There are 7 ways to get from Albufeira to Athens by bus, plane, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Faro Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Albufeira to Faro
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)FAO - ATH
10h 36m€95–217Bus to Lisbon-Portela Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Albufeira to Lisbon
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LIS - ATH
9h 46m€90–249Bus, train via Madrid
- Take the bus from Albufeira to Cordoba
- Take the train from Cordoba-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena GrandesAve
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Beograd
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athens
2d 12hDrive 4,181 km
- Drive from Albufeira to Athens4,181 km
42h 9m€754–1,089Bus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Albufeira to Huelva
- Take the bus from Huelva to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Elbasan
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Athens
2d 20hBus, train
- Take the bus from Albufeira to Faro
- Take the bus from Faro to Jerez de la Frontera
- Take the train from Jerez De La Frontera to Barcelona-SantsAlv
- Take the bus from Barcelona Sants Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to AthensIc
3d 1h€205–442Bus
- Take the bus from Albufeira to Huelva
- Take the bus from Huelva Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Athens Karolou
3d 2h€160–281
Albufeira to Athens by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Albufeira to Athens is to bus and fly which costs €90 - €250 and takes 9h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Albufeira to Athens is to bus and fly which takes 9h 46m and costs €90 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Albufeira to Athens. However, there are services departing from Albufeira and arriving at Athens via Huelva, Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord, Tirana and Elbasan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
The distance between Albufeira and Athens is 2878 km. The road distance is 4181 km.
The best way to get from Albufeira to Athens without a car is to bus and train via Madrid which takes 2 days 12h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 36m to get from Albufeira to Athens, including transfers.
Albufeira to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Albufeira station.
Albufeira to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Huelva station.
Athens is 2h ahead of Albufeira. It is currently 2:15 AM in Albufeira and 4:15 AM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Albufeira to Athens is 4181 km. It takes approximately 42h 9m to drive from Albufeira to Athens.
What companies run services between Albufeira, Portugal and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Albufeira to Athens via Huelva, Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord, Tirana, and Elbasan in around 2d 20h.
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- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Faro Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Faro Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Faro Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Faro Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Athens International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Cordoba-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Cordoba-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–80
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Cordoba-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–90
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Jerez De La Frontera to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Cordoba-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–55
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Albufeira to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Albufeira to Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Albufeira to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Albufeira to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Albufeira to Cordoba
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Albufeira to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- blablacar.co.uk
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Montpellier to Beograd
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- info@interbus.es
- Website
- interbus.es
Bus from Huelva to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://www.interbus.es/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- travel@gjirafa.com
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Elbasan to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Faro to Jerez de la Frontera
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €2–19
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Online ticket
- €2–19
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Barcelona Sants Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 40h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Huelva Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Athens Karolou
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Huelva Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Athens Karolou
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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