There are 10 ways to get from Ancona to Lesbos by train, plane, busferry, bus, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane BLQ - MJT
9h 27m€167–451Fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport
cheapest- Fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane AOI - MJT
15h 52m€97–417Train, bus and ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Ancona to Brindisitrain Fr
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Ioanninabus
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry Bsf
31h 19mFerry, bus
- Take the ferry from Ancona M.Ma to Igoumenitsaferry Asf
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry Bsf
34h 33m€229–411Bus and ferry, bus, ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the busferry from Ancona to Durrësbusferry
- Take the bus from Durrës to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry Bsf
37h 52mTrain to Fiumicino International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ancona to Roma Tiburtinatrain
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane FCO - MJT
11h 29m€178–404Train, train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane VCE - MJT
10h 42m€194–338Train to Federico Fellini Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ancona to Rimini Miramaretrain
- Fly from Federico Fellini Airport (RMI) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane RMI - MJT
23h 56m€106–409Bus and ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the busferry from Ancona to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Kavala Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Kavala to Mytileneferry Bsf
42h 31mBus and ferry, bus, ferry #2
- Take the busferry from Ancona to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Mytileneferry Hsw
42h 43m€219–362
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ancona to Lesbos is to fly which costs €95 - €420 and takes 15h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Ancona to Lesbos is to train and fly which takes 9h 27m and costs €160 - €460.
The distance between Ancona and Lesbos is 1648 km.
The best way to get from Ancona to Lesbos without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and ferry via Thessaloníki which takes 37h 52m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 27m to get from Ancona to Lesbos, including transfers.
Lesbos is 1h ahead of Ancona. It is currently 3:39 PM in Ancona and 4:39 PM in Lesbos.
There are 523+ hotels available in Lesbos.
What companies run services between Ancona, Italy and Lesbos, Greece?
Ryanair, Aegean Airlines, and Ulendo Airlink fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Catania, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €140–470
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Tirana, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–370
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Federico Fellini Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Tirana, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Federico Fellini Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ancona to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ancona to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ancona to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ancona to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ancona to Rimini Miramare
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.yolasite.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +302651083071
- ktelioamagazine@gmail.com
- Website
- KTEL Ioanninon
Bus from Ioannina to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- KTEL Ioanninon
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Ancona to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
Busferry from Ancona to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €112
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Durrës to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355697580270
- Website
- mabaviaggi.com
Busferry from Ancona to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- viaggipullmanalbania.it
- Phone
- +355 699 605501
- startravel@live.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Kavala to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
- Phone
- +30 2108919800
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Ferry from Ancona M.Ma to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- hellenicseaways@hellenicseaways.gr
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
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