There are 10 ways to get from Ireland to Patras by plane, bus, car ferry, or train
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Fly Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane DUB - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Patrasbus
13h 51m€139–442Fly Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- 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
11h 36m€90–233Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Isle of Man Douglascarferry
- Take the car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Lianokladitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Lamia to Patrasbus
2d€155–728Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic / ...
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Venezia, Tronchettobus N28
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
3d 17h€654–1,015Fly Cork Airport to Preveza Airport, bus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane ORK - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
14h 29m€161–1,630Fly Dublin Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)plane DUB - GPA
11h 37m€204–595Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Preveza Airport, bus
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Centraltrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane BHD - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
14h 56m€179–520Fly Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane DUB - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
14h 46m€126–245Fly Dublin Airport to Preveza Airport, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane DUB - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
13h 48m€126–538Bus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Suceava to Thessalonikibus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
3d 9h€159–456
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Patras is to fly and train and bus which costs €85 - €240 and takes 11h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Patras is to fly and train and bus which takes 11h 36m and costs €85 - €240.
The distance between Ireland and Patras is 3072 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Patras without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 2 days 0h and costs €150 - €750.
It takes approximately 13h 51m to get from Ireland to Patras, including transfers.
The best way to get from Ireland to Patras is to fly which takes 11h 37m and costs €200 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €150 - €460 and takes 3 days 9h.
Patras is 2h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 11:10 PM in Ireland and 1:10 AM in Patras.
There are 119+ hotels available in Patras.
What companies run services between Ireland and Patras, Greece?
Eurowings, TUIfly, and six other airlines fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Dublin to Patras via Dublin, Rădăuţi, Suceava, Thessaloniki, and Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station in around 3d 9h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Preveza Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–480
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–1,100
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Preveza Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–1,000
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Dublin Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Dublin Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–800
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–500
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Preveza Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–480
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Preveza Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220–1,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Preveza Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €180–480
Flights from Dublin Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–750
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–950
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–490
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Cork Airport to Preveza Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–750
- 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
- €70–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–750
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Dublin Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Lianokladi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Ano Liosia to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €14–21
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +30 2616 001 600
- 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 Lamia to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–19
- 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/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
Bus from Suceava to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Venezia, Tronchetto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €15–20
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Website
- 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
- +44 8722 992 992
- Website
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Isle of Man Douglas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €17–325
- Website
- https://www.steam-packet.com/
- Foot Passanger
- €46
- Motorcycle&Adult
- €166
- Car&Adult
- €325
Car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €15–214
- Website
- https://www.steam-packet.com/
- Foot Passenger Saver Ticket
- €40
- Standard Fare
- €214
- 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
- €370–550
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
- 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
- €150–240
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
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