Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
International
Patra is Greece's main port for ferry services to Italy - Ancona, Bari, Brindisi and
Venice. Some of these ferries may stop at Igoumenitsa and Corfu, but under no circum-
stances are you permitted a free stopover on Corfu.
Superfast/Blue Star Ferries
( 2610 622 500;
www.superfast.com
; Othonos Amalias 12)
runs trips to Ancona (from €78, 21 hours) and Bari (from €75, 15½ hours).
www.anek.gr
)
have ferries to Ancona (from €95, 22 to 24 hours) and Venice (from €65, 20
hours).
Note: prices given here are for the deck seats; prices are higher for airline seats and
cabins. Schedules change regularly - it's best to consult the websites.
BUS
The
KTEL Achaia bus station
(
2610 623 886;
www.ktelachaias.gr
;
Othonos Amalias 4)
has
services to the following:
»
Athens (€19, three hours, every half-hour) via Diakofto and Corinth Isthmus (€12.60,
1½ hours)
»
Ioannina (€24, 4½ hours, two daily)
»
Kalamata (€23, four hours, two daily)
»
Kalavryta (€7, two hours, at least two daily)
»
Pyrgos (€9, two hours, 10 daily)
»
Thessaloniki (€45, seven hours, two to three daily)
To/from Athens, buses link the KTEL Achaia bus station in Patra with Terminal A (aka
Kiffisou) in Athens, from where there are frequent buses to/from the international air-
port.
The
KTEL Kefallonia bus station
( 2610 274 938; Othonos Amalias 58)
has services to
the Ionian islands of Lefkada (€16.20, three hours, two weekly) and Kefallonia (€21.50,
one daily). From Kefallonia travel by bus to the port of Kyllini, from where you catch a
ferry to Poros (1½ hours) and continue again by road to Argostoli (one hour). Also de-
parting from the KTEL Kefallonia bus station are buses to Amfissa (for Delphi; €13,
three hours, two daily Monday to Friday, one on Saturday and Sunday).
Amalias 84)
has services to Zakynthos, via the port of Kyllini (including ferry €16, 3½
hours, two to three daily).
Note: the schedules change seasonally.
