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Villages accessible by bus

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Hi! Visiting later this month for the first time and have just a few days in Naxos. I am staying just outside of Naxos town. I'm not renting a car or scooter. I'm wondering which villages would be best to visit and easy via bus? I was looking at Apeiranthos, Chalki, Damalas...what would you recommend? I am looking for authentic, charming towns.

If anyone has tips on using the buses that would be much appreciated! Is ticketing done by distance? Do I just ask for a ticket to the town and back?

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The same bus goes through Chalki, Filoti and Apeiranthos. If I were to choose one to stop in, it would be Apeiranthos. The narrow marble cobbled alleys, the old buildings, the small folklore museum and the geological museum are all worth a visit. You find several tavernas with a view over the valley along the main alley.

An extra tip is to walk to the end of the main alley, then a little to the left and downwards a few steps and you find the local bakery (you smell it before you see it). Go in and buy a small bread (1€) or a roll or something, just to see the premises with the wood-fired owen and say hello to the lovely female baker. You dont find it more genuine. This is not a tourist attraction but a working bakery.

Buy the bus tickets to and from in the KTEL office in the port. They dont sell tickets on the bus.

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When you go to buy your bus tickets at the KTEL office just say where you want to go. The ticket is priced accordingly but won't state a destination on the ticket, just the amount.

Also buy your return ticket at the same time as it's sometimes difficult to find where to buy tickets up in the villages or they can be closed at certain times.

You can buy your tickets at any time. They are not date specific so you could buy them the day before you need them.

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Wonderful, thanks so much for the info and tip!

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Another tip about bus travel in Naxos, without a car. The bus service is very good & regular, but outside of high summer, its schedules are oriented to local needs ... so are in the morning (8:30 - 9??) for townspeaple going out to work in villages, and village people coming in to the port to work. Then same deal in late afdternoon. In between there might be just ONE bus run ... about time kids get out of school.. So, you cant just zip out & back whenever u llike.... but there's an added option:

Get the cards/mobile numbers of a couple of taxi drivers in th port town -- your landlord probably has 2 uncles in the business. . Then u could use a taxi 1-way ... for perhaps about $10? Ask in advance. THen, for example, you could take the morning bus up to Apiranthos & vicinity, then if you were ready to come back to the beach area by noonish, and there was no scheduled bus unitl 3:30, you could use your phone to get a taxi. We actually did this when 3 of us were out scouting a ruin on a hillside, andhad planned to bus back to port, but stood in the wrong place & saw the bus zoom by ... but we had a phone & a card, so were OK.

The variation would be to taxi upto a village, allowing time to visit & catch a late-dy bus back to port.

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Great idea, thank you!

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Another way to buy tickets is from kiosks or supermarkets close to the bus stop. For example, there is a bus stop opposite the big church St Nikodimos next to the Naxos General Hospital where buses to several villages stop (coming back they stop right outside the hospital). The little supermarket just down the road (Andrea Papandreou is the name of the road I think) sells tickets. From there I bought an outbound ticket to Halki and return ticket from Filoti so I could do the 45 minute walk between the two villages. The bus out left at 9.30am and I had a choice of returning at either 2pm or 4.30pm. Be aware though that the bus schedule is more of a guide - two buses I’ve caught so far left 5 minutes early, another one 15 minutes late. I’m planning to take the bus to Alyko as well from the same stop.

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Lots more info available using the forum search box above if you like :)

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By all means do the walk between Halki and Filoti.

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