The biggest port of Western Greece is located in Patra. If you are coming from Italy (or nearby places) this is a good option for you. Ferries travel from Italy to Patra many times a day and offer a comfortable and cheap way of coming to Greece.
With ferry you can get to Patra from Venezia, Trieste, Ancona, Bari and Brindisi in Italy. Depending on schedules, you can get a ticket with a return trip for 80 euros or even less. Various companies operate ferry lines to Greece, the most important among them being Superfast/Bluestar, ANEK, and Minoan/Grimaldi.
Special Offer
We have made a deal with a travel agency in Patra and we got special discounts for the participants of the Agora! You don’t have to pay anything to reserve your place! You will pay the whole amount when you arrive to Patra!
Read the following informations and reserve your ticket. For further information you may contact us at incoming@agorapatra.org
Details
Ferries from Italy to Patra offer these solutions for passengers:
- Deck: It is the cheapest solution, there’s a (covered of course) big shared area where all passengers stay, with chairs and seatings – but it’s common to put your own mattress on the ground and sleep there. Since most of you will already have your mattresses for the gym, it’s a good solution to save money. Hint: board on the boat as soon as possible to get a nice spot for your mattress
- Aircraft seat: You get a seat in another shared room, that armchair is just for you. During low season this room will not be very crowded, so you can lay down using for example 3 armchairs. It’s usually a silent zone, a good compromise for sleeping some hours.
- 4 beds cabin: Spend some € more and get a real bed in a cabin for 4 people. A must-have if you want to sleep (do you really want to, with all those AEGEEans around?). You don’t have to fill the entire room with 4 people, just take a ticket for you.
The discount is intended per route, and the minimum requirement to access the discount is 16 people travelling together. For each route, mixed mode of travel are allowed. Just fill the form so our best incoming responsible ever can reach this number and drive us to the next step.
Bookings
Check who has already reserved a ticket here.
Form
Fill in the following form to complete your reservation till April the 1st!
Special Offer
For flights to Athens and Thessaloniki, Star Alliance has offered a 10% discount! For more information, the Chair Team will be sending you an e-mail about it! Until then, check out the airline companies that are in the Star Alliance on http://www.staralliance.com, and don’t forget to confirm your participation!
While Athens Airport is the closest major airport, there are many smaller airports that accommodate several low-cost carriers.
Athens Airport (ATH)
Distance from Patra: 220km
Bus from the city of Athens to the city of Patra takes 3h and 19€. Bus from Athens Airport to the Athens Bus Station takes 1h and 5€.
More Information: http://www.aia.gr, http://www.theairdb.com/airport/ATH.html
Thessaloniki Airport (SKG)
Distance from Patra: 470km
Bus from the city of Thessaloniki to the city of Patra takes 7h and 44€. Bus from Thessaloniki Airport to the Thessaloniki Bus Station takes 1h and 1€.
More Information: http://www.theairdb.com/airport/SKG.html
Volos Airport (VOL)
Distance from Patra: 300km
Bus from the city of Volos to the city of Patra takes about 5h and 27€.
More Information: http://www.theairdb.com/airport/VOL.html
Araxos Airport (GPA)
Distance from Patra: 40km
Bus takes 1h and 4€
More Information: http://www.araxos-airport.gr/, http://www.theairdb.com/airport/GPA.html
Kalamata Airport (KLX)
Distance from Patra: 214km
Bus from the city of Kalamata to the city of Patra takes 4h and 23€.
More Information: http://www.theairdb.com/airport/KLX.html
Kefalonia Airport (EFL)
Distance from Patra: 120km
Ferry from the city of Sami in Kefalonia to the city of Patras takes 3h and 30€.
More Information: http://www.theairdb.com/airport/EFL.html
Zakinthos Airport (ZTH)
Distance from Patra: 110km
Bus from the city of Zakinthos to the city of Patra (combination of bus and ferry) takes 3.5h and 15€.
More Information: http://www.theairdb.com/airport/EFL.html
Unless you get directly to Patra, you will need to use internal transportation to come to Patra either from Athens or any other city of Greece. Here are few options:
Athens Airport to Patra by train
To come to Patra without visiting Athens you can take a suburban railway train directly from the Airport to “Kiato”. It departs every hour, leaving every XX:44 from the airport and arriving 1,5 hour later in Kiato (routes).
Then from Kiato to Patra there is a bus connection operated by the train company leaving every 1h, so the connections you are interested are:
| Airport | Kiato | Patra |
| 05:44 | 07:30 | 09:00 |
| 06:44 | 08:30 | 10:00 |
| 07:44 | 09:30 | 11:00 |
| 08:44 | 10:30 | 12:10 |
| 10:44 | 12:30 | 14:00 |
| 11:44 | 13:30 | 15:30 |
| 12:44 | 14:30 | 16:00 |
| 13:44 | 15:30 | 17:00 |
| 14:44 | 16:30 | 18:10 |
| 15:44 | 17:30 | 19:00 |
| 16:44 | 18:30 | 20:00 |
| 17:44 | 19:30 | 21:10 |
| 18:44 | 20:30 | 22:00 |
You can buy directly the ticket to Patra from the issue office in Athens airport. Prices: Normal ticket: 24€ and Student (or under 26) ticket: 18€
Useful links: Athens Metro Map and Routes Airport – Kiato
Athens to Patra by train
There are 13 routes per day connecting Athens with Patra the above through Kiato, see above. You can reach suburban train stations via metro.
By bus
In order to take the bus for Patra you have to go to “KTEL Kifissou”, the central bus station in Athens serving trips to Peloponnesus. A bus trip to Patra takes about 2,5 hours (express bus) or 3 hours (regular bus). They both cost about 20 euros. You have to issue a ticket for Patra when you get there, look for a sign called “Patra” or “Achaia” at the ticket office. Advanced booking is not necessary. The routes are roughly every half hour, check here.
To get to “KTEL Kifissou” you have the following options:
- You can get there directly from Athens International Airport by taking bus X93. You will get off the bus at the end of the line.
- If you find yourself in the centre of Athens, you can go to “KTEL Kifissou” by taking bus 051. To take bus 051 follow these instructions: From Omonoia square (metro station Omonoia) find the street “Agiou Konstantinou” that starts from Omonoia. Take this street and turn left at the 3rd street (called “Menandrou”). The bus stop for bus 051 is a few meters away. Final stop of bus 051 is “KTEL Kifissou”.
Getting around Athens
If you have some time to spend in Athens, here is some useful information:
- To get from Athens Airport to the centre of Athens (Syntagma) you have to take bus X95.
- To get from Athens airport to the nearest metro station (Ethniki Amyna) you can take bus X94.
- To go to the bus station for Patra from the centre of Athens you have to take bus 051 (see above for info).
- To get to the train station from Athens centre you have to use the Metro. You must take the Metro with direction to Sepolia and get off at “Larissa Station” (it could also be displayed as “Stathmos Larissis”).
Also refer to the website of Athens Urban Transportation Organization and Athens Metro for details.
Coming to Patra from Thessaloniki
You can come either by bus or train. Bus is a bit expensive, about 40 euros, but is faster and has a direct route three times a day for Patra. Buses for Patra leave from “Makedonia Bus Station”. You can issue tickets at the station, look for signs called “Patra” or “Achaia” at the ticket office. To get to “Makedonia bus station” from the train station you need to take bus number 1.
If you choose the train you have to travel through Athens because there are not directly trains from Thessaloniki to Patra. You can look the timetables from Thessaloniki to Athens and from Athens to Patra.
Join AEGEE-Thessaloniki!!!
AEGEE-Thessaloniki after the event “The Lort of Wine” (pre-Agora event) will have their own bus to come to Spring Agora Patra 2014!
Price: 25 euro one way -48 euro round trip!
More information: Go to Spring Agora Patra with AEGEE-Thessaloniki
the.lord.of.wine.preagoraevent@gmail.com