There are 10 ways to get from Athens to Leiden by plane, train, bus, car ferry, car 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.
Recommended option
Fly to Amsterdam Schiphol • 6h 38m
$93 - $284
9 alternative options
Fly to Eindhoven, train • 8h 17m
$123 - $414
Fly to Brussels, train • 9h 7m
$106 - $319
Train, bus • 33h 33m
$312 - $500
Bus, train via Kelenföld • 38h 16m
$374 - $519
Bus • 45h 44m
$154 - $232
Bus, car ferry, train, car train • 2 days 8h
$240 - $589
Bus Crazy Holidays, train • 2 days 12h
$148 - $201
Drive, train • 28h 40m
$475 - $700
Drive • 26h 51m
$430 - $650
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Leiden is to fly which costs 80€ - 250€ and takes 6h 38m.
The quickest way to get from Athens to Leiden is to fly which costs 80€ - 250€ and takes 6h 38m.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Leiden. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Leiden, Breestraat via Sofia and Den Haag, Den Haag C.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 44m.
The distance between Athens and Leiden is 2170 km. The road distance is 2826.7 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Leiden without a car is to train and bus which takes 33h 33m and costs 270€ - 440€.
It takes approximately 6h 38m to get from Athens to Leiden, including transfers.
Athens to Leiden bus services, operated by Tourist Service Holding AD, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Athens to Leiden is to fly which takes 6h 38m and costs 80€ - 250€. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 130€ - 210€ and takes 45h 44m.
The quickest flight from Athens Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is the direct flight which takes 3h 30m.
Athens to Leiden bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Den Haag station.
- Distance: 1356 miles
- Duration: 6h 38m
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Leiden, Netherlands?
Aegean Airlines, KLM and 12 other airlines fly from Athens to Leiden hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Leiden via Sofia and Den Haag, Den Haag C. in around 45h 44m.
- Website
- aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens to Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $600
Flights from Athens to Amsterdam Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $750
Flights from Athens to Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $650
Flights from Athens to Brussels via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens to Amsterdam Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $750
Flights from Athens to Amsterdam Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $750
Flights from Athens to Brussels via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $800
Flights from Athens to Brussels via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $800
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Athens to Amsterdam Schiphol via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230 - $1,300
Flights from Athens to Brussels via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,300
Flights from Athens to Brussels via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $280
Flights from Athens to Eindhoven via Rome Ciampino
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65 - $290
Flights from Athens to Eindhoven via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70 - $300
Flights from Athens to Eindhoven via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65 - $290
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Athens to Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85 - $550
Flights from Athens to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120 - $430
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens to Amsterdam Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210 - $750
Flights from Athens to Brussels via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $800
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens to Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens to Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Athens to Amsterdam Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220 - $750
Flights from Athens to Brussels via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $800
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Athens to Amsterdam Schiphol via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $700
Flights from Athens to Brussels via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Athens to Amsterdam Schiphol via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $800
- Website
- p.turkishairlines.com
Flights from Athens to Amsterdam Schiphol via Istanbul Ataturk
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens to Brussels via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens to Brussels via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $950
Dutch Railways (NS) is the main passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. Founded in 1938, NS connects all major cities in the Netherlands, and offers night trains, international trains, Intercity direct, and trains to and from the airport. NS International is the international subsidiary of NS; their services include high-speed trains such as Thalys, ICE International, Eurostar and TGV, to major European hubs including Paris, London, Brussels, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and Lille.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 48m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12 - $22
- Website
- ns.nl
- Book at
- eurail.com
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Leiden Lammenschans
- Ave. Duration
- 37m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8 - $16
- Website
- ns.nl
- Book at
- eurail.com
Train from Brussels Airport - Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19 - $35
- Website
- ns.nl
- Book at
- eurail.com
- Website
- trainose.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24 - $70
- Website
- trainose.gr
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $24 - $35
- 1st Class Ticket
- $35 - $45
- InterCity 2nd Class Ticket
- $45 - $55
- InterCity 1st Class Ticket
- $60 - $70
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava-Petrzalka to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12 - $20
- Website
- slovakrail.sk
The national railway system of Austria, the OBB carried 209 million passengers on local and regional trains, and 35 million on long-distance trains in 2016 alone. The OBB’s 4865 km network covers 570 trains simultaneously at peak times, with one train leaving every 12 seconds, making it a supremely efficient way to travel around the country and surrounding region. The company’s extensive network connects cities in Austria, and adjacent European countries including Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Slovenia.
Contact Details
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120 - $180
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
Train from Kufstein to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24 - $35
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
Deutsche Bahn is the German railway company, and the largest railway operator and infrastructure owner in Europe. Based in Berlin, Deutsche Bahn was founded in 1994, and offers many different types of rail transportation including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Frankfurt to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $80 - $120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
Train from Kelenföld to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $210 - $300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
Train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $75 - $110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
Train from Dusseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40 - $60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
Train from München Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120 - $180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
The primary train operator in Italy, Trenitalia was created in the year 2000. Trenitalia offers national rail connections in Italy as well as international connections to Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. The company operates regional and long-distance trains, as well as high-speed trains called Frecce that travel on specialised tracks on speeds of up to 360km/h. Trenitalia tickets are available online, in stations across the country or from many travel agents that offer bookings.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S.Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9 - $20
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- 1st Class
- $16 - $20
- Phone
- +39 060708
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Santa Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19 - $27
- Website
- italotreno.it
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Verona Porta Nuova to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65 - $140
- Schedules at
- urlaubs-express.de
- Passenger
- $68
- Motorcycle
- $114
- Vehicle
- $126
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $60 - $90
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.gr
Bus from Athens to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75 - $90
- Schedules at
- siamostours.gr
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- tourist-service.com
Bus from Athens to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $76
- Schedules at
- tourist-service.com
- Phone
- 02/989 0000
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Den Haag
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75 - $150
- Schedules at
- union-ivkoni.com
- Phone
- + 359/38/66 34 04
- georg_ltd@abv.bg
- Website
- georg-bg.com
Bus from Sofia to Den Haag
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $270 - $350
- Schedules at
- georg-bg.com
- Phone
- 2610 623 888
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Athens to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22 - $26
- Schedules at
- ktelachaias.gr
- Phone
- +30 2310 510835
- contact@ktelthes.gr
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Athens Pedion Areos to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Phone
- 2310-241545
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Düsseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 days 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55 - $80
- Schedules at
- crazyholidays.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Patras to Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95 - $320
- Website
- Superfast ferries
- Deck
- $97 - $99
- Aircraft-type seats
- $118 - $120
- 2 bed inside cabin
- $312 - $313
- 3 bed outside cabin
- $270 - $320
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Read the travel guideMore Questions & Answers
Leiden is 1h behind Athens. It is currently 3:14 AM in Athens and 2:14 AM in Leiden.
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Leiden is 2827 km. It takes approximately 26h 51m to drive from Athens to Leiden.
Aegean Airlines, KLM, Transavia Holland and seven other airlines offer flights from Athens Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
There are 1068+ hotels available in Leiden. Prices start at $69 USD per night.
The best way to get from Athens to Athens Airport is to subway which takes 42m and costs 9€.