Cheapest€11.73
- FlixBus FB675011:282h 55m14:23Piazzale StazionePrato Piazzale Del Museo
Door to door 3h 39mCO2 5.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Padua to Prato bus
Buses from Padua to Prato start at €13.38 and take 3h 35m at their fastest.
The Buses from Padua to Prato starts at €13.38 and takes 3h 35m door to door, run by 2 operators over 208 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 35mDoor to door
- 2h 51mMoving
- €13.38From
- 5.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | Fastest |
|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | 3h 32m |
 FlixBus | 3h 31m |
The trip ends at Prato Centrale. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Rooms within reach of Prato Centrale
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When to book Padua to Prato
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.7390 days
- €10.6360 days
- €11.7345 days
- €11.7330 days
- €12.8321 days
- €15.5814 days
- €19.437 days
- €26.033 days
- €27.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 160 percent. The most expensive point is €27.68, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €15.03Sun
- €13.38Mon
- €13.38Tue
- €15.58Wed
- €17.78Thu
- €16.68Fri
- €16.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Padua
Bus
- Piazzale Stazione
- Autostazione di Padova
Prato
Bus
- Prato Piazzale Del Museo
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 208 km against 181 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bologna, Modena, Forlì, Ferrara. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Padua at 06:02 and the last at 17:09, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 16m | 1h 32m | 44m | €27.29 | 6.9 kg | 16 |
| Coach | 3h 35m | 2h 51m | 44m | €13.38 | 5.6 kg | 6 |
Questions about Padua to Prato
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Padua to Prato take?
The Coach from Padua to Prato takes 3h 35m door to door, of which 2h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 208 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Padua to Prato cost?
The Coach from Padua to Prato starts at €13.38 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €14.48. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Padua to Prato?
2 operators run the Coach from Padua to Prato: BlaBlaCar, FlixBus. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Padua to Prato use?
The Coach from Padua to Prato leaves from Piazzale Stazione and arrives at Prato Piazzale Del Museo. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Padua to Prato?
Traveling from Padua to Prato by Train costs €27.29 and takes 2h 16m door to door, against 3h 35m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Padua to Prato?
Fares for the Coach from Padua to Prato bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 160 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Padua to Prato produce?
The Coach from Padua to Prato produces about 5.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 208 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Padua to Prato?
Operators on the Coach from Padua to Prato publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 35m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Padua to Prato on September 9, 2026: 208 km of route against 181 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €13.38, and 3h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Prato before you go
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Prato, with free cancellation on most of it.
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