How to get fromKalamata to Zakynthosby bus, car, car ferry or busferry

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There are 3 ways to get from Kalamata to Zakynthos by bus, car, car ferry, or busferry

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Bus
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1. Take the bus from Kalamata to Pýrgos
2. Take the bus from Pýrgos to Kyllíni
6h 6m
€17–26
Drive, car ferry
1. Drive from Kalamata to Killini
2. Take the car ferry from Killini to Poros
3. Take the car ferry from Pesáda to Zakynthos Agios Nikolaos
7h 9m
€58–82
Bus, bus and ferry
1. Take the bus from Kalamata to Patras
2. Take the busferry from Patras to Zakynthos
6h 30m
€26–37

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Map of how to get from Kalamata to Zakynthos.

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Distance: 197.3 km
Duration: 6h 6m

What companies run services between Kalamata, Greece and Zakynthos, Greece?

You can take a bus from Kalamata to Zakynthos via Pýrgos, Kyllíni, and Kyllíni in around 6h 6m.

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Zakynthos, Greece(opens in a new window)

Zakynthos or Zante is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands, with an area of 405.55 km2, and a coastline 123 km in length. The name, like all similar names ending in, is pre-Mycenaean or Pelasgian in origin. In Greek mythology the island was said to be named after Zacynthus, the son of the legendary Arcadian chief Dardanus.

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Zakynthos(Opens in a new window)

Zakynthos or Zaente, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. Zakynthos is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and its only municipality. It covers an area of 405.55 km2 and its coastline is roughly 123 km in length. The name, like all similar names ending in -nthos, is pre-Mycenaean or Pelasgian in origin. In Greek mythology the island was said to be named after Zakynthos, the son of a legendary Arcadian chief Dardanus.

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The National Marine Park of Zakynthos (Greek: Εθνικό Θαλάσσιο Πάρκο Ζακύνθου) founded in 1999, is a national park located in Laganas bay, in Zakynthos island, Greece. The park, part of the Natura 2000 ecological network, covers an area of 135 km2 and is the habitat of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). It is the first national park established for the protection of sea turtles in the Mediterranean.

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