There are 13 ways to get from Edinburgh to Patras by plane, bus, train, night train, ferry, car ferry, car, car train, or busferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Preveza Airport, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane EDI - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
11h 27m€120–254Fly Edinburgh Airport to Zakynthos International Airport, bus and ferry
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane EDI - ZTH
- Take the busferry from Zakynthos to Patrasbusferry
12h 2m€116–339Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
38h 46mTrain, night train, line 2 ferry, car ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rosenheimnighttrain Nj
- Take the night train from Rosenheim to Venezia S. Lucianighttrain Nj
- Take the ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
2d 16h€503–897Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Patrascar
39h 57m€751–1,066Fly Edinburgh Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)plane EDI - GPA
11h 11m€209–548Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Preveza Airport, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane MAN - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
14h 11m€188–581Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane MAN - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
17h 19m€206–425Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane EDI - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Patrasbus
11h 20m€134–398Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Preveza Airport, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane GLA - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
14h 47m€199–503Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
2d 1hBus via Munich
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from München to Ioanninabus
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Patrasbus
2d 19h€331–637Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Patrascar
41h 4m€627–988
Edinburgh to Patras by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Patras is to fly and bus which costs €120 - €260 and takes 11h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Patras is to fly which takes 11h 11m and costs €200 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Patras. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Patra via Finchley Road / O2 Centre, Tally Ho Corner, Bounds Green Road London and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Edinburgh and Patras is 2786 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Patras without a car is to train and bus which takes 38h 46m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 27m to get from Edinburgh to Patras, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Patras bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Patras is to fly which takes 11h 11m and costs €200 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 2 days 1h.
Edinburgh to Patras bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Finchley Road / O2 Centre station.
Patras is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 1:56 AM in Edinburgh and 3:56 AM in Patras.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Patras, Greece?
Eurowings, TUIfly, and Lufthansa fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Patra via Finchley Road / O2 Centre, North Finchley Bus Station, Tally Ho Corner, Hobart Corner, Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Manchester Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kalamata International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Preveza Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Preveza Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Preveza Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–420
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Preveza Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
Night train from Rosenheim to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–105
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €95–105
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–75
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- €20–28
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
Bus from Lefkáda to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
Bus from Lefkáda to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- 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
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
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +302695022255
- info@ktel-zakynthos.gr
- Website
- ktel-zakynthos.gr
Busferry from Zakynthos to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Book at
- https://ktel-zakynthos.gr/en/
- 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
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
Bus from Kalamata to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
Bus from Ioannina to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- 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
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/routes/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.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
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from München to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €160–240
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +302651083071
- ktelioamagazine@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelioannina.gr
Bus from Ioannina to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://ktelioannina.gr/en/index.html
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- direzione@actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- 75 min. Ticket
- €10
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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