There are 11 ways to get from Venice to Kefalonia by plane, train, ferry, bus, busferry, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport
best- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Kefalonia Airport (EFL)plane VCE - EFL
6h 24m€120–240Fly from Treviso Airport
cheapest- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Kefalonia Airport (EFL)plane TSF - EFL
10h 2m€70–378Train, ferry
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Samiferry Asf
23h 42m€217–337Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Lezhëbus
- Take the bus from Lezhë to Patrabus
- Take the busferry from Patra to Argostolibusferry
37h 33m€140–146Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Venice to Vasilikícar
- Take the carferry from Vasilikí to Fiskardocarferry
- Drive from Fiskardo to Kefaloniacar
22h 41m€297–466Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Kefalonia Airport (EFL)plane BLQ - EFL
8h 40m€149–317Train to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Airporttrain
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Kefalonia Airport (EFL)plane TRS - EFL
9h 7m€80–300Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Kefalonia Airport (EFL)plane VRN - EFL
8h 6m€90–392Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the carferry from Port of Bari to Samicarferry
27h 24m€242–347Car ferry
- Take the carferry from Port of Venice to Port of Corfucarferry
- Take the carferry from Port of Corfu to Samicarferry
33h 40m€198–267Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione to Vlore , stationbus
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Sarandëbus
- Take the ferry from Sarandë to Port of Corfuferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Corfu to Samiferry
43h 12m€123–177
Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Kefalonia Airport (EFL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Venice to Kefalonia is to bus and bus and ferry which costs €140 - €150 and takes 37h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Venice to Kefalonia is to fly which takes 6h 24m and costs €120 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Venice to Kefalonia. However, there are services departing from Liberta' Santa Chiara and arriving at Kefalonia Airport via Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia, Lezhë, Patra and Argostoli. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 33m.
No, there is no direct ferry from Venice to Kefalonia. However, there are services departing from Port of Venice and arriving at Sami via Port of Corfu. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 40m.
The distance between Venice and Kefalonia is 1077 km.
The best way to get from Venice to Kefalonia without a car is to train and ferry which takes 23h 42m and costs €210 - €340.
It takes approximately 6h 24m to get from Venice to Kefalonia, including transfers.
Venice to Kefalonia bus services, operated by Arkleand bus, depart from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia station.
Venice to Kefalonia bus services, operated by Arkleand bus, arrive at Lezhë station.
Kefalonia is 1h ahead of Venice. It is currently 5:47 AM in Venice and 6:47 AM in Kefalonia.
What companies run services between Venice, Italy and Kefalonia, Greece?
Air Dolomiti, Airbus France, and six other airlines fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Kefalonia Airport (EFL) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a car ferry from Port of Venice to Sami via Port of Corfu in around 33h 40m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €140–210
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Zakinthos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Treviso Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Kefalonia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €50–75
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- Phone
- +355 692323966
- [email protected]
Bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Lezhë
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €69
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lezhë to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 26710 22281
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTEL Kefallonia
Busferry from Patra to Argostoli
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- KTEL Kefallonia
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione to Vlore , station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 22 76 426
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–20
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +355 69 398 7951
- [email protected]
- Website
- Olgeno Travel
Bus from Vlorë to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Olgeno Travel
- Phone
- +355 69 587 3466
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 49 163 492
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Vlorë to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- Boraku
- Phone
- +7 916 321-96-39
- [email protected]
- Website
- RivieraBus
Bus from Vlorë to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–30
- Website
- RivieraBus
- Phone
- +30 2108919800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Sami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
- Phone
- +30 26740-22111
- Website
- Ionion P. Lines
Car ferry from Vasilikí to Fiskardo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- Ionion P. Lines
- Phone
- +30 26450 93278
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Ferry
Car ferry from Vasilikí to Fiskardo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- West Ferry
- Passenger
- €10–12
- Vehicle
- €35–45
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ventouris Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Sami
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–160
- Website
- Ventouris Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Corfu to Sami
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Website
- Ventouris Ferries
- Phone
- +30 26610 38690
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ionian Seaways
Ferry from Sarandë to Port of Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–35
- Website
- Ionian Seaways
- High Season
- €27
- Phone
- +30 26610 49800
- [email protected]
- Website
- albanialuxuryferries.com
Ferry from Sarandë to Port of Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- Albania Luxury Ferries
- Phone
- +355 85 22 6057
- [email protected]
- Website
- Finikas Lines
Ferry from Sarandë to Port of Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–31
- Website
- Finikas Lines
- Ferry - Low Season
- €21
- Ferry - High Season
- €26
- Hydrofoil - Low Season
- €26
- Hydrofoil - High Season
- €31
- Phone
- +30 2645024609
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lefkada Palace
Ferry from Port of Corfu to Sami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Lefkada Palace
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