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'''Patra''' (also '''Patras''', Greek: Πάτρα) is a city in [[Greece]]. It's one of the Greek cities with a [[Italy-Greece/Greece-Italy|ferry link]] to [[Italy]], connecting to [[Venice]], [[Bari]], [[Brindisi]] and [[Ancona]].
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'''Patra''' (also '''Patras''', Greek: Πάτρα) is a city in [[Greece]]. It's one of the Greek cities with a [[ferries between Italy and Greece|ferry link]] to [[Italy]], connecting to [[Venice]], [[Bari]], [[Brindisi]] and [[Ancona]].
  
==Hitchhiking Out==
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== Hitchhiking Out ==
  
===East towards [[Korinthos]], [[Athens (Greece)|Athens]]===
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===Northeast towards [[Lamia]], [[Larissa]], [[Thessaloniki]] or northwest towards [[Arta]], [[Ioannina]], [[Albania]]===
  
Take Bus No6 from downtown Patra (€ 1.30). Ask for Korinthou Street. There are stops there. Get off at the end of the line at the hospital. There's a road on your left leading to the toll station after 15 min walk.
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There are two ways to get from Patra to the Greek mainland: a bridge and a ferry (both from Rio to Antirrio). The ferry is free for foot passengers and cheaper than the bridge for cars,  and also easier to access than the bridge. It runs several times per hour.
  
====A hitchhiker's experience====
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=== East towards [[Korinthos]], [[Athens (Greece)|Athens]] ===
''I have hitchhiked right after the toll station 3-4 times. Only once a toll station employee told me to leave. I went to the cantine 20m away and got a ride there from a guy who had stopped for a snack. Another time a policeman just asked me to step behind the bars. I had no problem to catch a ride.''
 
  
==Hitchhiking In==
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Stathmos Diodion Riou toll station
===From [[Athens (Greece)|Athens]]===
 
1.Eleusina Toll Station.
 
  
2.Take Suburban Train Piraeus-Kiato from Piraeus or Athens aka Larissis Train Station(not to be confused with Larissa TOWN)
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Suburban train to Agios Vassileios continue walking same road to Stathmos Diodion Riou toll station  on 8A highway
  Get off at last stop.Walk straight from the right side of the railines to the highway you see.There turn right.
 
  After 20m there is a left turn to Egio,Patras
 
  
  There are almost no controllers on that train.I have taken it 5-6 times last two months(April-May 2010)usually on Fridays
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and have seen no controllers.My grilfriend neither in different occasions.Btw ticket is 6e.
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=== South towards the Peloponese ===
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Catch bus no 8 from outside the central railway station.  Stay on for about 1/2 an hour, into the small town of Ovyra on the outskirts of Patras. The bus takes a sharp right in the down and goes down a hill.  At the bottom of the hill it turns left.  Get off at the next stop  (you should see signs for the junction) and you can follow signs to easily walk to the slip road for the E55 going south.
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Revision as of 08:28, 1 October 2020

Patra
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Population: 172,000
Licence plate: AX, AZ
Major roads: E 55, E 65
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Patra (also Patras, Greek: Πάτρα) is a city in Greece. It's one of the Greek cities with a ferry link to Italy, connecting to Venice, Bari, Brindisi and Ancona.

Hitchhiking Out

Northeast towards Lamia, Larissa, Thessaloniki or northwest towards Arta, Ioannina, Albania

There are two ways to get from Patra to the Greek mainland: a bridge and a ferry (both from Rio to Antirrio). The ferry is free for foot passengers and cheaper than the bridge for cars, and also easier to access than the bridge. It runs several times per hour.

East towards Korinthos, Athens

Stathmos Diodion Riou toll station

Suburban train to Agios Vassileios continue walking same road to Stathmos Diodion Riou toll station on 8A highway



South towards the Peloponese

Catch bus no 8 from outside the central railway station. Stay on for about 1/2 an hour, into the small town of Ovyra on the outskirts of Patras. The bus takes a sharp right in the down and goes down a hill. At the bottom of the hill it turns left. Get off at the next stop (you should see signs for the junction) and you can follow signs to easily walk to the slip road for the E55 going south.

Trashwiki & Nomadwiki

trash:Patra nomad:Patra