There are 11 ways to get from America to Athens by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Weeze Airport
best- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NRN - ATH
6h 50m€65–218Train, bus
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Würzburg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Würzburg to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
32h 35mTrain, bus via Budapest
- Take the train from Venlo to Kufsteintrain Drf
- Take the train from Kufstein to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
42h 12mDrive 2,636.9 km
- Drive from America to Athenscar 2,636.9 km
25h 2m€468–676Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DUS - ATH
7h 59m€117–266Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane AMS - ATH
8h 7m€124–296Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EIN - ATH
7h 4m€99–280Bus
- Take the bus from Venlo to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
36h 27mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf Hbf to Librazhdbus
- Take the bus from Librazhd to Athensbus
45h 53m€239–293Train, Bus
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissabus
- Take the train from Larissa to Athenstrain Ic
2d 1h€300–494Drive, car train
- Drive from America to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
23h 39m€413–1,459
Weeze Airport (NRN) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from America to Athens is to fly which costs €65 - €220 and takes 6h 50m.
The fastest way to get from America to Athens is to fly which takes 6h 50m and costs €65 - €220.
The distance between America and Athens is 2126 km. The road distance is 2636.9 km.
The best way to get from America to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 32h 35m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 50m to get from America to Athens, including transfers.
The best way to get from America to Athens is to fly which takes 6h 50m and costs €65 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 36h 27m.
Athens is 1h ahead of America. It is currently 7:21 PM in America and 8:21 PM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between America to Athens is 2637 km. It takes approximately 25h 2m to drive from America to Athens.
There are 12252+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between America, Netherlands and Athens, Greece?
Ryanair, Aegean Airlines, and Sky Express fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from America to Athens via Sevenum, Berghemweg, Venlo, and Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 36h 27m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Weeze Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Weeze Airport to Athens International Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–420
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Weeze Airport to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Weeze Airport to Athens International Airport via Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Weeze Airport to Athens International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–420
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €18–35
Train from Horst-Sevenum to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €31
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Horst-Sevenum to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–12
- 1st Class
- €12–21
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Kufstein to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €90–140
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Würzburg to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- sharrtravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- garoreisen@gmail.com
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Venlo to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- 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
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Düsseldorf Hbf to Librazhd
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Librazhd to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Librazhd to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Librazhd to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–340
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
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