There are 12 ways to get from Athens to Karlsruhe by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane ATH - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
7h 10m€97–308Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhofbus
29h 29mTrain, 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 Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 60 / ...
33h 8m€160–209Drive 2,291.2 km
- Drive from Athens to Karlsruhecar 2,291.2 km
22h 5m€406–586Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ATH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 18m€97–314Fly to Strasbourg International Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane ATH - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
7h 43m€123–313Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ATH - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 23m€125–248Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane ATH - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 56m€144–319Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Karlsruhebus
31h 50mBus via Tirana
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Karlsruhebus
39h 32m€150Train, Bus
- Take the train from Athens to Larissatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Larissa to Stuttgart Airportbus
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Re
45h 42m€238–362Drive, car train
- Drive from Athens to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Würzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Würzburg Hbf to Karlsruhecar
21h 57m€421–594
Athens to Karlsruhe by train, bus, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Karlsruhe is to fly and train which costs €95 - €320 and takes 7h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Karlsruhe is to fly and train which takes 7h 10m and costs €95 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Karlsruhe. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Karlsruhe via Kumanovo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 50m.
The distance between Athens and Karlsruhe is 1816 km. The road distance is 2291.2 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Karlsruhe without a car is to train and bus which takes 29h 29m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 10m to get from Athens to Karlsruhe, including transfers.
Athens to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by Siamos Tours, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by Siamos Tours, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Karlsruhe is 1h behind Athens. It is currently 7:39 PM in Athens and 6:39 PM in Karlsruhe.
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Karlsruhe is 2291 km. It takes approximately 22h 5m to drive from Athens to Karlsruhe.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Karlsruhe, Germany?
You can take a bus from Athens to Karlsruhe via Kumanovo in around 31h 50m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Munich International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €31–36
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–19
- 1st Class
- €23–40
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–17
- 1st Class
- €19–35
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- 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
- €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
- 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
- €50–75
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Kumanovo to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- 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 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 44m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Larissa to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €210–310
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
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