There are 12 ways to get from Sicily to Patras by plane, train, bus, ferry, busferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport, train, bus
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)CTA - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiato
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patra
9h 22m€71–209Train, ferry
- Take the train from Palermo Notarbartolo to Messina CentraleRe
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.GiovanniM1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.Fr / ...
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Bari CentraleIc
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to PatrasAsf
28h 55mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Palermo Oreto Orsi to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorë
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Agrínio
- Take the bus from Agrinio to Patras
30h 40mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Palermo to Messina Marittima
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Porto Di Brindisi
- Take the ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Drive from Port Of Igoumenitsa to Patras
19h 33m€183–280Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Preveza Airport, bus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Preveza Airport (PVK)CTA - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patras
12h 1m€189–315Fly Palermo Airport to Preveza Airport, bus
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Preveza Airport (PVK)PMO - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patras
12h 54m€171–498Fly Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Athens International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY) to Athens International Airport (ATH)CIY - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiato
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patra
11h 1m€78–268Fly Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)PMO - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiato
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patra
10h 10m€83–222Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)CTA - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Agrínio
- Take the bus from Agrinio to Patras
13h 56m€79–274Train, ferry via Igoumenitsa
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to BrindisiIc
- Take the ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Take the ferry from Igoumenitsa to PatrasAsf / ...
30h€114–357Train, ferry #2
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Bari CentraleIc
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to PatrasAsf
30h 11m€90–335Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo to Cosenza582
- Take the bus from Cosenza - Autostazione to Vlorë
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Sarandë
- Take the bus from Sarandë to Patra
34h 19m
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to Patras is to fly and train and bus which costs €70 - €210 and takes 9h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to Patras is to fly and train and bus which takes 9h 22m and costs €70 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Sicily to Patras. However, there are services departing from Galilei Giotto and arriving at Patras via Palermo Oreto Orsi, Messina - Piazza della Repubblica, Vlorë and Agrinio. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 40m.
The distance between Sicily and Patras is 1046 km.
The best way to get from Sicily to Patras without a car is to train and ferry which takes 28h 55m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 22m to get from Sicily to Patras, including transfers.
Sicily to Patras bus services, operated by SAIS Autolinee, depart from Palermo Oreto Orsi station.
Sicily to Patras bus services, operated by SAIS Autolinee, arrive at Messina Piazza della Repubblica station.
Patras is 1h ahead of Sicily. It is currently 4:04 PM in Sicily and 5:04 PM in Patras.
There are 635+ hotels available in Patras.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and Patras, Greece?
You can take a bus from Piazza Boiardo to Patra via Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna, Palermo, Cosenza, Cosenza - Autostazione, Vlorë, Vlore , station, and Sarandë in around 34h 19m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Preveza Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Palermo Airport to Preveza Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Palermo Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Athens International Airport via Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Palermo Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Notarbartolo to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €30–45
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 2nd Class
- €20–28
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Kiato to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Oreto Orsi to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Cosenza - Autostazione to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Vlorë to Agrínio
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Agrínio
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 26410 54444
- info@ktel-aitolnias.gr
- Website
- ktel-aitolnias.gr
Bus from Agrinio to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- ktel-aitolnias.gr
- Phone
- +3026450 22364
- info@ktel-lefkadas.gr
- Website
- ktel-lefkadas.gr
Bus from Lefkáda to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–18
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Schedules at
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Cosenza
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355 69 22 76 426
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +355 69 398 7951
- support@olgenotravel.com
- Website
- olgenotravel.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://olgenotravel.com/
- Phone
- +383 49 163 492
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en/blogs/boraku
- Phone
- +355 69 587 3466
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +7 916 321-96-39
- info@rivierabus.com
- Website
- rivierabus.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–30
- Website
- https://www.rivierabus.com/
- Phone
- (+30) 210 822 4112
- contact@ahmetitravel.com
- Website
- ahmetitravel.com
Bus from Sarandë to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- ahmetitravel.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €50–75
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €80–100
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €80–100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100–130
Ferry from Igoumenitsa to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €30–45
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €65–80
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €55–70
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €75–95
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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