There are 8 ways to get from Athens to Prilep by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Athens to PlatyIc
- Take the train from Platy to FlorinaRe
- Take the train from Bitola to Prilep
9h 41m$42–66Bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Kavadarci
- Take the bus from Kavadarci to Prilep
12h 19mDrive 585.5 km
- Drive from Athens to Prilep585.5 km
6h 58m$123–178Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)ATH - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Take the train from Gevgelija to Negotino
- Take the bus from Negotino to Prilep
9h 48mTrain, bus via Negotino
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Take the train from Gevgelija to Negotino
- Take the bus from Negotino to Prilep
11h 36mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Simeonidis Tours Office to Gevgelija
- Take the train from Gevgelija to Demir Kapija
- Take the bus from Demir Kapija to Prilep
12h 34mBus
- Take the bus from Athens to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Prilep
16h 51m$61–94Fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)ATH - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Prilep
10h 44m
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Prilep is to train which costs $40 - $70 and takes 9h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Prilep is to drive which takes 6h 58m and costs $120 - $180.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Prilep. However, there are services departing from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL and arriving at Prilep via Thessaloniki, Gevgelija and Kavadarci. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 19m.
The distance between Athens and Prilep is 678 km. The road distance is 585.5 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Prilep without a car is to bus via Thessaloníki which takes 12h 19m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 41m to get from Athens to Prilep, including transfers.
Athens to Prilep bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis, depart from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL station.
The best way to get from Athens to Prilep is to train which takes 9h 41m and costs $40 - $70. Alternatively, you can bus via Thessaloníki, which costs and takes 12h 19m.
Athens to Prilep bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis, arrive at Thessaloniki Monastiriou station.
Prilep is 1h behind Athens. It is currently 9:43 AM in Athens and 8:43 AM in Prilep.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Prilep, North Macedonia?
You can take a train from Athens to Prilep via Platy, Florina, and Bitola in around 9h 41m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Prilep via Thessaloniki Monastiriou, Thessaloniki, Gevgelija, and Kavadarci in around 12h 19m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–130
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–120
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–130
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–130
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Platy
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Platy to Florina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Bitola to Prilep
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
Train from Gevgelija to Negotino
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–15
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
Train from Gevgelija to Demir Kapija
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $50
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Simeonidis Tours Office to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +389 72 230-200
- info@ekstrabus.com
- Website
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Gevgelija to Kavadarci
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Kavadarci to Prilep
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Negotino to Prilep
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Prilep
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Kavadarci to Prilep
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
Bus from Negotino to Prilep
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
Bus from Demir Kapija to Prilep
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Thessaloniki Simeonidis Tours Office to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Prilep
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389 78 259 499
- info@roman.com.mk
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Prilep
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 48 423 310
- pelagonijatrans@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Prilep
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- 033/273-551
- avtoatom@yahoo.com
- Website
- avtoatom.com.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Prilep
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- avtoatom.mk
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