There are 12 ways to get from Bilbao to Patras by plane, bus, car, car ferry, train, busferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Kalamata International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane BIO - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Patrasbus
12h 3m€222–681Fly to Athens International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BIO - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
11h 12m€101–248Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bilbao to Port of Anconacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
37h 20m€374–551Train, bus
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain Alv
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Vlorëbus
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Patrabus
42h 31mDrive 3,006.7 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Patrascar 3,006.7 km
35h 47m€549–792Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane BIO - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
15h 3m€104–254Fly to Patras Araxos Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)plane BIO - GPA
12h 51m€167–513Train, bus via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostiatrain E1
- Take the train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Ter
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
43h 31mBus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Pátrabus
2d 8h€151–212Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Nice Airportbus
- Take the train from Nice Saint-Augustin to Ventimigliatrain C3
- Take the busferry from Ventimiglia to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Patrasbus
2d 11hBus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Stazione Padova to Veneziabus 53E
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
2d 14h€196–291Drive, car train
- Drive from Bilbao to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Patrascar
37h 38m€606–858
Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Patras is to fly and bus which costs €100 - €260 and takes 15h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Patras is to fly and train and bus which takes 11h 12m and costs €100 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Patras. However, there are services departing from Bilbao Intermodal and arriving at Pátra via Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián and Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Bilbao and Patras is 2447 km. The road distance is 3006.7 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Patras without a car is to train and bus which takes 42h 31m and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 3m to get from Bilbao to Patras, including transfers.
Bilbao to Patras bus services, operated by Avanza Gipuzkoa, depart from Bilbao Intermodal station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Patras is to fly which takes 12h 51m and costs €160 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €150 - €220 and takes 2 days 8h.
Bilbao to Patras bus services, operated by Avanza Gipuzkoa, arrive at Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián station.
Patras is 1h ahead of Bilbao. It is currently 2:11 PM in Bilbao and 3:11 PM in Patras.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Patras, Greece?
Vueling Airlines, TUI fly Belgium, and three other airlines fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Pátra via Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián and Sofia in around 2d 8h.
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–700
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–700
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–800
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Bilbao-Abando to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +34 944 333 333
- digitala@euskotren.eus
- Website
- euskotren.eus
Train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.euskotren.eus/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nice Saint-Augustin to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–15
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–310
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +30 2610 623 888
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Kalamata to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–23
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Phone
- +30 27210 28581
- info@ktelmessinias.gr
- Website
- ktelmessinias.gr
Bus from Kalamata to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/routes/
- Book at
- https://ktelbus.gr/mes/ticketweb/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 398 7951
- support@olgenotravel.com
- Website
- olgenotravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16
- Website
- https://olgenotravel.com/
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €33
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Kiato to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Pátra
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bilbao to Nice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Ventimiglia to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €36
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- direzione@actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Bus from Stazione Padova to Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
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