There are 12 ways to get from Madrid to Patras by plane, train, bus, car ferry, car, or busferry
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Fly to Patras Araxos Airport
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)plane MAD - GPA
11h 16m€276–373Fly 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 17m€90–228Train, 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 30mBus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Stazione Padova to Veneziabus 53E
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
2d 17h€198–293Drive 3,244.5 km
- Drive from Madrid to Patrascar 3,244.5 km
38h 31m€590–852Fly to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- 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€121–581Fly 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 40m€130–317Fly to Preveza Airport, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane MAD - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
12h 45m€138–494Fly 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
13h 12m€192–400Train, 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, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Madrid to Genoabus
- Take the busferry from Genova Piazza Principe to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Patrasbus
2d 8hBus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Pátrabus
2d 15h€142–192
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Patras is to fly and train and bus which costs €90 - €230 and takes 11h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Patras is to fly which takes 11h 16m and costs €270 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Patras. However, there are services departing from Madrid and arriving at Patras via Genova Piazza Principe and Fier. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Madrid and Patras is 2210 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 11h 16m to get from Madrid to Patras, including transfers.
Madrid to Patras bus services, operated by Yubim, depart from Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Patras is to fly which takes 11h 16m and costs €270 - €380. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €140 - €200 and takes 2 days 15h.
Madrid to Patras bus services, operated by Yubim, arrive at Sofia station.
Patras is 1h ahead of Madrid. It is currently 7:09 AM in Madrid and 8:09 AM in Patras.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Patras, Greece?
Transavia France, Iberia, and three other airlines fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Pátra via Sofia in around 2d 15h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Preveza Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–650
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Preveza Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–800
- 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
- €100–320
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–340
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–850
- 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
- €60–210
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
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
- €100–180
- 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
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- 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
- €180–430
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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 Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 34m
- 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
- +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
- +302695022255
- info@ktel-zakynthos.gr
- Website
- ktel-zakynthos.gr
Busferry from Zakynthos to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- 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
- +3026450 22364
- info@ktel-lefkadas.gr
- Website
- ktel-lefkadas.gr
Bus from Lefkáda to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–18
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Schedules at
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Madrid to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Genova Piazza Principe to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €36
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- 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
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@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
- €130–210
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
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