There are 6 ways to get from Venice to Lesbos by plane, train, bus, or 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 Venice Marco Polo Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
best- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane VCE - MJT
7h 19m€149–215Fly Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chios Airport, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Chios Airport (JKH)plane VCE - JKH
- Take the ferry from Chios to Mytileneferry
12h 1m€92–349Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Cervignano-Aquil.-Grtrain
- Take the train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Trieste Centraletrain Re
- Take the bus from Trieste to Blagoevgradbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Kavala Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Kavala to Mytileneferry Bsf
35h 54m€198–304Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane BLQ - MJT
8h 55m€144–381Fly Venice Marco Polo Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane VCE - ADB
- Take the ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytileneferry
9h 10m€204–349Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Venezia Mestre to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Kavala Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Kavala to Mytileneferry Bsf
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Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Venice to Lesbos is to fly which costs €140 - €220 and takes 7h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Venice to Lesbos is to fly which takes 7h 19m and costs €140 - €220.
The distance between Venice and Lesbos is 1421 km.
The best way to get from Venice to Lesbos without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 35h 54m and costs €190 - €310.
It takes approximately 7h 19m to get from Venice to Lesbos, including transfers.
Lesbos is 1h ahead of Venice. It is currently 1:48 AM in Venice and 2:48 AM in Lesbos.
There are 606+ hotels available in Lesbos.
What companies run services between Venice, Italy and Lesbos, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chios Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–370
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–170
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Chios Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €12–19
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- [email protected]
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Venezia Mestre to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 699 605501
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- [email protected]
- Website
- bluestarferries.com
Ferry from Kavala to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Chios to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Kavala to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- [email protected]
- Website
- hellenicseaways.gr
Ferry from Kavala to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €45–65
Ferry from Chios to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €35–50
Ferry from Kavala to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €45–65
- Phone
- 0 232 330 89 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- izdeniz.com.tr
Ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60
- Schedules at
- izdeniz.com.tr
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