There are 11 ways to get from Aachen to Lesbos by train, plane, bus, car ferry, car, 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.
Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
best- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)BRU - MJT
7h 29m€194–367Train, bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln HbfRe
- Take the bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to MytileneBsf
42h 43m€153–230Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Aachen Central Station to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilene
31h 23mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Aachen to Port of Thessaloniki
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilene
27h 12m€480–781Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)CGN - MJT
11h 5m€168–338Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Take the train from Aachen West to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)DUS - MJT
9h 21m€159–357Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Aachen West to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)DUS - ADB
- Take the ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytilene
11h 3m€174–341Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)AMS - MJT
9h 48m€292–604Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf91 / ...
- Take the bus from Passau Hbf to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilene
32h 9mBus, ferry via Istanbul
- Take the bus from Aachen Central Station to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Istanbul
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogar to Ayvalik
- Take the ferry from Port of Ayvalik to Mytilene
41h 44mBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Aachen Main Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Take the ferry from Kavala to MytileneBsf
46h 12m
Brussels Airport (BRU) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Aachen to Lesbos is to train and bus and ferry which costs €150 - €230 and takes 42h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Aachen to Lesbos is to train and fly which takes 7h 29m and costs €190 - €370.
The distance between Aachen and Lesbos is 2362 km.
The best way to get from Aachen to Lesbos without a car is to bus and ferry via Istanbul which takes 41h 44m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 29m to get from Aachen to Lesbos, including transfers.
Lesbos is 1h ahead of Aachen. It is currently 9:31 PM in Aachen and 10:31 PM in Lesbos.
There are 531+ hotels available in Lesbos.
What companies run services between Aachen, Germany and Lesbos, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Aachen to Lesbos. However, you can take the train to Brussels-Nord, take the train to Brussels Airport-Zaventem, walk to Brussels Airport (BRU) airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT), then take the taxi to Lesbos. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Aachen Central Station to Lesbos via Kumanovo, Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station, Port of Thessaloniki, and Mytilene in around 31h 23m.
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- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €180–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Brussels Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €180–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–480
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen West to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €29–45
- Comfort
- €30–45
- Premium
- €45–65
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +389 70 667 766
- loni.tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Aachen Central Station to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Passau Hbf to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Kumanovo to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Otogar to Ayvalik
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–17
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- €13–16
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €81
- Schedules at
- nasirtours.mk
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- hakbus.org
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Aachen Main Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +30 210 4121001
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €85–130
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €150–210
- Phone
- 0 232 330 89 22
- iletisim@izdeniz.com.tr
- Website
- izdeniz.com.tr
Ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60
- Schedules at
- bilet.izdeniz.com.tr
- Phone
- 0545 783 50 61
- info@jalemtur.com
- Website
- jalemtur.com
Ferry from Port of Ayvalik to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–35
- Schedules at
- jalemtur.com
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €37
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Kavala to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €30–50
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €65–80
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €60–70
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €80–100
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