There are 11 ways to get from Patras to Zadar by bus, train, plane, busferry, ferry, car ferry, or car
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Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Zadar Airport
best- Take the bus from Patra to Kiatobus
- Take the train from Kiato to Ano Liosiatrain
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane ATH - ZAD
11h 30m€80–338Bus, bus and ferry, train, Catamaran
- Take the bus from Patra to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Portobusferry
- Take the train from Brindisi to Anconatrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarferry 51
23h 5mCar ferry, Catamaran
- Take the car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Anconacarferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarferry 51
26h 30m€183–292Drive 1,101.9 km
- Drive from Patras to Zadarcar 1,101.9 km
15h 27m€199–288Fly Patras Araxos Airport to Zadar Airport
- Fly from Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane GPA - ZAD
20h 33m€137–477Bus to Preveza Airport, fly to Zadar Airport
- Take the bus from Patras to Lefkádabus
- Fly from Preveza Airport (PVK) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane PVK - ZAD
12h 5m€104–380Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Split Airport
- Take the bus from Patra to Kiatobus
- Take the train from Kiato to Ano Liosiatrain
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Split Airport (SPU)plane ATH - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
10h 48m€99–313Bus to Kalamata International Airport, fly to Zadar Airport
- Take the bus from Káto Achaḯa to Kalamatabus
- Fly from Kalamata International Airport (KLX) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane KLX - ZAD
21h 28m€121–430Bus to Preveza Airport, fly to Split Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Patras to Lefkádabus
- Fly from Preveza Airport (PVK) to Split Airport (SPU)plane PVK - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
15h 33m€158–625Bus
- Take the bus from Patra to Lezhëbus
- Take the bus from Lezhë to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
24h 25m€80–90Ferry, Catamaran
- Take the ferry from Patras to Ancona M.Maferry Asf
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarferry 51
27h 30m€183–292
Patras to Zadar by ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Patras to Zadar is to bus which costs €80 - €90 and takes 24h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Patras to Zadar is to bus and train and fly which takes 10h 48m and costs €95 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Patras to Zadar. However, there are services departing from Patra and arriving at Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor via Lezhë. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 25m.
No, there is no direct ferry from Patras to Zadar. However, there are services departing from Port of Patras and arriving at Port of Zadar via Port of Ancona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 30m.
The distance between Patras and Zadar is 1245 km. The road distance is 1101.9 km.
Book your Patras to Zadar ferry tickets online with Omio.
The best way to get from Patras to Zadar without a car is to bus and bus and ferry and train and Catamaran which takes 23h 5m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 30m to get from Patras to Zadar, including transfers.
Patras to Zadar bus services, operated by Euro Interlines Komatas Tours, depart from Patra station.
The best way to get from Patras to Zadar is to fly which takes 20h 33m and costs €130 - €480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €90 and takes 24h 25m.
What companies run services between Patras, Greece and Zadar, Croatia?
Austrian Airlines and Ryanair fly from Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) to Zadar Airport (ZAD) twice a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Patra to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor via Lezhë in around 24h 25m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Patras Araxos Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Preveza Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Preveza Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Patras Araxos Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Preveza Airport to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Preveza Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Zadar Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Preveza Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Preveza Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Preveza Airport to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Zadar Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Zadar Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–550
Flights from Preveza Airport to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €30–270
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €30–270
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–310
Flights from Preveza Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Zadar Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Zadar Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €370–850
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Preveza Airport to Split Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Kiato to Ano Liosia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brindisi to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brindisi to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Patra to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Patra to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €33
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Patra to Lezhë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +30 26450 22364
- info@ktel-lefkadas.gr
- Website
- ktel-lefkadas.gr
Bus from Patras to Lefkáda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–20
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Phone
- +385 91 255 0999
- prijevoz.knezevic@gmail.com
- Website
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Schedules at
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 91 616 0990
- antonio.tours@zd.t-com.hr
- Website
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
- Phone
- +385 21 612 005
- kontakt@promet-makarska.hr
- Website
- promet-makarska.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.promet-makarska.hr/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +30 26210 20600
- ktelias@otenet.gr
- Website
- ktelileias.gr
Bus from Káto Achaḯa to Kalamata
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–20
- Website
- https://ktelileias.gr/
- Phone
- +383 44 119 284
- info@vectortravelgroup.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lezhë to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Ferry from Patras to Ancona M.Ma
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
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More Questions & Answers
Patras to Zadar bus services, operated by Euro Interlines Komatas Tours, arrive at Lezhë station.
Zadar is 1h behind Patras. It is currently 10:43 AM in Patras and 9:43 AM in Zadar.
Yes, the driving distance between Patras to Zadar is 1102 km. It takes approximately 15h 27m to drive from Patras to Zadar.
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