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Beach corridor and ancient landscape

Kourion

EMEL route 16 runs from Leontiou station through Episkopi to Kourion Beach; the archaeological hilltop needs a separate distance check.

By bus

Getting to Kourion

Conditions apply

EMEL route 16 runs from Leontiou EMEL Station through Episkopi to Kourion Beach. The operator page does not establish a stop at the archaeological site itself.

  • Use route 16 for the verified Leontiou–Episkopi–Kourion Beach corridor.
  • Confirm the walk to the archaeological site before relying on the bus alone.
  • Compare related EMEL routes 33 and 18 if another Limassol starting point is more convenient.

Source: Republic of Cyprus Road Transport DepartmentPassenger transport: scheduled-service operatorsEMEL Limassol BusesRoute 16: Leontiou EMEL Station–Kourion Beach

Open the official EMEL route 16 page
The restored stone theatre at Kourion, a semicircle of seating rows open to the sky, with visitors on the upper tiers and a shade canopy above.
The theatre at Kourion. EMEL route 16 ends at Kourion Beach below the site; the way up to the theatre is a separate check, not part of the bus trip. Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons

Published services here

Each service links the page that carries its stops, its caveats and the operator’s own link. Fares stay with the operator; the line cards below show one dated week of times.

Bus lines serving Kourion

These cards listed the lines this guide follows between Kourion and other places on the site, with times from the Ministry of Transport’s open timetable data for the reference week named on each card. Those times are unavailable or out of date and have been withdrawn; the operator’s page remains linked on each card.

  • EMEL Route 16

    Stops here: —

    No full reference week is available for this feed; times are withdrawn. Check the operator’s current timetable.

    Open EMEL route 16

  • EMEL Route 33

    Stops here: —

    No full reference week is available for this feed; times are withdrawn. Check the operator’s current timetable.

    Open EMEL route 33

  • EMEL Route 18

    Stops here: —

    No full reference week is available for this feed; times are withdrawn. Check the operator’s current timetable.

    Open EMEL route 18

What goes wrong here

Source: Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, Public Transport Static Data (GTFS), Cyprus National Access Point, CC BY 4.0. Feeds read 19 October 2026; each card names its own reference week. Open the dataset

Connect the journey

Bus connections for this part of Cyprus

Find your bearings

See Kourion in the island

The marker is an approximate place-centre reference, not a bus station or boarding point.

Approximate place-centre marker for Kourion; it does not identify a bus stop.

Kourion

The bus network over the terrain

Lines 16

Terrain © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA

Getting back from Kourion

Published services that run from Kourion toward Limassol:

  • EMEL route 16: Limassol – Episkopi – Kourion Beach

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Open the official EMEL route 16 page

Worth your time

What Kourion does best

The official route is published to Kourion Beach through Episkopi, not to a stop explicitly named for the archaeological site or ancient theatre. Use the bus for the verified corridor, then confirm the final walking distance before relying on it for the hilltop visit.

  1. Kourion Beach

    The operator explicitly publishes the beach as route 16's destination, making it the verified bus-access point.

  2. Episkopi

    Episkopi lies on the same corridor and is distinct from the archaeological hilltop destination.

  3. Ancient-site planning

    Treat the final access to the theatre and archaeological site as a separate check rather than an assumed short walk.

Good to know

  • Confirm current fare and frequency directly with EMEL.
  • The Kourion Beach stop and archaeological-site entrance are not interchangeable labels.
  • Plan the return from the exact stop and service shown by the operator.

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How do I get to Kourion by bus?
EMEL route 16 runs from Leontiou station through Episkopi to Kourion Beach; the archaeological hilltop needs a separate distance check.
Are there lifeguards on Cyprus beaches?
At the beaches the beach guide lists, Visit Cyprus says lifeguards are stationed from April – October, or from June – October at Foinikoudes and Mckenzie in Larnaca. Full answer
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Sources for this destination

Checked official sources: Republic of Cyprus Road Transport DepartmentPassenger transport: scheduled-service operatorsEMEL Limassol BusesRoute 16: Leontiou EMEL Station–Kourion Beach

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