There are 10 ways to get from Madrid to Patras by plane, bus, train, car ferry, car, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Kalamata International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane MAD - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Patrasbus
12h 43m€152–511Fly to Athens International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MAD - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
11h 15m€86–218Train, bus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Vlorëbus
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Patrabus
38h 30mTrain, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Alcalá De Henarestrain C2 / ...
- Take the bus from Alcalá de Henares to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Stazione Padova to Veneziabus 53E
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
2d 18h€188–329Drive 3,244.5 km
- Drive from Madrid to Patrascar 3,244.5 km
38h 31m€576–832Fly to Zakynthos International Airport, bus and ferry
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane MAD - ZTH
- Take the busferry from Zakynthos to Patrasbusferry
12h 10m€121–257Fly to Ioannina National Airport, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Ioannina National Airport (IOA)plane MAD - IOA
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Aigiobus
12h 52m€173–410Train, bus via Passau
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon TGV to Frankfurttrain 84
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbftrain 91 / ...
- Take the bus from Passau Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
47h 56mBus via Lyon
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Lyon, Perrache Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
2d 13hBus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Pátrabus
2d 15h€141–192
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Patras is to fly and train and bus which costs €85 - €220 and takes 11h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Patras is to fly and train and bus which takes 11h 15m and costs €85 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Patras. However, there are services departing from Estación Sur de Autobuses and arriving at Patra via Lyon, Perrache Bus Station and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 13h.
The distance between Madrid and Patras is 2469 km. The road distance is 3244.5 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Patras without a car is to train and bus which takes 38h 30m and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 43m to get from Madrid to Patras, including transfers.
Madrid to Patras bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
Madrid to Patras bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Lyon, Perrache Bus Station.
Patras is 1h ahead of Madrid. It is currently 4:06 PM in Madrid and 5:06 PM in Patras.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Patras is 3245 km. It takes approximately 38h 31m to drive from Madrid to Patras.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Patras, Greece?
You can take a bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Patra via Lyon, Perrache Bus Station, Tirana, and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 2d 13h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–160
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alcalá De Henares
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 912 32 03 20
- accesibilidad@renfe.es
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alcalá De Henares
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en/suburban
- 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Avignon TGV to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €140–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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/
- 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
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Passau Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 398 7951
- support@olgenotravel.com
- Website
- olgenotravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16
- Website
- https://olgenotravel.com/
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €33
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Alcalá de Henares to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- direzione@actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Bus from Stazione Padova to Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- Phone
- +302695022255
- info@ktel-zakynthos.gr
- Website
- ktel-zakynthos.gr
Busferry from Zakynthos to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Book at
- https://ktel-zakynthos.gr/en/
- 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
- +30 26510 25014
- ktelioa@otenet.gr
- Website
- ktelioannina.gr
Bus from Ioannina to Aigio
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Schedules at
- ktelioannina.gr
- Book at
- eticket.ktelioannina.gr
- 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
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Lyon, Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Pátra
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- €127–240
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- 2 bed inside cabin
- €220–240
- Deck
- €127
- Aircraft-type seats
- €139
- 3 bed outside cabin
- €236
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