There are 5 ways to get from Chicago to Matera by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, bus
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)plane ORD - BRI
- Take the bus from Bari Airport to Matera piazza Matteottibus
16h 28m€277–563Fly to Fiumicino International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane ORD - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragolatrain
- Take the train from Napoli Afragola to Ferrandina-Pom.Migl.train
18h 55m€273–810Fly to Naples Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane ORD - NAP
- Take the bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Materabus
17h 30m€290–777Fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane ORD - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Metapontotrain
- Take the bus from Metaponto to Materabus
19h 41m€432–882Fly to Brindisi Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane ORD - BDS
- Take the train from Brindisi to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Altamuratrain
20h 18m€347–1,637
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Matera is to fly and train which costs €270 - €850 and takes 18h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Matera is to fly and bus which takes 16h 28m and costs €270 - €600.
The distance between Chicago and Matera is 8173 km.
It takes approximately 16h 28m to get from Chicago to Matera, including transfers.
Matera is 7h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 1:40 PM in Chicago and 8:40 PM in Matera.
There are 1167+ hotels available in Matera.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Matera, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Matera. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI), walk to Bari Airport, then take the bus to Matera piazza Matteotti. Alternatively, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Naples Airport (NAP), walk to Napoli - Capodichino Aeroporto, take the bus to Napoli P.zza Garibaldi, then take the bus to Matera.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–440
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–440
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–440
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–440
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Metaponto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Brindisi to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brindisi to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Afragola to Ferrandina-Pom.Migl.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Super Economy
- €14–20
- Base Standard
- €22–30
- Base Premium
- €26–40
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brindisi to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Altamura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://ferrovieappulolucane.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 080 5790111
- info@cotrap.it
- Website
- cotrap.it
Bus from Bari Airport to Matera piazza Matteotti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Schedules at
- biglietteria.cotrap.it
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Matera
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Metaponto to Matera
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
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