There are 13 ways to get from Athens to Calais 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 to Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ATH - BRU
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Calais Villetrain
9h 18m€143–285Fly to Lille-Lesquin Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Lille-Lesquin Airport (LIL)plane ATH - LIL
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain
9h 8m€128–309Train, bus via Pristina
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 82
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Calais Frethuntrain Tgv
37h 10mDrive 2,930.8 km
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar 2,930.8 km
27h 45m€539–778Fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane ATH - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Calais Villetrain
9h 5m€148–334Fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane ATH - CRL
- Take the bus from Charleroi Airport to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Calais Villetrain
10h 4m€132–292Fly to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane ATH - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Calais Frethuntrain
10h 42m€184–379Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ATH - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Calais Villetrain
11h 6m€177–379Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ATH - DUS
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Calais Villetrain
12h 28m€171–458Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nordbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Calaisbus
39h 46m€187–199Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Calaisbus N870
2d 3h€175–240Train, Bus
- Take the train from Athens to Larissatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Larissa to Frankfurt am Mainbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain Ter
2d 6h€362–706Drive, car train
- Drive from Athens to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Calaiscar
32h 46m€505–718
Athens to Calais by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Calais is to fly and train which costs €120 - €310 and takes 9h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Calais is to fly and train which takes 9h 5m and costs €140 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Calais. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Calais via 9 Katëshet A, Tirana and Brussels-North train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 46m.
The distance between Athens and Calais is 2363 km. The road distance is 2930.8 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Calais without a car is to train and bus via Pristina which takes 37h 10m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 18m to get from Athens to Calais, including transfers.
Athens to Calais bus services, operated by Art Tour, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Calais bus services, operated by Art Tour, arrive at Tirana station.
Calais is 1h behind Athens. It is currently 8:34 PM in Athens and 7:34 PM in Calais.
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Calais is 2931 km. It takes approximately 27h 45m to drive from Athens to Calais.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Calais, France?
You can take a bus from Athens to Calais via Tirana, 9 Katëshet A, Terminal D, Tirana, Brussels-Nord, and Brussels-North train station in around 39h 46m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lille-Lesquin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lille-Lesquin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lille-Lesquin Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Nord to Calais Frethun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Nord to Calais Frethun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lille Flandres to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lille Flandres to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 135 228
- zhitia-turist@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Charleroi Airport to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- 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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