Larnaca to Paphos: direct bus times, the change at Limassol, taxi and driving

There is a direct bus from Larnaca to Paphos three times every weekday. Intercity Buses leaves the Finikoudes stop at Larnaca marina at 05:55, 10:15 and 15:45, Monday to Friday, takes about 2 hours 45 minutes and charges 10 euros one way. At weekends that route does not run, so use the one bus a day that does: 09:00 from the Nicolaides Building stop in Larnaca, every day of the week, which also drops you at Kato Paphos port. Driving is 137 km of motorway and just under two hours. A taxi is a fixed quote, and the official tariff puts it around 133 euros by day.

Most of what ranks for this journey is about something else. The first page is forum threads about getting from Larnaca Airport, a flight-comparison site offering a route that no airline flies, and aggregators selling the airport shuttle. Even Google’s own summary stops to ask whether you mean the airport or the town. This guide is for the town: Larnaca’s seafront and old town to Paphos, with the operator’s published times, the weekend gap nobody mentions, and the arithmetic for a car and a taxi. If you are landing at Larnaca and going straight to Paphos, our Larnaca Airport to Paphos guide covers the airport shuttle, which is a different service.

Which option fits your trip

Your situation	Best default	Why
Weekday, light luggage, staying near the Larnaca seafront	Direct Intercity bus from Finikoudes	10 euros, three departures, one vehicle
Weekend or public holiday	Daily 09:00 bus from the Nicolaides Building	The only direct bus on those days; stops at Kato Paphos port
Weekend and 09:00 does not suit	Two buses, change at Limassol New Port	10 euros in total, departures through the day
Family, several cases or a villa address	Pre-booked transfer	Door to door, no terminal in upper Paphos
You want Choirokoitia or Kourion on the way	Hire car	Both are beside the route and awkward by bus

The weekday direct bus from Finikoudes

Intercity Buses runs the Larnaca, Limassol and Paphos route on weekdays only. The operator’s route page, read through its archived copy of 30 January 2026 because the live site blocks automated access, gives:

Direction	Departs	Days	Journey	Fare
Larnaca to Paphos	05:55, 10:15, 15:45 from Finikoudes (Larnaca marina)	Monday to Friday	about 2 h 45	10 euros one way
Paphos to Larnaca	05:45, 10:00, 20:00 from the Karavella terminal	Monday to Friday	about 2 h 45	10 euros one way

There is no return, weekly or monthly ticket on this route: the 10 euro single is a paper ticket from the driver, or comes off a motion card e-wallet. The operator marks every departure as running “with stop over in Limassol”, which is why it takes an hour longer than the drive. The bus also calls at the Choirokoitia stop by the Neolithic settlement about 30 minutes out of Larnaca.

Larnaca stops. After Finikoudes the bus picks up at the Old Hospital (about 2 minutes), Municipal Library (5), the Agamemnonas fire station kiosk on Nikou kai Despinas Pattichi Avenue (7), Xidias (10) and Krasa Hill on Limassol Avenue (15), so anyone staying in the centre or on the west side of town can board near their hotel.

Paphos stops. In Paphos the route serves the Karavella terminal in the upper town and stops on Dimokratias Avenue, opposite McDonald’s at the Blue Cross Clinic and near the Stelios Kyriakides stadium. It does not come down to the harbour. The 05:55 from Larnaca also calls at Tepak, the university stop. Our Paphos to Limassol guide explains the terminal in more detail, including why Kato Paphos hotels are a local bus ride away from it.

The daily 09:00 bus: the one that runs at weekends

The second direct service is easy to miss because it is listed under Ayia Napa. Intercity’s Paralimni, Ayia Napa and Larnaca to Paphos route (archived 26 February 2026) starts in Paralimni at 07:30 and reaches Larnaca at 09:00, at the Nicolaides Building stop on Archbishop Makarios III Avenue at the corner of Filiou Tsigaridi. It then runs to Paphos, which the operator gives as about two hours. The return leaves Karavella at 16:00. Both run at the same times on weekdays, weekends and public holidays.

It is the better bus for most visitors on two counts. It runs every day, and in Paphos it stops on Apostolou Pavlou Avenue at the Kato Paphos port, a few minutes’ walk from Paphos harbour and the Archaeological Park, as well as at Karavella and on Dimokratias Avenue. The fare is 10 euros one way or 19 euros return. Singles are bought from the driver in cash; the return is a motion card sold at points of sale, not on board. The Paphos to Ayia Napa guide covers the eastern end of the same route.

Changing at Limassol: the any-time option

If neither direct bus suits, two Intercity routes meet at the New Port passenger building in Limassol, and each costs 5 euros one way or 9 euros return.

Larnaca to Limassol leaves Finikoudes seventeen times on weekdays, from 05:55 to 21:15 (three of those are the through buses to Paphos above), and eleven times at weekends and on public holidays, from 07:30 to 19:30, taking about an hour and a half. This is the oldest timetable in this guide: the most recent archived copy of the operator’s page is from June 2025, so check it before you rely on a particular departure.

Limassol to Paphos leaves New Port about twenty times on weekdays, from 06:00 to 21:00, and thirteen times at weekends, from 08:00 to 19:30, taking about an hour and a quarter (archived 5 March 2026).

With a wait at New Port, allow three and a half to four hours in total. The fare matches the direct bus at 10 euros. On a Saturday, for example, the 10:30 from Finikoudes reaches Limassol around noon, in time for the 12:30 to Paphos.

Paphos to Larnaca

Going east, the same three choices apply in reverse. The weekday direct bus leaves Karavella at 05:45, 10:00 and 20:00. The daily 16:00 from Karavella reaches Larnaca around 18:00 and continues to Ayia Napa and Paralimni. At weekends, Paphos to Limassol runs from 08:00 to 19:30 and Limassol to Larnaca from 07:30 to 19:30.

Day trips both ways. From Larnaca, the daily 09:00 out and 16:00 back give about five hours in Kato Paphos for a 19 euro return, any day of the week. From Paphos, the weekday 10:00 reaches Larnaca around 12:45 and the 15:45 from Finikoudes brings you back around 18:30, which is enough for Larnaca old town and the seafront but not much more. If you are deciding where to stay rather than how to travel, our Larnaca or Paphos comparison is the better page.

Driving: 137 km of motorway

The road distance from the Finikoudes seafront to Paphos harbour is 136.5 km, which the open-source OSRM routing engine times at about 1 hour 55 minutes without stops. To the Karavella area in upper Paphos it is 133 km. You take the A3 west out of Larnaca to the junction near Kofinou, the A1 past Limassol and the A6 into Paphos, with no tolls and a 100 km/h limit. Cyprus drives on the left; our driving in Cyprus guide covers the rules, and the car hire guide covers one-way rentals, which usually carry a drop fee.

The reason to drive rather than take the bus is the stops, and they are spread across the whole route.

Stop	From Larnaca seafront	What it adds
Choirokoitia	34 km, about 35 minutes	A UNESCO Neolithic village beside the motorway; an hour is enough
Lefkara	39 km, about 40 minutes	Lace and silver village, a detour into the hills
Governor’s Beach	45 km, about 40 minutes	A swim and a fish lunch one junction off the A1
Kourion	83 km, about 1 h 15	The clifftop theatre and mosaics; allow two hours
Aphrodite’s Rock	111 km, about 1 h 30	A photo stop on the old coast road before Paphos

Distances and times from OSRM, 28 October 2026, with no allowance for traffic through Limassol. Two stops is a sensible day; three is a long one.

Taxi and transfer: the tariff arithmetic

A taxi from Larnaca to Paphos is normally sold as a fixed-price transfer, so ask for a written quote for your exact pick-up and drop-off. The official tariff gives you something to judge the quote against. The Deputy Ministry of Tourism’s transport page lists urban taxis at a 3.80 euro initial charge plus 0.95 euros per kilometre between 06:01 and 20:30, and 4.80 euros plus 1.10 euros per kilometre at night, with 1.40 euros per piece of luggage, a 2 euro supplement on listed public holidays, and 20 per cent extra for five passengers.

	Daytime (06:01 to 20:30)	Night (20:31 to 06:00)
Meter for 136.5 km	about 133 euros	about 155 euros
Plus two suitcases	about 136 euros	about 158 euros
Four people, per head	about 34 euros	about 40 euros

For one or two people the bus at 10 euros each is the obvious choice. For four with luggage, a car to the door at 34 euros a head starts to look reasonable, especially for a Paphos villa a long way from the terminal. Our Cyprus taxi guide explains how the meter, the cheaper rural tariff and pre-booked transfers differ.

Three things people search for that do not exist

A train. Cyprus has no passenger railway, so “Larnaca to Paphos train” has no answer beyond the bus.

A ferry. There is no boat along the south coast. The only scheduled passenger sailings from the Republic are the seasonal Limassol to Piraeus crossings in our Cyprus ferry guide.

A flight. Two pages on the first page of results sell Larnaca to Paphos flights. No airline flies directly between the two airports, which are about 140 km apart by road. If you are actually starting at Larnaca Airport, the Kapnos Airport Shuttle runs to Paphos Airport, covered in our airport guide.

The short answer

On a weekday, take the direct Intercity bus from Finikoudes at 05:55, 10:15 or 15:45: 10 euros, about 2 hours 45 minutes. At the weekend, or if you want to arrive in Kato Paphos rather than the upper town, take the 09:00 from the Nicolaides Building, which runs every day. If neither time works, change at Limassol New Port for the same total fare. Drive when you want Choirokoitia or Kourion on the way, and book a transfer when there are four of you or a Paphos villa at the end. Check the live timetable the day before; these are the operator’s published times as archived, and our public transport in Cyprus guide explains why each route is a separate service with its own ticket.

Sources for changing details: the Intercity Buses route pages for Larnaca, Limassol and Paphos (archived 30 January 2026), Paralimni, Ayia Napa and Larnaca to Paphos (archived 26 February 2026), Limassol to Paphos (archived 5 March 2026) and Larnaca to Limassol (archived 23 June 2025), read through the Internet Archive because the live site blocks automated access; the Deputy Ministry of Tourism transport page for the taxi tariff, checked 28 October 2026; OSRM for road distances and driving times.

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