In short
- A single costs €2.70 in cash or €2.00 with a Motion card in Nicosia and Larnaca, and €2.00 in Limassol, Paphos and Ayia Napa.
- Night fares start at about 21:00: €4.70 in cash on CPT buses and €3.00 in Limassol and Ayia Napa.
- Children under 6 travel free and students and young people aged 6–18 pay 50% with a personalised Motion card.
- Intercity tickets are priced per route, from €4.00 to €9.00 one way, and the driver takes cash only.
Cyprus has no single bus fare. Four operators run the city buses and each publishes its own price list, while Intercity Buses prices its tickets per route. This guide puts the fares side by side, at the time of writing (October 2026), so you know what to pay and where to buy before you board.
Who sells bus tickets in Cyprus?
Cyprus Public Transport (CPT) runs the buses in Nicosia and Larnaca with one shared price list. EMEL runs Limassol, OSYPA runs Paphos and OSEA runs Ayia Napa and Paralimni. Intercity Buses links the cities. The electronic card used across the operators is called Motion, and it exists as a personalised card, an anonymous card and as paper cards for a set number of trips or days.
How much is a single bus ticket in each city?
Nicosia and Larnaca: €2.70 for a paper ticket from the driver, cash only, valid for one journey. With a Motion card the same trip costs €2.00 and is valid for 60 minutes with up to 2 transfers.
Limassol: €2.00, valid 04:00–21:00, a paper ticket bought on the bus with no transfers. Paphos: €2.00, bought on the bus, no transfers. Ayia Napa and Paralimni: €2.00 for one journey between 04:00 and 21:00.
What do night buses cost?
On CPT buses the night single applies from 21:00 to 04:00 and costs €4.70 as a paper ticket from the driver, €3.50 with a Motion card or €1.75 with the discount card. In Limassol the night single costs €3.00 (21:01–03:49) and in Ayia Napa €3.00 (21:00–04:00). In Paphos a night ticket is sold on the bus after 21:00; the operator’s page lists both €3.00 and €3.50, so check on board.
Which day tickets and passes are there?
Day tickets: €6.00 in Limassol, €6.50 in Paphos and €6.00 in Ayia Napa, where it is valid until 04:00 the next day and includes night routes. CPT sells a daily ticket for all cities at €20.00 (discounted €10.00), valid on urban buses in Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos and Famagusta.
7 days: CPT €46.80 on an anonymous card or €33.40 on a personalised card; Limassol €25.00; Paphos €25.00 personalised or €35.00 non-personalised; Ayia Napa €25.00, plus a 5-day ticket for €20.00.
30 days: CPT €93.60 anonymous or €66.90 personalised; Limassol €45.00; Paphos €50.00 personalised or €60.00 non-personalised; Ayia Napa €50.00. Yearly passes cost €668.50 with CPT (personalised card only), €450.00 in Limassol and €500.00 in Paphos and Ayia Napa.
Paper cards: CPT sells a 4-trip paper Motion card for €8.70; after the 4th trip the rest of that service day is free. Its paper cards also come for 2 days (€17.40), 3 days (€26.10) and 7 days (€46.80). Paphos has paper passes for 2 days (€13.00), 3 days (€19.50), 7 days (€35.00) and 30 days (€70.00). EMEL’s multi-trip paper card charges at most €2.00 per trip, works as a daily ticket after 4 trips and is valid only in the district where it was bought.
A Pancyprian pass costs €20.00 for 1 day, €75 for 7 days and €225 for 30 days. EMEL describes it as valid on urban buses in all cities; OSEA lists the 7-day and 30-day versions as valid on OSEA, CPT, EMEL, OSYPA and all Intercity routes.
Who travels free or at half price?
The operators list the same groups. Children under 6, soldiers, low-income pensioners with the ministry card, families receiving public assistance, wheelchair users, blind people and their escorts, and European Disability Card holders travel free. University students (student ID or European Youth Card), young people aged 6–18, school pupils and social card holders pay 50%. Both need a personalised Motion card, and free passes are renewed every year. In Ayia Napa children aged 6–18 pay 50% directly on board.
How do intercity tickets differ from city tickets?
Intercity fares depend on the route, not on the city. A single costs €4.00 on Nicosia – Larnaca, Limassol – Paphos, Limassol – Larnaca and Larnaca – Ayia Napa / Paralimni, €5.00 on Nicosia – Limassol and Nicosia – Ayia Napa / Paralimni, €7.00 on Nicosia – Paphos, €8.00 on Larnaca – Paphos and €9.00 on Ayia Napa / Paralimni – Paphos. Most routes also have return, weekly and monthly tickets: Nicosia – Limassol, for example, costs €9.00 return, €44.00 weekly and €100.00 monthly. A personalised Motion card gives 50% off.
An all-routes Intercity pass on a plastic Motion card costs €15.00 for 1 day, €75 for a week and €225 for a month. Timetables are in the intercity section.
Where do I buy tickets and how do I pay?
On the bus you pay in cash. CPT drivers sell only one-way, rural one-way and night tickets. In Limassol the single, night and daily tickets are sold on the bus, and in Paphos the single, daily and night tickets. OSEA buses take notes up to €20 and no bank cards. Intercity drivers sell one-way tickets and paper monthly tickets.
Cards and passes come from the operators’ sales offices, and Motion cards can be topped up online through JCC Smart. The plastic Motion card costs a one-off €5.00 with CPT; in Limassol the personalised card is issued free and the anonymous one costs up to €2.00.
The full list for each city, with the date the fares were last checked, is on the ticket pages: Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos and Ayia Napa and Paralimni.
