There are 9 ways to get from Taranto to Sparta by car, car ferry, busferry, bus, train, plane, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Drive, car ferry
best- Drive from Taranto to Porto Di Brindisicar
- Take the car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsacarferry
- Drive from Port Of Igoumenitsa to Spartacar
14h 31m€117–192Train, bus, bus to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, drive
cheapest- Take the train from Taranto to Gioia Del Colletrain
- Take the bus from Gioia del Colle - Ospedale to Altamura - Alberghierobus
- Take the bus from Altamura Via Matera to Bari Airportbus
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BRI - ATH
- Drive from Athens-Airport-ATH to Spartacar
11h 3m€86–222Bus and ferry, bus via Patras
- Take the busferry from Taranto Port to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Patrabus
- Take the bus from Patras to Spartibus
19h 25mBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Taranto Port to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Kalamatabus
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Spartibus
23h 13mTrain, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Taranto to Bari Centraletrain Re
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
- Take the bus from Patras to Spartibus
24h 26mTrain, bus, bus to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, fly to Kalamata International Airport
- Take the train from Taranto to Gioia Del Colletrain
- Take the bus from Gioia del Colle - Ospedale to Altamura - Alberghierobus
- Take the bus from Altamura Via Matera to Bari Airportbus
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane BRI - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Spartibus
15h 18m€93–258Train to Naples Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Taranto to Napoli Afragolatrain
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NAP - ATH
- Drive from Athens-Airport-ATH to Spartacar
11h 46m€128–297Train, bus and ferry to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, fly to Athens International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Taranto to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Durrësbusferry
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane TIA - ATH
- Drive from Athens-Airport-ATH to Spartacar
15h 31mTrain, ferry to Dubrovnik Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Taranto to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the ferry from Bari to Dubrovnikferry
- Fly from Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DBV - ATH
- Drive from Athens-Airport-ATH to Spartacar
18h 38m€186–385
Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Taranto to Sparta is to train and bus and fly and drive which costs €85 - €230 and takes 11h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Taranto to Sparta is to train and bus and fly and drive which takes 11h 3m and costs €85 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Taranto to Sparta. However, there are services departing from Taranto Port and arriving at Sparti via Vlorë and Patras. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 25m.
The distance between Taranto and Sparta is 787 km.
The best way to get from Taranto to Sparta without a car is to bus and ferry and bus via Patras which takes 19h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 14h 31m to get from Taranto to Sparta, including transfers.
Taranto to Sparta bus services, operated by Pistoia viaggi, depart from Taranto Port station.
Taranto to Sparta bus services, operated by Pistoia viaggi, arrive at Vlorë station.
Sparta is 1h ahead of Taranto. It is currently 5:35 PM in Taranto and 6:35 PM in Sparta.
There are 196+ hotels available in Sparta.
What companies run services between Taranto, Italy and Sparta, Peloponnese, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Taranto to Sparta. However, you can drive to Porto Di Brindisi, take the car ferry to Port of Igoumenitsa, then drive to Sparta. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Taranto Port to Sparti via Vlorë, Vlorë, and Patras in around 19h 25m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Naples Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–120
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–120
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Naples Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–120
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–100
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Gioia Del Colle
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Gioia Del Colle
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Gioia Del Colle
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Gioia Del Colle
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Gioia Del Colle
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Gioia Del Colle
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Taranto Port to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Taranto Port to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- 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
- Phone
- +302731026441
- info@ktel-lakonias.gr
- Website
- 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
Bus from Patras to Sparti
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- ktel-lakonias.gr
- Book at
- ktel-lakonias.gr
- Phone
- 080/9752672
- stpbari@stpspa.it
- Website
- stpspa.it
Bus from Gioia del Colle - Ospedale to Altamura - Alberghiero
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- stpspa.it
Bus from Gioia del Colle - Ospedale to Altamura - Alberghiero
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- stpspa.it
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Altamura Via Matera to Bari Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–6
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Book at
- marozzivt.it
Bus from Altamura Via Matera to Bari Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–6
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Book at
- marozzivt.it
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Kalamata
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.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
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/routes/
Bus from Kalamata to Sparti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/routes/
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Bari to Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
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