted on the bus for now. The alternative is a Motion card e-wallet at the same single fare, but the card must first be credited at a point of sale to activate the e-wallet. Returns and weekly tickets are sold at the operator's points of sale, not on board (all as of 9 October 2026).

Routes	Single (EUR)	Weekly (EUR)	Monthly (EUR)
42, 45, 43, 56	5	40	90
25, 23	6	55	120
26	8	75	160
36	10	100	210
46	10	Not available	Not available
35	8	Not available	Not available

Route-specific period tickets are valid on that route only. On Larnaca to Paphos the sources differ: the route 36 pages list return, weekly and monthly tickets, while the route 46 page and the central tariff's Larnaca to Paphos line mark them as not available.

As of 9 October 2026, official sources disagree on the pass that covers every intercity route and the district networks.

Published by	Weekly (EUR)	Monthly (EUR)
Intercity Buses route pages	100	300
Intercity Buses central tariff	Not available	Not available
Pafos Buses	100	300
Cyprus Public Transport	75	225
OSEA	75	225

Intercity Buses lists the pass on its route pages but marks it not available in its central tariff, so ask at a sales point whether it is sold and at what price. The one-day version costs EUR 20 on the Intercity Buses route pages and the Cyprus Public Transport page. Cyprus Public Transport sells its weekly and monthly versions only with a personalised Motion card.

Children under 6 travel free, and children aged 6 to 18, qualifying students and social-card holders are listed for a 50% discount, but the regulations grant concessions only with a personalised Motion card.

District bus fares for the local leg

The onward local bus is a separate fare from the district operator, listed here as of 9 October 2026.

Operator and area	Single (EUR)	Night single (EUR)	Day ticket (EUR)	Applies
Cyprus Public Transport urban routes, cash (Nicosia, Larnaca)	2.70	4.70	8.70 four-trip ticket	From 3 August 2026
Cyprus Public Transport urban routes, Motion card (Nicosia, Larnaca)	2.00	3.50	None listed	From 3 August 2026
EMEL (Limassol), current	2.00	3.00	6.00	On 9 October 2026
EMEL (Limassol), announced	2.50 cash, 2.00 e-wallet	4.00	7.00	From 5 November 2026
Pafos Buses (Paphos, Polis)	2.00	3.00 (page text: maximum 3.50)	6.50	Not dated
OSEA (Ayia Napa, Protaras)	2.00	3.00	6.00	From 1 April 2025

Limassol fares rise on 5 November 2026 under a change EMEL announced on 27 August 2026, so use the second EMEL row from that date. Cyprus Public Transport lists no conventional day ticket for Nicosia or Larnaca, but its four-trip paper ticket at EUR 8.70 works like one: once all four trips are used in one service day, further trips that day are free. Night fares run from 21:00 to 04:00 on the Cyprus Public Transport and OSEA networks. Our Cyprus on a budget guide sets these fares against other daily costs.

District operators also list routes into the Troodos mountains (EMEL from Limassol, Cyprus Public Transport from Nicosia), but their current times and fares could not be confirmed, so none are tabled here.

Timetable versions, public holidays and seasonal changes

Intercity Buses publishes most routes on an older and a newer page, plus PDF timetables, and on 9 October 2026 they differed in the places below. Check with the operator for any row that affects your journey.

Item	Older route page	Newer page or PDF timetable
Route 23, weekend departures from Nicosia	20	21 on the newer page (adds 16:30)
Route 35, afternoon bus from Limassol	16:30 (also in the PDF from 20 July 2026)	16:00 on the newer page
Route 35, journey time	2 h	2 h 30 min in the PDF from 20 July 2026
Route 35, return ticket	Not available	EUR 15 in the PDF from 20 July 2026
Route 43, departure stop in Paralimni	Agios Georgios	New Famagusta Central Bus Station on the newer page
Route 46, single fare	EUR 10	EUR 5 + EUR 5 on the newer page, as routes 45 and 56

Where a route has a weekend timetable, Intercity Buses groups Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays together. Individual holidays can have their own programme, so check before relying on it. The last Intercity winter schedule started on 13 December 2025 (announced on 10 December 2025), and no date for the next one had been found when this page was checked.

How this page was compiled

This is desk research, not a record of journeys taken. On 9 October 2026 every route page in the Intercity Buses catalogue was read alongside the operator's central fare table and ticket regulations, the Pafos Buses pages for routes 645 and 641, and the fare pages of Cyprus Public Transport, EMEL, Pafos Buses and OSEA. The tables were then cross-checked against the operator's newer route pages and PDF timetables.

Not confirmed: current timetables for the mountain routes and for OSEA routes 711, 101 and 102, including OSEA's schedule from November 2026; journey times for the Polis routes; which version applies where Intercity Buses sources disagree; the price and availability of the all-districts pass; and whether any connection between two buses is guaranteed. Prices and timetables change, so use the official pages below for the day you travel.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a direct bus from Larnaca to Paphos?

Yes, Intercity Buses lists two. Route 36 leaves the Nikolaidis Building in Larnaca at 09:00 every day and is published at about 2 hours. Route 46 runs three times each way, Monday to Friday, via Limassol and takes about 2 hours 45 minutes. Both cost EUR 10 in total as of 9 October 2026.

Nicosia to Limassol bus time: how long does it take?

About 1 hour 45 minutes, as published for route 25. As of 9 October 2026 there are 27 weekday departures each way, from Solomos Square in Nicosia between 05:40 and 21:30 and from the New Port in Limassol between 05:25 and 22:00. An adult single costs EUR 6.

How do you get from Ayia Napa to Larnaca by bus?

Take Intercity Buses route 43 from the Ayia Napa Monastery stop. As of 9 October 2026 it lists 16 weekday departures towards Larnaca, timed from Paralimni between 05:55 and 21:15, and an adult single costs EUR 5. The operator's summer 2026 PDF timetable says to add 10 minutes to those times for Ayia Napa stops.

How do you get from Paphos to Polis and Latchi by bus?

Take Pafos Buses route 645 from Karavella station in Paphos to Polis Chrysochous Bus Station. As of 9 October 2026 it lists 17 departures each way on weekdays at EUR 2.00 for a daytime single. Latchi is not in the route's stop sequence, so the last stretch needs a local connection.

Can you get around Cyprus without a car?

Yes, between the main towns in the south. Direct intercity routes link Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos, Nicosia and Ayia Napa with one another for EUR 5 to EUR 10 as of 9 October 2026. The weak points are Polis, Protaras and the Troodos villages, where services are thinner or could not be confirmed.

Cyprus Intercity Buses: Routes, Journey Times and Fares