Patras Travel Forum

Hi all, I wanted to get some advice on arriving in Patras from Italy. Are there more arrivals from Bari or there are more from Brindisi?

If we arrive in Patras late at night, are there buses to Athens from Patras even at night?

What are the bus companies? Any websites?

What about the ticket from from Patras to Athens?

Thank you for your help!

I am from the U.S. but will be attending the University of Patras this fall and winter. I need to find a place to live for about six months, preferably close to the university. Unfortunately, I do not speak any Greek. Can anyone give me any advice on how to find housing in Patras?

Thank you very much.

HI,

It is my first time to visit Greece. I am going to Patras, can any one help me in finding the best way (in details including the names of stations)to reach Patras from Athen's airport to Patras.

Thanks a lot

Marwa Sakr

Thanks very much for all that helpfull information about getting from Athens to Patras. I think about choosing the KTEL way, but does anyone know if the bus, or either the express train stops in Aigio as well ?
Cheers
Kirstin

Hello! I am a portuguese girl and i'm going from brindisi to patras by ferry and then i would like to go from patras to athens but i'm having some trouble finding schedules and stuff. I've never been to Greece before so i don't know how it works. Would anyone be kind enough to help me? Thank you!

I've been trying to get ahold of train schedules from patras to athens and athens to other parts of Greece as well. Since, I don't speak Greek, Greece's national railway company's website (www.ose.gr) is difficult to use. How can I find this information? Any tips? Thanks

I'm travelling alone and I've booked an aircraft seat on the overnight ferry from Patras to Bari. I'm a little worried about about my stuff getting stolen. Can anyone tell me their experiences or any tips on how I can go to the toilet without taking everything with me!

Cheers!

My husband and I will be arriving to Patras by ferry on Sunday 6 July 2008 at about noon. Can anyone tell me where the train to Athens can be found? What is the schedule? I understand (?) that there is no direct train anymore, so do we change trains? Where? Can we walk from the ferry to the train station? Thanks!
Kathy Olson

hello!
i am planning to travel from bari(in italy) to a greek island and figured i'd need to go via patras and piraeus with a bus.
i already read some other posts but still have some questions remaining:
- where do i buy the ticket for the bus to piraus?
- how much does the bus cost?
- is it ok to buy the bus ticket upon arrival only? we would like to go to piraeus right after the ferry arrived in patras
- how long does is take?
thanks so much for your help!!

I would like to see the time table for trains from Athens to Patras for Jue 1, 2008 at night, from 22:00 hours.

i need to leave my car for some days
how can i get info about the private car park right next to the main bus station ,just opposite railway station...need to know open and close times
(its the place that offers car wash )
help please if you can find the phone number or know opening times
cheers

I would like to travel from patras to thessaloniki by bus. what is the company what are the prices and the timetable. I just can't find that info

Thanks

can we pick up a coach from the sea port to athens

I desperately need to know the distance and driving time between Patras docks and Piraeus docks. I am arriving at Patras at 1700 hours and leaving from Piraeus at 2300 hours and thought I had allowed enough time. Now I have heard that it can take about an hour from the time the ferry arrives at Patras harbour entrance to when I disembark, and that I must be at Piraeus 2 hours before the departure of the ferry. This will only leave me three hours for the journey. Is that going to be enough (In December)

Any help appreciated.

I am looking to rent a scooter when I arrive in Patras. I am having a hard time finding information about it. I arrive mid-June, will it be easy to find a rental location? What is the average price etc? Suggestions....

THANK YOU MUCH!

I'd like to go there for vacation and I think of a place near Kata Achaia or Kylini. It would help me a lot to choose one of that places if I know:
1) which place is nicer?
2) how much time do I need to get by car from that places to Korinth? (sure I checked the distance on the map but roads differs a lot ... and I would prefer not to spend 10 hours a day in a car visiting that places)

Thank you in advance,
Chiara

I will stay in Patras all September 2005 and I am looking for accommodation.
I have the possibility to stay at the University Students Residence, can anybody tell me about life there?
I would prefer to stay close to the city center, in case I find something not very expensive (hostel, rented or shared flat...). I found information of hotels in the GNTO page but the small ones have not web or e-mail.
Can you inform me?
Thanks

Hi there!
Which is cheaper way to come from Patras to Piraeus? Is there any other web site for timetables and prices exept www.ktel.org and www.ose.gr (also for ferries)?

Thanks in advance

Geia se olous!

Does anybody know anything about 'Rannia' hotel in Patras (53 Riga Ferraiou street)? Is it a good choice for a night? And how can one go to the hotel from the port?

Thanks

Greetings, I am traveling with my two children to Greece on 15 June, arriving in Patra shortly after. We want to visit the following sites while there: St. Andrews, Theatre of the Castle of Patra, St. Nicholas church, Achia Claus Winery, Kalavryta the Monestary, Skepasto for a celebration and general points of interest in and about Patra. Where do you suggest I stay and how easy is it to get to these places without having to rent a car (I confess I'm a bit nervous about driving there)Any guidance is much appreciated. Thanks

I will be going to Patras again and I am looking for the phone number to George's Restaurant in Patras. It is the best restaurant in Patras. I made some very nice friends there who treated me very well. Nik, Spiro and Gus run the restaurant and take great care in ensuring everyone has an enjoyable experience in Greek dining. If you have the number to the restaurant please send it to me. Thank you.

Hello fellow Patras Lovers,

I used to love to Go to Patras during the 1990s. There were two wonderful pizzarias in Patras that were better than any in the world. One was Pizza Lois, and the other one was called Pizza El Paso. I don't remember where they were. Does any one live in Patras who can help.

Efcharisto...

I am arriving at about 8.30pm on a Friday night in Patras, I have a budget of no more than 25euro's. Do u think there would be much accomadation available near the port when I arrive, or is it crazy not to book in advance?
AND IS THERE ANYWHERE THAT ANYONE CAN RECOMMEND?

We're a family of four arriving by ferry in Patras (20 july 2003). Anyone have suggestions about reasonably priced hotel accomodation there? We're staying for just one night and will be traveling on the next day. I find it very hard to find good information on the internet about staying in Patras (only listings with hotel names, no e-mail addresses, rates or websites).
Thanks!!!

Hello there!
I'm coming to Patras on December for Xmas.
We'll be three people so i need a Taxi FROM PATRAS to pick us up from The Airport (Venizelos). And we are coming From Sydney.
So if u please know a Taxi driver or u r a Taxi driver please answer this message. I'll ring the person to discuss further!
Thank you !