There are 13 ways to get from France to Patras by plane, train, bus, ferry, car, or car train
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Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport, train, bus
best- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)NCE - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiato
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patra
10h 47m€83–210Train, ferry via Bari
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta SusaTgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Bari CentraleFr
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to PatrasAsf
33h 55m€198–634Bus via Agrínio
- Take the bus from Paris Gare de Lyon to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Agrínio
- Take the bus from Agrinio to Patras
35h 30mDrive 2,612.7 km
- Drive from Paris to Patras2,612.7 km
29h 48m€466–673Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LYS - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiato
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patra
11h 4m€94–231Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Athens International Airport (ATH)CDG - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiato
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patra
11h 27m€95–237Fly Marseille Provence Airport to Athens International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)MRS - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiato
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patra
10h 49m€97–254Fly Paris Orly Airport to Athens International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Athens International Airport (ATH)ORY - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiato
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patra
11h 34m€96–248Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)STR - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patras
14h 27m€132–376Fly Nantes Atlantique Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)NTE - GPA
6h 59m€157–493Train, ferry
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano CentraleFr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to AnconaFr
- Take the ferry from Ancona M.Ma to PatrasAbs / ...
36h 22m€154–424Bus
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patras
2d 2hDrive, car train
- Drive from Paris to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Patras
29h 56m€435–1,498
France to Patras by subway, train, bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from France to Patras is to fly and train and bus which costs €80 - €210 and takes 10h 47m.
The fastest way to get from France to Patras is to fly which takes 6h 59m and costs €150 - €500.
No, there is no direct bus from France to Patras. However, there are services departing from Hôtel de Ville and arriving at Patras via Paris Gare de Lyon, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave and Agrinio. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 30m.
The distance between France and Patras is 1811 km. The road distance is 2612.7 km.
The best way to get from France to Patras without a car is to train and ferry via Bari which takes 33h 55m and costs €190 - €650.
It takes approximately 10h 47m to get from France to Patras, including transfers.
France to Patras bus services, operated by Arjani Travel, depart from Paris Gare de Lyon station.
The best way to get from France to Patras is to bus via Agrínio which takes 35h 30m and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €150 - €500 and takes 6h 59m.
France to Patras bus services, operated by Arjani Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Patras is 1h ahead of France. It is currently 6:18 PM in France and 7:18 PM in Patras.
What companies run services between France and Patras, Greece?
You can take a bus from Hôtel de Ville to Patras via Gare de Lyon - Van Gogh, Paris Gare de Lyon, Tirana, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Agrínio, and Agrinio in around 35h 30m. Alternatively, Volotea flies from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) once a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- 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
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- 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 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
- +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
- +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/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €50–75
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €80–100
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €80–100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100–130
Ferry from Ancona M.Ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €70–110
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €100–130
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €110–140
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €140–170
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