There are 6 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
14h 29m€181–577Train 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 Ano Liosia to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
14h 10m€101–264Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Nürnbergbus
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
4d 4hCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Cork Port to Port de Roscoffcarferry
- Drive from Port de Roscoff to Patrascar
2d 4h€613–964Fly 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
23h 17m€111–337Fly 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 37m€184–584
Cork Airport (ORK) to Preveza Airport (PVK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Patras is to fly and bus which costs €110 - €340 and takes 23h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Patras is to train and fly and bus which takes 14h 10m and costs €100 - €270.
The distance between Cork and Patras is 2860 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Patras without a car is to bus which takes 4 days 4h and costs .
It takes approximately 14h 29m to get from Cork to Patras, including transfers.
Patras is 2h ahead of Cork. It is currently 8:49 AM in Cork and 10:49 AM in Patras.
There are 114+ 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, Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Tirana, and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 4d 4h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–450
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–750
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–450
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–750
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–750
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- 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
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Ano Liosia to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 26450 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/
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- 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
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- 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
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Nürnberg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–140
- Schedules at
- tarsin.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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- 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
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2616 001 600
- 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
- 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 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
- +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
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- https://www.brittanyferries.ie/
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