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Village on Psiloritis

Anogia

KTEL Heraklio–Lasithi publishes Heraklion–Anogia from Monday to Saturday, and KTEL Chania–Rethymno publishes Rethymno–Anogia from Monday to Friday.

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Getting to Anogia

Conditions apply

KTEL Heraklio–Lasithi prints Heraklion–Anogia and Anogia–Heraklion, Monday to Friday and Saturday, with no Sunday departures. KTEL Chania–Rethymno prints Rethymno–Perama–Anogia and Anogia–Perama–Rethymno from Monday to Friday.

  • Neither edition prints a Sunday departure to or from Anogia.
  • The Heraklion edition is titled as departures from the Chanioporta bus station.
  • Plan the return before the day starts: the Saturday and Rethymno groups are short.

Source: KTEL Heraklio–Lasithi S.A.: Official routes, timetables and fares for east and south Crete · KTEL Chania–Rethymno S.A.: Official routes, timetables and fares for west Crete

Check the KTEL Heraklio–Lasithi timetables

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Anogia below the Koulokonas range, seen from the south
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons

Getting here

Build the transport plan separately

A step-by-step journey guide is not yet published. Use the current Heraklion or Rethymno rows; neither prints a Sunday bus.

. Current times and fares remain with the operator.

Bus times published for Anogia

Each card is one line an operator publishes between Anogia and another place on the site, with the first and last departure and the number of departures for each day group. The figures come from a dated operator edition, shown until the date on the card; open the operator's current timetable before you travel.

  • Heraklion – Anogia

    KTEL Heraklio–Lasithi edition from 11 September 2026, read 5 October 2026; times shown until 19 October 2026

    Times are departures from the first-named place of each row.

    Leaves Heraklion for Anogia

    Mon–Fri
    4 departures, 06:50–21:00
    Sat
    2 departures, 09:00–16:00
    Sun
    No departures

    Leaves Anogia for Heraklion

    Mon–Fri
    4 departures, 07:30–16:30
    Sat
    2 departures, 08:00–15:00
    Sun
    No departures

    Read from the operator's own timetable; two independent readings agree.

    Open the operator's timetable

  • Rethymno – Anogia

    KTEL Chania–Rethymno edition from 28 September 2026, read 5 October 2026; times shown until 19 October 2026

    Times are departures from the first-named place of each row.

    Leaves Rethymno for Anogia

    Mon–Fri
    1 departure, 14:15

    Leaves Anogia for Rethymno

    Mon–Fri
    2 departures, 06:20–16:15

    Read from the operator's own timetable; two independent readings agree.

    Open the operator's timetable

Source: KTEL Heraklio–Lasithi timetable index, read 5 October 2026. Open the timetable index

Anogia

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Worth your time

What Anogia does best

Anogia is a village on the slopes of Mount Psiloritis. The Greek National Tourism Organisation reports that it entered the World Tourism Organization's list of “Best Tourism Villages”, and points visitors to the ancient Minoan site of Zominthos and to the village's music and traditional festivals. KTEL Heraklio–Lasithi publishes buses from Heraklion, and KTEL Chania–Rethymno from Rethymno.

  1. A mountain village

    The Greek National Tourism Organisation describes Anogia as perched on the slopes of Mount Psiloritis.

  2. Best Tourism Villages

    The national tourism organisation reports that the World Tourism Organization added Anogia to its “Best Tourism Villages” list.

  3. Zominthos

    The same page suggests a visit to the ancient Minoan site of Zominthos.

Good to know

  • There is no published Sunday bus to or from Anogia.
  • The Heraklion edition is titled as departures from the Chanioporta bus station.
  • The Rethymno buses run Monday to Friday only and go by Perama, as the edition names it.

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