There are 9 ways to get from Sicily to Sparta by plane, bus, train, ferry, busferry, or car
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Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)CTA - ATH
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Sparti
9h 30m€83–214Train, ferry, bus
- 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
- Take the bus from Patras to Sparti
35h 18mBus, 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
- Take the bus from Patras to Sparti
35h 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 Sparta
22h 18m€223–345Fly Palermo Airport to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)PMO - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Sparti
12h 29m€170–266Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)CTA - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Sparti
11h 1m€118–403Fly Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Athens International Airport, bus
- Fly from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY) to Athens International Airport (ATH)CIY - ATH
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Sparti
11h 10m€90–273Fly Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport, bus
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)PMO - ATH
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Sparti
10h 18m€95–227Bus
- 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
- Take the bus from Patras to Sparti
39h 19m
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to Sparta is to fly and bus which costs €80 - €220 and takes 9h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to Sparta is to fly and bus which takes 9h 30m and costs €80 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Sicily to Sparta. However, there are services departing from Galilei Giotto and arriving at Sparti via Palermo Oreto Orsi, Messina - Piazza della Repubblica, Vlorë, Agrinio and Patras. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 40m.
The distance between Sicily and Sparta is 1036 km.
The best way to get from Sicily to Sparta without a car is to train and ferry and bus which takes 35h 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 30m to get from Sicily to Sparta, including transfers.
Sicily to Sparta bus services, operated by SAIS Autolinee, depart from Palermo Oreto Orsi station.
Sicily to Sparta bus services, operated by SAIS Autolinee, arrive at Messina Piazza della Repubblica station.
Sparta is 1h ahead of Sicily. It is currently 10:11 AM in Sicily and 11:11 AM in Sparta.
There are 182+ hotels available in Sparta.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and Sparta, Peloponnese, Greece?
You can take a bus from Piazza Boiardo to Sparti via Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna, Palermo, Cosenza, Cosenza - Autostazione, Vlorë, Vlore , station, Sarandë, and Patras in around 39h 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 Palermo Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Palermo Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- 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
- 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
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
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 Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +302731026441
- info@ktel-lakonias.gr
- Website
- ktel-lakonias.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Sparti
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- ktel-lakonias.gr
- Book at
- ktel-lakonias.gr
Bus from Patras to Sparti
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- ktel-lakonias.gr
- Book at
- ktel-lakonias.gr
- 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
- 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
- +30 27210 28581
- info@ktelmessinias.gr
- Website
- ktelmessinias.gr
Bus from Kalamata to Sparti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/routes/
- Book at
- https://ktelbus.gr/mes/ticketweb/
- 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
- €20–60
- 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
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
- 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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