There are 13 ways to get from Athens to Aachen by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ATH - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbftrain
7h 9m€87–306Fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane ATH - CRL
- Take the bus from Charleroi Airport to Liège Rue du Plan Inclinedbus
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbftrain
8h 39m€85–364Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Würzburgbus
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbftrain Re
32h 10mTrain, bus via Budapest
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanusbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10train Rjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbftrain Re
35h 15m€254–684Drive 2,594.7 km
- Drive from Athens to Aachencar 2,594.7 km
24h 30m€469–677Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ATH - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen Westtrain
7h 45mFly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ATH - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbftrain
7h 54m€111–334Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane ATH - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Heerlentrain
8h 29m€102–365Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ATH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain
8h 11m€124–369Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Aachen station westbus 068 / ...
38h 27mBus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Leverkusen Mittebus
- Take the train from Leverkusen Mitte to Aachen Hbftrain Re
39h 23mTrain, Bus
- Take the train from Athens to Larissatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Larissa to Frankfurt am Mainbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain 79
2d 1h€297–571Drive, car train
- Drive from Athens to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Aachencar
29h 39m€440–625
Athens to Aachen by train, bus, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Aachen is to fly and train which costs €85 - €310 and takes 7h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Aachen is to fly and train which takes 7h 9m and costs €85 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Aachen station. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Aachen station west via Durrës and Cologne Airport CGN. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 27m.
The distance between Athens and Aachen is 2071 km. The road distance is 2594.7 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Aachen without a car is to train and bus which takes 32h 10m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 9m to get from Athens to Aachen, including transfers.
Athens to Aachen bus services, operated by Art Tour, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Aachen bus services, operated by Art Tour, arrive at Durrës station.
Aachen is 1h behind Athens. It is currently 5:19 PM in Athens and 4:19 PM in Aachen.
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Aachen is 2595 km. It takes approximately 24h 30m to drive from Athens to Aachen.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Aachen, Germany?
You can take a bus from Athens to Aachen station west via Durrës and Cologne Airport CGN in around 38h 27m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Athens International Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–330
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Athens International Airport to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Leverkusen Mitte to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €32–38
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Heerlen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €9–14
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- Sharr Travel
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Pristina to Würzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- Fertours
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Charleroi Airport to Liège Rue du Plan Inclined
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Flibco
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Durrës to Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Aachen station west
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Aachen station west
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Leverkusen Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Larissa to Frankfurt am Main
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–340
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
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