There are 8 ways to get from Cork to Patras by plane, bus, car ferry, car, 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 55m€151–478Fly Cork Airport to Athens International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ORK - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
14h 13m€93–282Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Passaubus
- Take the bus from Passau to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Patrabus
4dCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Cork Port to Port de Roscoffcarferry
- Drive from Port de Roscoff to Patrascar
2d 4hBus to Shannon Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, train, bus
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SNN - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
16h 2m€113–251Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, train, bus
- 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 Athens to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
15h 5m€125–267Fly 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
18h 18m€146–318Fly 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
15h 13m€174–585
Cork Airport (ORK) to Preveza Airport (PVK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Patras is to train and fly and bus which costs €120 - €270 and takes 15h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Patras is to fly and train and bus which takes 14h 13m and costs €90 - €290.
The distance between Cork and Patras is 2855 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Patras without a car is to bus which takes 4 days 0h and costs .
It takes approximately 21h 55m to get from Cork to Patras, including transfers.
Patras is 2h ahead of Cork. It is currently 12:05 AM in Cork and 2:05 AM in Patras.
There are 639+ hotels available in Patras.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Patras, Greece?
You can take a bus from Cork Alfred Street to Patra via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Road Station, Dublin, Rădăuți, Rădăuţi, Passau, and Durrës in around 4d.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Shannon Airport to Athens International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Cork Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Cork Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–900
Flights from Shannon Airport to Athens International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–450
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–1,000
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–850
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Cork Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–390
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
- 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
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €22–35
- 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
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Passau
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Passau
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Passau to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Durrës to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- 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 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
- +353 21 427 7801
- reservations@brittanyferries.ie
- Website
- brittanyferries.ie
Car ferry from Cork Port to Port de Roscoff
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
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