There are 7 ways to get from Athens to Faro by plane, bus, train, 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 Faro Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane ATH - FAO
10h 29m€120–246Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Santsbus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Take the bus from Seville to Farobus
2d 1hDrive 4,145.8 km
- Drive from Athens to Farocar 4,145.8 km
42h 10m€763–1,101Fly to Lisbon-Portela Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane ATH - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Farotrain
11h 20m€130–347Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Santsbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Huelvabus
- Take the bus from Huelva to Farobus
2d 13hTrain, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Geneva - Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Geneva to Lisbonbus
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Farotrain
2d 17h€331–475Bus via Évora
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Girona, Estació d'Autobusosbus
- Take the bus from Girona, Estació d'Autobusos to Terminal Rodoviário de Évorabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Évora to Terminal Rodoviário de Albufeirabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Albufeira to Faro - Terminal Rodoviáriobus 9 / ...
2d 17h
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Faro Airport (FAO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Faro is to fly which costs €120 - €250 and takes 10h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Faro is to fly which takes 10h 29m and costs €120 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Faro. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Faro via 9 Katëshet A, Tirana, Pl Joan Peiró - Estació de Sants, Barcelona Estació d'Autobusos Nord and Huelva. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 13h.
The distance between Athens and Faro is 2845 km. The road distance is 4145.8 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Faro without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 1h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 29m to get from Athens to Faro, including transfers.
Athens to Faro bus services, operated by Art Tour, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Athens to Faro is to fly which takes 10h 29m and costs €120 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 2 days 13h.
Athens to Faro bus services, operated by Art Tour, arrive at Tirana station.
Faro is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 3:56 PM in Athens and 1:56 PM in Faro.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Faro, Portugal?
TAP Portugal, Ryanair, and three other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Faro Airport (FAO) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Faro via Tirana, 9 Katëshet A, Terminal D, Tirana, Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants, Pl Joan Peiró - Estació de Sants, Gran Via - Roger de Flor, Barcelona Estació d'Autobusos Nord, and Huelva in around 2d 13h.
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Faro Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Faro Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Faro Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Faro Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Faro Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- Iryo
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- 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.
- 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
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Seville to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Huelva to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Geneva to Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–270
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Seville to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Adult
- €21–40
Bus from Huelva to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Évora to Terminal Rodoviário de Albufeira
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- infobus@interbus.es
- Website
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Barcelona Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- 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
- Phone
- +383 49 871 234
- ardititours@hotmail.com
- Website
- Arditi Tours
Bus from Pristina to Geneva - Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- Arditi Tours
- Phone
- +302110120492
- saimiritoursandtravels@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Girona, Estació d'Autobusos
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Girona, Estació d'Autobusos to Terminal Rodoviário de Évora
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +351 300 074 830
- clientes@vamusalgarve.pt
- Website
- vamusalgarve.pt
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Albufeira to Faro - Terminal Rodoviário
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–11
- Schedules at
- vamusalgarve.pt
- Simple Ticket
- €4–6
- Aerobus
- €10–11
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