There are 6 ways to get from Cork to Patras by plane, bus, or 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 Cork Airport to Preveza Airport, bus
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane ORK - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
21h 16m€163–465Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DUB - ATH
- Take the train from A. Liosia to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
14h 49m€116–293Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Nurembergbus
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
4d 5hFly Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ORK - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
25h 24m€132–341Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Preveza Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Stn to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane SNN - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
24h 9m€172–476Fly Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane ORK - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Patrasbus
14h 39m€183–491
Cork Airport (ORK) to Preveza Airport (PVK) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Patras is to train and fly and bus which costs €110 - €300 and takes 14h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Patras is to fly and bus which takes 14h 39m and costs €180 - €500.
No, there is no direct bus from Cork to Patras. However, there are services departing from Cork Alfred St and arriving at Patra via Aston Quay, Dublin, Rădăuţi, Nuremberg and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4 days 5h.
The distance between Cork and Patras is 2854 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Patras without a car is to bus which takes 4 days 5h and costs .
It takes approximately 21h 16m to get from Cork to Patras, including transfers.
Cork to Patras bus services, operated by Citylink, depart from Cork Alfred St station.
Cork to Patras bus services, operated by Citylink, arrive at Bachelors Walk station.
Patras is 2h ahead of Cork. It is currently 5:16 PM in Cork and 7:16 PM in Patras.
There are 695+ hotels available in Patras.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Patras, Greece?
You can take a bus from Cork Alfred St to Patra via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Rd Stn, Dublin, Rădăuți, Rădăuţi, Nuremberg, Tirana, and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 4d 5h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 26m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–430
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–440
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
Flights from Shannon Airport to Preveza Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–430
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–440
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–800
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Preveza Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–440
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €22–35
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from A. Liosia to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +30 26450 22364
- info@ktel-lefkadas.gr
- Website
- KTEL Lefkadas
Bus from Lefkáda to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- KTEL Lefkadas
Bus from Lefkáda to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- KTEL Lefkadas
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Aircoach
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Nuremberg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
- €45–75
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +30 2616 001 600
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- KTEL of Achaia S.A.
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- KTEL of Achaia S.A.
Bus from Kalamata to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- KTEL of Achaia S.A.
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Cork Bus Stn to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
- Phone
- +30 27210 28581
- info@ktelmessinias.gr
- Website
- KTEL Messinias
Bus from Kalamata to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- KTEL Messinias
- Schedules at
- KTEL Messinias
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Bus from Kiato to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
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