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Rhodes Airport to Rhodes Town

Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" (RHO)

Rhodes Town

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A narrow cobbled street in Rhodes old town between two ranks of arched stone buildings, rising to an archway at the far end with one figure walking under it.
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Rhodes Town is 16 km from the airport, up the coast road to the island's northern tip. A private transfer is 55 EUR for the car, whether there are two of you or eight.

20–30 min
By road, estimated
16 km
Road distance

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Which transfer should you choose?

The airport is at Paradisi, a village halfway down the island's west coast, and the town is at the northern tip. Our two routing engines agreed to within half a kilometre on the distance and then disagreed by eleven minutes on the time, 19 against 31, which is the old coast road against the newer bypass. Either way it is the shortest airport run on the island after Faliraki.

The airport bus is running

Private transfer

It leaves from outside the terminal and costs a few euros. Sixteen kilometres is the distance at which that is a real choice.

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Your flight lands after the last bus

Private transfer

Rhodes takes evening arrivals all summer and the bus timetable does not follow a delay.

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Door to door
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Rhodes has one passenger terminal and the driver waits in arrivals with a board. The fare is 55 EUR for the car and does not change with the number of people in it, up to eight; that was the figure at Viator on 11 September 2026, and the island's other operator wanted 58. This is also the one journey here where the public bus is a genuine competitor rather than a technicality, so the money buys the boot and the door rather than the only way in.

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One airport, and it is not in the town

Rhodes has a single commercial airport and it is not beside the town it is named after. The runway is at Paradisi, sixteen kilometres south-west, which is why every arrival on this island involves a journey and why the operators price by where you are staying rather than by the hour.

The two roads differ by eleven minutes, not by distance

Our routing engines put the drive at 15.41 and 15.97 kilometres but at 19 and 31 minutes. That is the newer inland bypass against the old road through Ialysos and Kritika, which is slower and prettier and full of hotels.

What the journey costs

55 EUR for the vehicle, up to eight people, checked at Viator on 11 September 2026. A second operator asks 58 for the same journey, which is the closest two independent prices come anywhere on this site.

Prefer to have it booked before you land?

A private transfer to Rhodes Town is arranged in advance and the driver meets you in arrivals. Prices move, so the link opens the current ones at Viator.

Frequently asked questions

How far is Rhodes Town from the airport?

16 km, up the west coast road. Our two routing engines returned 15.41 and 15.97 km.

How much is a transfer?

55 EUR, and that is for the car rather than per seat, up to eight. Checked at Viator, not quoted live; the island's other operator asks 58.

How long does it take?

Twenty minutes on the bypass, half an hour if the coast road is busy.

Which airport should I fly into for Rhodes Town?

Rhodes (RHO), the island's only commercial airport, 16 km away at Paradisi.

How much is a transfer?

55 EUR for the vehicle, up to eight people.

Is there a bus?

Yes, and on this route it is the one journey on the island where it is a real alternative: the airport bus runs into town often and costs a fraction of a transfer.

€55

per vehicle, up to 8 · 4.5 out of 5 from 165 reviews

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