There are 12 ways to get from Amsterdam to Greece by plane, train, bus 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.
Recommended option
Fly Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki • 6 h 19 min
$90 - $245
11 alternative options
Fly Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens • 6 h 28 min
$92 - $282
Train to Eindhoven, fly to Athens • 8 h
$120 - $405
Train to Dusseldorf, fly to Thessaloniki • 8 h 22 min
$127 - $339
Train to Brussels, fly to Athens • 8 h 8 min
$148 - $361
Train, bus via Thessaloniki • 32 h 59 min
$314 - $463
Train, bus Siamos Tours • 36 h 42 min
$339 - $510
Bus Union Ivkoni • 45 h 20 min
$155 - $217
Bus BG Razpisanie • 45 h 58 min
$133 - $217
Train, bus Crazy Holidays • 2 days 11 h
$148 - $193
Drive, train • 28 h 50 min
$475 - $700
Drive • 27 h 17 min
$430 - $650
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Amsterdam to Greece is to fly which costs 80€ - 250€ and takes 6 h 28 min.
The quickest way to get from Amsterdam to Greece is to fly which costs 75€ - 220€ and takes 6 h 19 min.
No, there is no direct bus from Amsterdam to Greece. However, there are services departing from Amsterdam and arriving at Athens via Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45 h 20 min.
The distance between Amsterdam and Greece is 1984 km. The road distance is 2826.1 km.
The best way to get from Amsterdam to Greece without a car is to train and bus which takes 32 h 59 min and costs 270€ - 410€.
It takes approximately 6 h 19 min to get from Amsterdam to Greece, including transfers.
Amsterdam to Greece bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Amsterdam station.
The best way to get from Amsterdam to Greece is to fly which takes 6 h 19 min and costs 75€ - 220€. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 130€ - 190€ and takes 45 h 20 min.
The quickest flight from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Thessaloniki Airport is the direct flight which takes 2 h 55 min.
Amsterdam to Greece bus services, operated by Tourist Service Holding AD, arrive at Athens station.
- Distance: 1240.1 miles
- Duration: 6 h 19 min
What companies run services between Amsterdam, Netherlands and Greece?
Transavia Holland, Air Serbia and six other airlines fly from Amsterdam to Thessaloniki every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Amsterdam to Athens via Sofia in around 45 h 20 min.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 47 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $750
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 45 min
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $750
Flights from Dusseldorf to Thessaloniki via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 25 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $210 - $750
Flights from Dusseldorf to Thessaloniki via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 25 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $700
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 10 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $800
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $800
- Website
- aegeanair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $600
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 45 min
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $750
Flights from Dusseldorf to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $600
Flights from Brussels to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 1 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $650
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 50 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $800
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 56 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $480
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85 - $550
Flights from Eindhoven to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 10 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120 - $430
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 56 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $480
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $650
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 25 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210 - $600
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 55 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $700
Flights from Dusseldorf to Thessaloniki via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 50 min
- When
- Monday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $550
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 30 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 15 min
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $700
Flights from Dusseldorf to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 40 min
- When
- Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $750
Flights from Dusseldorf to Thessaloniki via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 15 min
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $750
Flights from Dusseldorf to Thessaloniki via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 30 min
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $750
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 18 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 32 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $750
Flights from Dusseldorf to Thessaloniki via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 25 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $210 - $750
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 50 min
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $800
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230 - $1,300
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 15 min
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65 - $300
Flights from Eindhoven to Athens via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 55 min
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80 - $340
Flights from Eindhoven to Athens via Rome Ciampino
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 40 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70 - $310
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Dusseldorf to Thessaloniki via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 50 min
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210 - $900
Flights from Brussels to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $550
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 1 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 55 min
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $800
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 10 min
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $800
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 30 min
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $550
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $700
- Website
- p.turkishairlines.com
Flights from Dusseldorf to Thessaloniki via Istanbul Ataturk
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 35 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Brussels to Athens via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $950
Dutch Railways (NS) is the main passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. Founded in 1938, NS connects all major cities in the Netherlands, and offers night trains, international trains, Intercity direct, and trains to and from the airport. NS International is the international subsidiary of NS; their services include high-speed trains such as Thalys, ICE International, Eurostar and TGV, to major European hubs including Paris, London, Brussels, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and Lille.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17 - $29
- Website
- ns.nl
- Book at
- eurail.com
Deutsche Bahn is the German railway company, and the largest railway operator and infrastructure owner in Europe. Based in Berlin, Deutsche Bahn was founded in 1994, and offers many different types of rail transportation including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Dusseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 8 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45 - $70
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 53 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85 - $130
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120 - $180
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 14 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120 - $180
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24 - $35
- Website
- bahn.de
- Website
- thalys.com
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45 - $70
- Website
- thalys.com
- 2nd Class
- $45 - $70
- 1st Class
- $70 - $95
The national railway system of Austria, the OBB carried 209 million passengers on local and regional trains, and 35 million on long-distance trains in 2016 alone. The OBB’s 4865 km network covers 570 trains simultaneously at peak times, with one train leaving every 12 seconds, making it a supremely efficient way to travel around the country and surrounding region. The company’s extensive network connects cities in Austria, and adjacent European countries including Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Slovenia.
Contact Details
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava-Petrzalka
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12 - $20
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50 - $75
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
- Website
- trainose.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27 - $40
- Website
- trainose.gr
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
- Second Class
- $27 - $40
- First Class
- $35 - $50
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bratislava to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 12 h 28 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $60 - $90
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.gr
Bus from Budapest to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 20 h 48 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80 - $130
- Schedules at
- siamostours.gr
- Phone
- 02/989 0000
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Amsterdam to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 33 h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75 - $150
- Schedules at
- online.union-ivkoni.com
- Phone
- + 359/38/66 34 04
- georg_ltd@abv.bg
- Website
- georg-bg.com
Bus from Amsterdam to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 36 h 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $280 - $360
- Schedules at
- georg-bg.com
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- tourist-service.com
Bus from Sofia to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11 h 20 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $76
- Schedules at
- tourist-service.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Amsterdam to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 34 h 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100 - $150
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- 046/ 66 13 21
- valeross_holiday@abv.bg
- Website
- valeross.com
Bus from Sofia to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10 h 3 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30 - $70
- Schedules at
- valeross.com
- Phone
- +359 2831 9192
- office@iliastravel.com
- Website
- iliastravel.com
Bus from Sofia to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14 h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $61 - $65
- Schedules at
- iliastravel.com
- Phone
- 2310-241545
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Düsseldorf to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 2 days 1 h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55 - $80
- Schedules at
- crazyholidays.gr
- Phone
- +30 2310 510835
- contact@ktelthes.gr
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Athens Karaiskaki sq
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
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