There are 10 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 Athenstrain
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane ATH - ZAD
12h 57m€101–311Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Patra to Lezhëbus
- Take the bus from Lezhë to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
24h 25m€80–90Bus, 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€170–272Drive 1,101.8 km
- Drive from Patras to Zadarcar 1,101.8 km
15h 28m€198–286Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Split Airport
- Take the bus from Patra to Kiatobus
- Take the train from Kiato to Athenstrain
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Split Airport (SPU)plane ATH - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus stationbus
12h 47m€114–345Bus 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
13h 5m€229–287Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the bus from Patra to Kiatobus
- Take the train from Kiato to Athenstrain
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ATH - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus stationbus
13h 38m€95–368Bus to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Patras to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane SKG - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus stationbus
15h 34m€98–402Ferry, 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€228–469
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 12h 47m and costs €110 - €350.
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 1262 km. The road distance is 1101.8 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 12h 57m to get from Patras to Zadar, including transfers.
Patras to Zadar bus services, operated by Euro Interlines Komatas Tours, depart from Patra station.
Patras to Zadar bus services, operated by Euro Interlines Komatas Tours, arrive at Lezhë station.
What companies run services between Patras, Greece and Zadar, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Patra to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor via Lezhë in around 24h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Patras to Port of Zadar via Port of Ancona in around 27h 30m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Preveza Airport to Zadar Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–460
Flights from Preveza Airport to Zadar Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- 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
- 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 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
- 7h 13m
- 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
- €4–8
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 91 255 0999
- prijevoz.knezevic@gmail.com
- Website
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Schedules at
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 616 0990
- antonio.tours@zd.t-com.hr
- Website
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- 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 bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.promet-makarska.hr/en/
- 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
- €15–19
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–10
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 800 88 85
- info@velebit-tours.hr
- Website
- velebit-tours.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Schedules at
- velebit-tours.hr
- Phone
- +385 (23) 315 331
- info@puntamika-line.hr
- Website
- puntamika-line.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–16
- Schedules at
- puntamika-line.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 454 1121
- francuzevic@gmail.com
- Website
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–22
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +385 35 415 165
- info@slavonija-bus.hr
- Website
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
- Phone
- +385 1 3335 170
- uprava@samoborcek.hr
- Website
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–36
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +30 2616 001 600
- 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
- +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
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Ferry from Patras to Ancona M.Ma
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €170–370
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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