Cheapest€15.03
- FlixBus FB665614:134h 12m18:25Roma TiburtinaPrato Piazzale Del Museo
Door to door 4h 56mCO2 7.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rome to Prato bus
Buses from Rome to Prato start at €17.23 and take 4h 33m at their fastest.
The Buses from Rome to Prato starts at €17.23 and takes 4h 33m door to door, run by 2 operators over 287 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 4h 33mDoor to door
- 3h 49mMoving
- €17.23From
- 7.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 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 | From |
|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €17.23 |
 FlixBus | €15.03 |
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 Rome to Prato
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.0390 days
- €16.1360 days
- €17.2345 days
- €16.6830 days
- €15.0321 days
- €17.2314 days
- €19.987 days
- €34.283 days
- €29.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €15.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 128 percent. The most expensive point is €34.28, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €19.43Sun
- €17.23Mon
- €17.23Tue
- €21.08Wed
- €22.18Thu
- €21.63Fri
- €21.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rome
Bus
- Roma Tiburtina
- Lenin
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
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 287 km against 249 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 Arezzo, Pisa, Perugia, Lucca. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Rome at 06:14 and the last at 14:28, across 4 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 45m | 2h 1m | 44m | €39.94 | 9.5 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 4h 33m | 3h 49m | 44m | €17.23 | 7.7 kg | 4 |
Questions about Rome 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 Rome to Prato take?
The Coach from Rome to Prato takes 4h 33m door to door, of which 3h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 287 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 Rome to Prato cost?
The Coach from Rome to Prato starts at €17.23 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €18.06. 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 Rome to Prato?
2 operators run the Coach from Rome to Prato: BlaBlaCar, FlixBus. Between them they file around 4 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 Rome to Prato use?
The Coach from Rome to Prato leaves from Roma Tiburtina 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 Rome to Prato?
Traveling from Rome to Prato by Train costs €39.94 and takes 2h 45m door to door, against 4h 33m 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 Rome to Prato?
Fares for the Coach from Rome to Prato bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €15.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 128 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rome to Prato produce?
The Coach from Rome to Prato produces about 7.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 287 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 Rome to Prato?
Operators on the Coach from Rome 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 4h 33m 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 Rome to Prato on September 8, 2026: 287 km of route against 249 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €17.23, and 4h 33m 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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