There are 12 ways to get from Bucharest to Patras by plane, train, bus, car, busferry, or night 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 Athens International Airport, train, bus
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane OTP - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
9h 35m€127–281Bus via Sofia
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus Sofia-Bucharest
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Pátrabus
18h 54m€58–74Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Lianokladitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Lamia to Patrasbus
16h 46m€79–120Drive 1,123 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Patrascar 1,123 km
13h 20m€200–289Fly to Zakynthos International Airport, bus and ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane OTP - ZTH
- Take the busferry from Zakynthos to Patrasbusferry
9h 31m€167–430Fly to Kefalonia Airport, bus and ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Kefalonia Airport (EFL)plane OTP - EFL
- Take the busferry from Argostoli to Patrabusferry
9h 47m€169–462Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane OTP - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
11h 54m€150–307Fly to Ioannina National Airport, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Ioannina National Airport (IOA)plane OTP - IOA
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Aigiobus
12h 58m€194–453Fly to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane OTP - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Patrasbus
11h 24m€183–554Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Ruse Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Ruse Tsar Osvoboditel to Volos Astiko KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Volos to Patrasbus
20h 40m€78–112Night train, train, bus
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofiatrain 461 / ...
- Take the train from Sofia to Blagoevgradtrain
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal to Serresbus
- Take the bus from Serres to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
20h 51m€88–113Train, bus
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofiatrain 461
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Pátrabus
22h 59m€70–89
Bucharest to Patras by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Patras is to bus via Sofia which costs €55 - €75 and takes 18h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Patras is to fly and bus and ferry which takes 9h 31m and costs €160 - €430.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Patras. However, there are services departing from Bucharest and arriving at Pátra via Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 54m.
The distance between Bucharest and Patras is 1038 km. The road distance is 1123 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Patras without a car is to bus and train which takes 16h 46m and costs €75 - €120.
It takes approximately 9h 35m to get from Bucharest to Patras, including transfers.
Bucharest to Patras bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Bucharest station.
Bucharest to Patras bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Patras is 1123 km. It takes approximately 13h 20m to drive from Bucharest to Patras.
There are 114+ hotels available in Patras.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Patras, Greece?
You can take a bus from Bucharest to Pátra via Sofia Central Bus Station in around 18h 54m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ioannina National Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ioannina National Airport via Corfu, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ioannina National Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Kalamata International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–390
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Kalamata International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Kefalonia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Kefalonia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–340
- 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
Train from Thessaloniki to Lianokladi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €5–9
- 1st Class
- €8–10
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €11–13
Train from Sofia to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- 1st Class
- €3–6
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–26
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €41–45
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- 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
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 2616 001 600
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Lamia to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–19
- 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/
Bus from Kalamata to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–23
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Phone
- +302695022255
- info@ktel-zakynthos.gr
- Website
- ktel-zakynthos.gr
Busferry from Zakynthos to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Book at
- https://ktel-zakynthos.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 26710 22281
- info@ktelkefalonias.gr
- Website
- ktelkefalonias.gr
Busferry from Argostoli to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://ktelkefalonias.gr/en
- Phone
- +302651083071
- ktelioamagazine@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelioannina.gr
Bus from Ioannina to Aigio
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://ktelioannina.gr/en/index.html
- 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/
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Pátra
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 (0) 877 34 47 47
- pegasus@pegasusbg.com
- Website
- pegasusbg.com
Bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://pegasusbg.com/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Ruse Tsar Osvoboditel to Volos Astiko KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–60
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +30 2421033254
- ktelvol@otenet.gr
- Website
- ktelvolou.gr
Bus from Volos to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://ktelvolou.gr/en/home/
- Phone
- +30 23210-22822
- ktelserres@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
Bus from Serres to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
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