There are 11 ways to get from Catania to Patras by plane, busferry, train, bus, car, ferry, or car ferry
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 Zakynthos International Airport, bus and ferry
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane CTA - ZTH
- Take the busferry from Zakynthos to Patrasbusferry
9h 15m€104–326Fly to Athens International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CTA - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
7h 9m€72–200Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisitrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Patrabus
22h 56mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Catania to Messina Marittimacar
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Bari M.macar
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
24h€143–345Fly to Preveza Airport, bus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane CTA - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
9h 15m€106–451Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane CTA - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
12h 3m€100–271Fly to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane CTA - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Patrasbus
13h 38m€161–618Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Catania to Baribus N596 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Bari to Port of Patrascarferry
27h 26m€98–165Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Catania Via D'Amico to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Patrabus
27h 43mTrain, ferry
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Bari Centraletrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
28h 14mTrain, car ferry, ferry
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovannicarferry
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Brindisitrain Ic
- Take the car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Corfucarferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Corfu to Patrasferry Asf
28h 21m€131–337
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Catania to Patras is to fly and train and bus which costs €70 - €200 and takes 7h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Catania to Patras is to fly and train and bus which takes 7h 9m and costs €70 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Catania to Patras. However, there are services departing from Catania Via D'Amico and arriving at Patra via Vlorë. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 43m.
The distance between Catania and Patras is 624 km.
The best way to get from Catania to Patras without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus which takes 22h 56m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 15m to get from Catania to Patras, including transfers.
Catania to Patras bus services, operated by Pistoia viaggi, depart from Catania Via D'Amico station.
Catania to Patras bus services, operated by Pistoia viaggi, arrive at Vlorë station.
Patras is 1h ahead of Catania. It is currently 8:05 AM in Catania and 9:05 AM in Patras.
There are 114+ hotels available in Patras.
What companies run services between Catania, Italy and Patras, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Catania to Patras. However, you can fly to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH), walk to Zakinthos Airport, take the bus to Zakynthos, walk to Zakynthos, then take the vehicle to Patras. Alternatively, you can take a train from Catania Centrale to Patra via Lamezia Terme C., Brindisi, Brindisi - Via Bastioni Carlo V, Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto, Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto, Vlorë, and Vlorë in around 22h 56m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Preveza Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Preveza Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Preveza Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Preveza Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Preveza Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Preveza Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–390
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- 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
- +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
Busferry from Catania Via D'Amico to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- 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
- 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
- +3026450 22364
- info@ktel-lefkadas.gr
- Website
- ktel-lefkadas.gr
Bus from Lefkáda to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–18
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Schedules at
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Phone
- +30 2610 623 888
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
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
- +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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Catania to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Corfu to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–39
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €3
- Car
- €39
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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