There are 11 ways to get from Rijeka to Patras by bus, train, busferry, car ferry, car, plane, ferry, or shuttle
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Bus, train, bus and ferry
best- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Padovatrain Fr
- Take the train from Padova to Brindisitrain Fr
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Patrabus
27h 13mBus via Dubrovnik
cheapest- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Patrasbus
34h 25m€112–160Bus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Anconatrain Fr
- Take the carferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
30h 32m€275–691Drive 1,299.6 km
- Drive from Rijeka to Patrascar 1,299.6 km
17h 53m€234–337Fly Rijeka Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
- Fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)plane RJK - GPA
27h 4m€273–762Bus
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the bus from Trieste Piazza Libertà to Lezhëbus
- Take the bus from Lezhë to Patrabus
28h 52mFerry, Catamaran, car ferry
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Mali lošinjferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Mali Losinj to Port of Zadarferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Zadar to Port of Anconaferry 51
- Take the carferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
34h 25m€273–420Bus, train, line 2 ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia S. Luciatrain Re
- Take the ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the carferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
41h 35m€290–529Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ZAG - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
14h 38m€291–785Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Preveza Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane TRS - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
15h 6m€240–524Shuttle to Treviso Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, shuttle, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka to Treviso, Aeroporto
- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane TSF - TIA
- Take a shuttle bus from Tirana, Airport to Vlorë
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Patrabus
18h 49m€164–965
Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rijeka to Patras is to bus via Dubrovnik which costs €110 - €160 and takes 34h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Rijeka to Patras is to shuttle and fly and bus which takes 14h 38m and costs €290 - €800.
No, there is no direct bus from Rijeka to Patras. However, there are services departing from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor and arriving at Patra via Trieste Piazza Libertà and Lezhë. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 52m.
No, there is no direct ferry from Rijeka to Patras. However, there are services departing from Rijeka and arriving at Port of Patras via Port of Mali Losinj, Port of Zadar and Port of Ancona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 25m.
The distance between Rijeka and Patras is 1700 km. The road distance is 1299.6 km.
The best way to get from Rijeka to Patras without a car is to bus and train and bus and ferry which takes 27h 13m and costs .
It takes approximately 27h 13m to get from Rijeka to Patras, including transfers.
Rijeka to Patras bus services, operated by GoOpti, depart from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor station.
The best way to get from Rijeka to Patras is to fly which takes 27h 4m and costs €270 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 28h 52m.
Rijeka to Patras bus services, operated by GoOpti, arrive at Trieste, Autostazione station.
What companies run services between Rijeka, Croatia and Patras, Greece?
Lufthansa, TUIfly, and Eurowings fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Patra via Trieste, Autostazione, Trieste Piazza Libertà, and Lezhë in around 28h 52m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Treviso Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–240
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Treviso Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €13–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Preveza Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Preveza Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Preveza Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Padova to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Trieste Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Trieste Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Trieste Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Trieste Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–550
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Rijeka to Treviso, Aeroporto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €96–700
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €96
- Private
- €223
- 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
Bus from Trieste Piazza Libertà to Lezhë
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €41
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Lezhë to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €41
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 31 41 219
- info@artanitravel.com
- Website
- artanitravel.com
Bus from Trieste Piazza Libertà to Lezhë
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- artanitravel.com
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–55
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €64
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Durrës to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €43
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 2616 001 600
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- KTEL of Achaia S.A.
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- KTEL of Achaia S.A.
- Phone
- +30 26450 22364
- info@ktel-lefkadas.gr
- Website
- KTEL Lefkadas
Bus from Lefkáda to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- KTEL Lefkadas
- Phone
- +355 67 609 7542
- info@airporthermes.com
- Website
- airporthermesbooking.com
Shuttle from Tirana, Airport to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13
- Schedules at
- airporthermesbooking.com
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–240
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Rijeka to Mali lošinj
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Port of Zadar to Port of Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Jadrolinija
- Phone
- +385 21 645 476
- luka@krilo.hr
- Website
- Kapetan Luka
Ferry from Port of Mali Losinj to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Kapetan Luka
Ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- ACTV — Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano
- 75 min. Ticket
- €10
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