There are 10 ways to get from Rome to Karpathos by plane, ferry, train, busferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane FCO - RHO
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Karpathosferry
11h 22m€98–323Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport
cheapest- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)plane FCO - AOK
9h 17m€49–195Train, bus and ferry, bus, ferry via Bari
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Durrësbusferry
- Take the bus from Durrës to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
41h 25mBus and ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the busferry from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
45h 23mFly Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, ferry
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane FCO - HER
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Karpathosferry
12h 53m€100–327Fly Roma Ciampino Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport
- Fly from Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)plane CIA - AOK
21h 19m€64–261Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Santorini, ferry
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Santorini (JTR)plane FCO - JTR
- Take the ferry from Thira Santorini Port to Karpathosferry
19h 52m€111–351Train, bus and ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Brindisitrain Fa / ...
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
43h 3mBus and ferry, bus, ferry via Tirana
- Take the busferry from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Elbasanbusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 1hBus, bus and ferry, ferry
- Take the bus from Roma Termini Giolitti to Pescarabus
- Take the busferry from Pescara Porta Nuova to Tiranabusferry
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion Central Station to Sitiabus
- Take the ferry from Sitia to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 7h
Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rome to Karpathos is to fly which costs €45 - €200 and takes 9h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Rome to Karpathos is to fly which takes 9h 17m and costs €45 - €200.
The distance between Rome and Karpathos is 1696 km.
The best way to get from Rome to Karpathos without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus and ferry via Bari which takes 41h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 22m to get from Rome to Karpathos, including transfers.
Karpathos is 1h ahead of Rome. It is currently 3:25 PM in Rome and 4:25 PM in Karpathos.
There are 408+ hotels available in Karpathos.
What companies run services between Rome, Italy and Karpathos, Greece?
Ryanair, Olympic Air, and four other airlines fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–440
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Tirana, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Tirana, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–450
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–460
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–440
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–85
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €65–85
- Smart Flex
- €70–85
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- 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 Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Durrës to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 8215414
- info@rucitours.com
- Website
- rucitours.com
Busferry from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- rucitours.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +39 0873.364785
- info@difonzobus.com
- Website
- difonzobus.com
Bus from Roma Termini Giolitti to Pescara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–15
- Schedules at
- difonzobus.com
- Phone
- +355697580270
- Website
- mabaviaggi.com
Busferry from Pescara Porta Nuova to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- viaggipullmanalbania.it
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Bus from Heraklion Central Station to Sitia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Ferry from Rhodes to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–85
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €27–40
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €60–75
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €45–60
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €65–85
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €55–75
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €85–110
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €85–110
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €110–140
Ferry from Heraklion to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €30–45
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €60–80
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €55–65
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €75–90
Ferry from Thira Santorini Port to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €40–60
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €70–90
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €65–85
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €90–110
Ferry from Sitia to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–80
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €25–40
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €55–70
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €45–60
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €65–80
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