There are 11 ways to get from Palermo to Patras by train, busferry, bus, car, car ferry, ferry, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus and ferry, bus
best- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisitrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Patrabus
24h 23mBus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CTA - ATH
- Take the train from Ano Liosia to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
10h 59m€68–214Drive, car ferry, ferry
- Drive from Palermo to Tresmestiericar
- Take the car ferry from Tresmestieri to Villa S. Giovannicarferry
- Drive from Villa S. Giovanni to Bari M.macar
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
25h 36m€192–419Fly Palermo Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)plane PMO - GPA
15h 33m€209–638Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Palermo to Brindisibus
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Patrabus
25h 38mTrain, car ferry, ferry
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisitrain Ic
- Take the car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Corfucarferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Corfu to Patrasferry Asf
28h 28m€126–297Train, ferry
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Bari Centraletrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
28h 46mBus, bus and ferry via Messina
- Take the bus from Palermo Oreto Orsi to Messina Piazza della Repubblicabus
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Patrasbus
32h 19mFly Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane PMO - ATH
- Take the train from Ano Liosia to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
9h 13m€70–206Fly Palermo Airport to Preveza Airport, bus
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane PMO - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
11h 34m€161–631Bus to Trapani Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, train, bus
- Take the bus from Palermo-Via Libertа Don Bosco to Trapani Birgi Airportbus
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane TPS - ATH
- Take the train from Ano Liosia to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
13h 44m€87–248
Palermo to Patras by bus, train, foot, car ferry, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Patras is to bus and fly and train which costs €65 - €220 and takes 10h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Patras is to fly and train and bus which takes 9h 13m and costs €70 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Patras. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at Patra via Brindisi - Viale Togliatti, Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto and Vlorë. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 38m.
The distance between Palermo and Patras is 1228 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Patras without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus which takes 24h 23m and costs .
It takes approximately 24h 23m to get from Palermo to Patras, including transfers.
Palermo to Patras bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Palermo to Patras bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brindisi station.
Patras is 1h ahead of Palermo. It is currently 3:08 AM in Palermo and 4:08 AM in Patras.
There are 734+ hotels available in Patras.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Patras, Greece?
Austrian Airlines, Ryanair, and four other airlines fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) 4 times a week.
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €28–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Preveza Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Preveza Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Palermo Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €28–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Preveza Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–650
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Ano Liosia to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Oreto Orsi to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- 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
- 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 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
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo-Via Libertа Don Bosco to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- 090774409
- info@bluferries.it
- Website
- bluferries.it
Car ferry from Tresmestieri to Villa S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Schedules at
- bluferries.it
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Corfu to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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