There are 11 ways to get from Florence to Sparta by plane, car, train, ferry, bus, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Florence Peretola Airport to Athens International Airport, drive
best- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane FLR - ATH
- Drive from Athens-Airport-ATH to Spartacar
7h 15m€122–297Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, drive
cheapest- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BLQ - ATH
- Drive from Athens-Airport-ATH to Spartacar
7h 48m€95–284Train, ferry, bus via Bari
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
- Take the bus from Patras to Spartibus
29h 13mBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Firenze to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Patrabus
- Take the bus from Patras to Spartibus
32h 6mDrive 1,989.7 km
- Drive from Florence to Spartacar 1,989.7 km
25h 20m€363–524Fly Florence Peretola Airport to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane FLR - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Spartibus
10h 31m€149–323Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane BLQ - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Spartibus
11h 23m€117–300Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane VCE - ATH
- Drive from Athens-Airport-ATH to Spartacar
9h 31m€107–287Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Anconatrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
- Take the bus from Patras to Spartibus
30h 31mTrain, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Falconara Marittimatrain Re
- Take the ferry from Ancona M.Ma to Patrasferry Asf
- Take the bus from Patras to Spartibus
33h 15mBus and ferry, bus via Durrës
- Take the busferry from Firenze Autostazione to Durrësbusferry
- Take the bus from Durrës to Patrasbus
- Take the bus from Patras to Spartibus
43h 4m
Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Florence to Sparta is to train and fly and drive which costs €95 - €290 and takes 7h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Florence to Sparta is to fly and drive which takes 7h 15m and costs €120 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Florence to Sparta. However, there are services departing from Firenze and arriving at Sparti via Vlorë and Patras. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 6m.
The distance between Florence and Sparta is 1496 km. The road distance is 1989.7 km.
The best way to get from Florence to Sparta without a car is to train and ferry and bus via Bari which takes 29h 13m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 15m to get from Florence to Sparta, including transfers.
Florence to Sparta bus services, operated by Ruci Tours, depart from Firenze station.
Florence to Sparta bus services, operated by Ruci Tours, arrive at Vlorë station.
Sparta is 1h ahead of Florence. It is currently 9:06 AM in Florence and 10:06 AM in Sparta.
Yes, the driving distance between Florence to Sparta is 1990 km. It takes approximately 25h 20m to drive from Florence to Sparta.
What companies run services between Florence, Italy and Sparta, Peloponnese, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Florence to Sparta. However, you can take the vehicle to Florence Airport (FLR), walk to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) airport, fly to Athens International Airport (ATH), then drive to Sparta. Alternatively, you can take a train from Firenze S.M.N. to Sparti via Bari Centrale, Bari Centrale, Camera Commercio, Bari M.ma, Patras, and Patras in around 29h 13m.
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–220
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–470
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–440
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–380
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport via Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–460
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Falconara Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +302731026441
- [email protected]
- 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
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
Bus from Patras to Sparti
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- ktel-lakonias.gr
- Book at
- ktel-lakonias.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 8215414
- [email protected]
- Website
- rucitours.com
Busferry from Firenze to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- rucitours.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €41
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 27210 28581
- [email protected]
- 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
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Firenze Autostazione to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Durrës to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €43
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- [email protected]
- Website
- superfast.com
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Ferry from Ancona M.Ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
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