There are 9 ways to get from Athens to Nerja by plane, car, bus, or 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 Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, drive
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)ATH - GRX
- Drive from Granada-Jaén-Airport-GRX to Nerja
9h 30m€124–462Fly to Málaga Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Málaga Airport (AGP)ATH - AGP
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Maro Empalme
7h 55m€85–208Bus via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Athens to Elbasan
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Take the bus from Montpellier Sabines to Malaga Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Maro Empalme
2d 3hDrive 3,848.6 km
- Drive from Athens to Nerja3,848.6 km
39h 48m€686–991Fly to Almería Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Almería Airport (LEI)ATH - LEI
- Take the bus from Almeria to Almuñecar
12h 52m€225–437Train, bus via Tarragona
- Take the train from Athens to LarissaIc
- Take the bus from Larisa to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Tarragona - Bus Station
- Take the bus from Tarragona to Alicante
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Malaga Maria ZambranoAve
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Maro Empalme
2d 5hTrain, bus
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia to Málaga
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Maro Empalme
2d 16h€167–240Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Malaga Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Maro Empalme
2d 19h€183–272Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to București, Autogara Militari
- Take the bus from Bucureşti to Malaga
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Maro Empalme
3d 12h€176–303
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Nerja is to fly and bus which costs €85 - €210 and takes 7h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Nerja is to fly and bus which takes 7h 55m and costs €85 - €210.
The distance between Athens and Nerja is 2571 km. The road distance is 3848.6 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Nerja without a car is to bus via Montpellier which takes 2 days 3h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 30m to get from Athens to Nerja, including transfers.
Nerja is 1h behind Athens. It is currently 6:12 AM in Athens and 5:12 AM in Nerja.
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Nerja is 3849 km. It takes approximately 39h 48m to drive from Athens to Nerja.
There are 5689+ hotels available in Nerja.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Nerja, Spain?
You can take a bus from Athens to Nerja via Elbasan, Tirana, Montpellier, Gare Saint-Roch, Sabines, Montpellier Sabines, Estación de Autobuses de Málaga, and Maro Empalme in around 2d 3h.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Athens International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to Almería Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Athens International Airport to Almería Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Athens International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to Almería Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Athens International Airport to Almería Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- travel@gjirafa.com
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Elbasan to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Montpellier Sabines to Malaga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Malaga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 5h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Maro Empalme
- Ave. Duration
- 3 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Almeria to Almuñecar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Tarragona to Alicante
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–47
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Larisa to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tirana to Tarragona - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Tarragona to Alicante
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Athens to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bucureşti to Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
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