There are 13 ways to get from Amsterdam to Greece by plane, train, night bus, bus, bus and ferry, 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.
Recommended option
Fly Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki • 6h 23m
73€ - 225€
12 alternative options
Fly Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion • 5h 53m
87€ - 315€
Fly Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens • 6h 30m
136€ - 233€
Train to Rotterdam, fly to Heraklion • 6h 44m
164€ - 210€
Train to Eindhoven, fly to Heraklion • 7h 17m
138€ - 219€
Train to Eindhoven, fly to Athens • 7h 58m
127€ - 277€
Train, night bus, bus • 34h 6m
216€ - 340€
Train, bus • 38h 14m
234€ - 402€
Bus • 45h 30m
161€ - 177€
Bus via Amsterdam • 2 days 2h
115€ - 237€
Train, bus and ferry • 2 days 2h
310€ - 484€
Drive, car train • 32h 43m
316€ - 515€
Drive • 26h 51m
390€ - 600€
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Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Amsterdam to Greece is to fly which costs 85€ - 320€ and takes 5h 53m.
The quickest way to get from Amsterdam to Greece is to fly which costs 85€ - 320€ and takes 5h 53m.
No, there is no direct bus from Amsterdam to Greece. However, there are services departing from Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sloterdijk and arriving at Athens via Belgrade. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 30m.
The distance between Amsterdam and Greece is 1984 km. The road distance is 2822.9 km.
The best way to get from Amsterdam to Greece without a car is to train and night bus and bus which takes 34h 6m and costs 210€ - 340€.
It takes approximately 6h 23m to get from Amsterdam to Greece, including transfers.
Amsterdam to Greece bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sloterdijk station.
The best way to get from Amsterdam to Greece is to fly which takes 6h 23m and costs 70€ - 230€. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 160€ - 180€ and takes 45h 30m.
The quickest flight from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Thessaloniki Airport is the direct flight which takes 2h 50m.
Amsterdam to Greece bus services, operated by FP Travel, arrive at Athens station.
- Distance: 1984.2 km
- Duration: 6h 23m
What companies run services between Amsterdam, Netherlands and Greece?
Transavia Holland, Lufthansa and six other airlines fly from Amsterdam to Thessaloniki every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Amsterdam to Athens via Belgrade in around 45h 30m.
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 90€ - 360€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 110€ - 340€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 290€ - 650€
Flights from Rotterdam to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 130€ - 750€
Flights from Eindhoven to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- 240€ - 380€
Flights from Eindhoven to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 270€ - 650€
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 90€ - 360€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 110€ - 340€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 260€ - 600€
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 200€ - 490€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 90€ - 420€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 130€ - 460€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- 170€ - 600€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 270€ - 600€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 270€ - 600€
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 200€ - 490€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 90€ - 420€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 170€ - 600€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 320€ - 650€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 270€ - 600€
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- 230€ - 950€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 270€ - 1100€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 270€ - 1100€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 130€ - 180€
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- 250€ - 550€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 280€ - 550€
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 220€ - 500€
Flights from Eindhoven to Athens via Rome Ciampino
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 220€ - 500€
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 100€ - 320€
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Thessaloniki via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 160€ - 550€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 400€ - 600€
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- 250€ - 950€
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 330€ - 700€
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- 240€ - 1100€
- Website
- csa.cz
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 170€ - 410€
- Website
- travelservice.aero
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Heraklion via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 170€ - 410€
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Athens via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 330€ - 600€
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Rotterdam to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- 490€ - 900€
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 Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- 11€ - 26€
- Website
- NS
- Book at
- Netherlands Rail Pass
- 2nd Class
- 11€ - 16€
- 1st Class
- 19€ - 26€
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- 15€ - 35€
- Website
- NS
- Book at
- Netherlands Rail Pass
- 2nd Class
- 15€ - 21€
- 1st Class
- 24€ - 35€
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- 35€ - 85€
- Website
- NS
- Book at
- Netherlands Rail Pass
- 2nd Class
- 35€ - 55€
- 1st Class
- 60€ - 85€
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- 35€ - 85€
- Website
- NS
- Book at
- Netherlands Rail Pass
- 2nd Class
- 35€ - 50€
- 1st Class
- 60€ - 85€
German rail company Deutsche Bahn is known for its efficient and comfortable service. It 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 (bookings usually open 6 months in advance for domestic tickets).
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- 85€ - 120€
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- 75€ - 110€
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
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- Website
- trainose.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- 19€ - 28€
- Website
- trainose.gr
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- 12€ - 19€
- Website
- trainose.gr
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
Railjet trains operate domestically within Austria and also connect to major cities in Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland and Hungary. This premium service runs at speeds of up to 230km/h and offers three travel classes (economy, first and business), all with free Wi-Fi and power sockets. Other amenities include a bistro-restaurant car and family zones. Seat reservations can be made up to 90 days prior to the train's departure (compulsory for all cross-border trains but not for domestic routes).
Contact Details
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- 130€ - 200€
- Website
- Railjet
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- Website
- mavcsoport.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Novi Sad
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- 13€ - 16€
- Website
- mavcsoport.hu
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- 55€ - 120€
- Book at
- Urlaubs-Express
- Passenger
- 59€
- Motorcycle
- 99€
- Vehicle
- 109€
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves 2000+ destinations in 29 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and Croatia and into Scandinavia and eastern Europe, as well as some US cities. Coaches have toilets, free WiFi and power outlets, plus snacks and drinks for purchase on board. Flixbus is a good choice for the budget-conscious traveller; purchase tickets in advance for the cheapest fares (note: there is no option to reserve a seat in advance).
Rome2rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixbus.de
Night bus from Dresden, Dresden central station to Prague, Prague ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- 9€ - 12€
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Belgrade, Belgrade AS
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- 80€ - 100€
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Praha ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- 65€ - 95€
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Novi Sad to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- 35€ - 55€
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Belgrade to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- 80€
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Amsterdam to Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- 70€ - 90€
- Schedules at
- lasta.rs
- Book at
- busticket4.me
- Phone
- 2310-241545
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Beograd to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- 45€ - 150€
- Schedules at
- crazyholidays.gr
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus and ferry from Frankfurt am Main to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 42h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- 260€ - 380€
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
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Greece is 1h ahead of Amsterdam. It is currently 2:36 AM in Amsterdam and 3:36 AM in Greece.
Yes, the driving distance between Amsterdam to Greece is 2823 km. It takes approximately 26h 51m to drive from Amsterdam to Greece.
Tarom, Aegean Airlines, Transavia Holland and two other airlines offer flights from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Thessaloniki Airport.
There are 75+ hotels available in Greece. Prices start at 87€ per night.
The best way to get from Amsterdam to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is to train which takes 13 min and costs 6€ - 13€.