There are 13 ways to get from Patras to France by bus, train, plane, ferry, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
best- Take the bus from Patra to Kiato
- Take the train from Kiato to Athens
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)ATH - NCE
10h 16m€84–210Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Patra to Kiato
- Take the train from Kiato to Athens
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)ATH - GVA
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
13h 17m€83–235Bus via Agrínio
- Take the bus from Patras to Agrinio
- Take the bus from Agrínio to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana to Paris Gare de Lyon
34h 37mFerry, train
- Take the ferry from Patras to Ancona M.MaAsf
- Take the train from Ancona to Torino Porta SusaFr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
34h 46m€178–532Drive 2,616.2 km
- Drive from Patras to Paris2,616.2 km
29h 53m€467–674Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the bus from Patra to Kiato
- Take the train from Kiato to Athens
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)ATH - LYS
10h 36m€90–241Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Take the bus from Patra to Kiato
- Take the train from Kiato to Athens
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)ATH - CDG
11h 5m€97–238Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Marseille Provence Airport
- Take the bus from Patra to Kiato
- Take the train from Kiato to Athens
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)ATH - MRS
10h 13m€98–254Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Paris Orly Airport
- Take the bus from Patra to Kiato
- Take the train from Kiato to Athens
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)ATH - ORY
10h 53m€93–259Bus to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the bus from Patras to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)SKG - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
14h 24m€140–386Ferry, train via Milan
- Take the ferry from Patras to Ancona M.MaAsf
- Take the train from Ancona to Milano CentraleFr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De LyonFr
35h 17m€169–542Bus
- Take the bus from Patras to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Paris Nord
44h 43mDrive, car train
- Drive from Patras to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Würzburg Hbf
- Drive from Würzburg Hbf to Paris
29h€461–655
Patras to France by ferry, foot, bus, train, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Patras to France is to bus and train and fly which costs €80 - €210 and takes 10h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Patras to France is to bus and train and fly which takes 10h 13m and costs €95 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Patras to France. However, there are services departing from Patras and arriving at Hôtel de Ville via Agrínio, Tirana and Gare de Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 37m.
The distance between Patras and France is 1811 km. The road distance is 2616.2 km.
The best way to get from Patras to France without a car is to bus via Agrínio which takes 34h 37m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 16m to get from Patras to France, including transfers.
Patras to France bus services, operated by KTEL of Aetolia-Acarnania S.A., depart from Patras station.
Patras to France bus services, operated by KTEL of Aetolia-Acarnania S.A., arrive at Agrinio station.
France is 1h behind Patras. It is currently 5:34 AM in Patras and 4:34 AM in France.
Yes, the driving distance between Patras to France is 2616 km. It takes approximately 29h 53m to drive from Patras to France.
What companies run services between Patras, Greece and France?
You can take a bus from Patras to Hôtel de Ville via Agrinio, Agrínio, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Tirana, Paris Gare de Lyon, and Gare de Lyon in around 34h 37m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Stuttgart Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Kiato to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Patra to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 26410 54444
- info@ktel-aitolnias.gr
- Website
- ktel-aitolnias.gr
Bus from Patras to Agrinio
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- ktel-aitolnias.gr
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Agrínio to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Patras to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Paris Gare de Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +30 2610 623 888
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Patras to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Ferry from Patras to Ancona M.Ma
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €70–110
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €100–130
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €110–140
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €140–170
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