There are 11 ways to get from Athens to Bern by plane, train, bus, busferry, ferry, 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.
Fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)ATH - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
7h 12mCHF 103–223Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)ATH - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
8h 37mCHF 73–233Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Rrogozhinë
- Take the bus from Rrogozhinë to Bari Porto
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Bologna CentraleFr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to BernEc
26h 50mBus and ferry, ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Athens - KTEL Liosion Street to Sami
- Take the ferry from Sami to Port of Bari
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Milano CentraleFr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to BernEc
38h 55mCHF 186–344Drive 2,343.1 km
- Drive from Athens to Bern2,343.1 km
24h 11mCHF 388–560Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)ATH - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Take the train from Brig to Bern
10hCHF 93–261Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Basel (BSL)ATH - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bern
7h 45mCHF 100–248Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)ATH - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bern
10h 14mCHF 112–333Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Take the bus from Pristina to Luzern, Bahnhof
- Take the train from Luzern to BernIc
28h 30mBus
- Take the bus from Athens to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Bern
33h 39mCHF 93–149Bus via Tirana
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Bern, Hauptbahnhof
35h 20m
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Bern is to fly and train which costs SFr 70 - SFr 240 and takes 8h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Bern is to fly and train which takes 7h 12m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 230.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Bern. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Bern via Kumanovo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 39m.
The distance between Athens and Bern is 1798 km. The road distance is 2343.1 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Bern without a car is to bus and train which takes 26h 50m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 12m to get from Athens to Bern, including transfers.
Athens to Bern bus services, operated by Siamos Tours, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Bern bus services, operated by Siamos Tours, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Bern is 1h behind Athens. It is currently 4:11 AM in Athens and 3:11 AM in Bern.
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Bern is 2343 km. It takes approximately 24h 11m to drive from Athens to Bern.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Athens to Bern via Kumanovo in around 33h 39m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–130
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
Flights from Athens International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–110
Flights from Athens International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Luzern to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–75
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–29
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- bls.ch
Train from Luzern to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–26
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Rrogozhinë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 38
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Rrogozhinë to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +30 26710 22281
- info@ktelkefalonias.gr
- Website
- ktelkefalonias.gr
Busferry from Athens - KTEL Liosion Street to Sami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- https://ktelkefalonias.gr/en
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–21
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- sharrtravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Pristina to Luzern, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +389 71 557 111
- niko_ekspres@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Kumanovo to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–90
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 38
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- 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 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Bern, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Ferry from Sami to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 78
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
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