There are 10 ways to get from Dublin to Patras by plane, bus, ferry, train, car, car ferry, or busferry
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Fly to Kalamata International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)DUB - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Patras
13h 5m€123–341Fly to Athens International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Athens International Airport (ATH)DUB - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiato
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patra
12h 5m€102–238Ferry, train, bus via Agrínio
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Agrínio
- Take the bus from Agrinio to Patras
2d 1hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Drive from Dunkirk to Patras
2d 8h€675–1,187Fly to Preveza Airport, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Preveza Airport (PVK)DUB - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patras
19h 27m€145–394Fly to Patras Araxos Airport
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)DUB - GPA
14h 13m€153–453Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)DUB - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patras
14h 20m€120–274Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry0
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patras
2d 4hFerry, train, bus via Paris
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Take the bus from Paris Gare de Lyon to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patras
2d 12hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from The Gresham Hotel to Europa Bus Centre
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Cologne Airport CGN
- Take the bus from Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2 to Durrës
- Take the bus from Durrës to Patra
2d 20h
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dublin to Patras is to fly and train and bus which costs €100 - €240 and takes 12h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Dublin to Patras is to fly and train and bus which takes 12h 5m and costs €100 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Dublin to Patras. However, there are services departing from The Gresham Hotel and arriving at Patra via Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria, Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2 and Durrës. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
The distance between Dublin and Patras is 3059 km.
The best way to get from Dublin to Patras without a car is to ferry and train and bus via Agrínio which takes 2 days 1h and costs .
It takes approximately 13h 5m to get from Dublin to Patras, including transfers.
Dublin to Patras bus services, operated by Aircoach, depart from The Gresham Hotel station.
Dublin to Patras bus services, operated by Aircoach, arrive at Europa Bus Centre station.
Patras is 2h ahead of Dublin. It is currently 10:52 PM in Dublin and 12:52 AM in Patras.
There are 634+ hotels available in Patras.
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Patras, Greece?
Aer Lingus, TUIfly, and four other airlines fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) 4 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Dublin Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–460
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–460
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Dublin Airport to Preveza Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–450
Flights from Dublin Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–450
Flights from Dublin Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €440–950
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Dublin Airport to Preveza Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €440–950
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–430
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Preveza Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +30 2610 623 888
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Kalamata to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–23
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
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/
- 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
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Agrínio
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 26410 54444
- info@ktel-aitolnias.gr
- Website
- ktel-aitolnias.gr
Bus from Agrinio to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- ktel-aitolnias.gr
- 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
- 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
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Paris Gare de Lyon to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from The Gresham Hotel to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2 to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- Frequency
- Once 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
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €190–200
- On Foot
- €40–50
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €210–1,000
- On Foot
- €70–85
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €180–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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