Engraving-style illustration: Ioulida on the hills above Korissia — After a photo by Zde (CC BY-SA 4.0). Credits

Arriving on Kea

From Korissia, the island's capital Ioulida (Chora) is up the hill inland. Hellenic Seaways describes it spread across three hills, with neoclassical houses, marble fountains and covered passages (stegadia). East of the town, the Lion of Kea, about 8 metres long, is carved out of the rock and dates from the Archaic period (7th–6th century BC).

Getting around

Island buses: Timetables on the Municipality of Kea's website
Taxi, Kea: +30 22812 00150
Municipality: +30 22883 60000 · info@kea.gr
Citizens' service (KEP): +30 22880 21150
Police: +30 22880 21100
Health centre: +30 22880 22200

Bus times are not copied here because they change by season; see the municipality's page. You can also bring a car on the ferry from Lavrio.

Walking and beaches

Kea has twelve waymarked ancient paths, listed by the Kea agency and Hellenic Seaways; the Aristaios trail follows the old route between Ioulida and ancient Karthaia. Hellenic Seaways names Otzias as the island's longest beach, in a sheltered bay, and Vourkari as the fishing harbour next to Korissia.

Sources: Municipality of Kea – Kea bus timetables, taxi and useful numbers · Municipality of Kea – home page and news · Hellenic Seaways (Attica Group) – Kea: ferry tickets and itineraries · Stegadi, Kea ferry agency (Korissia) – Ferry schedule, October 2026 and notices