There are 12 ways to get from Cognac to Athens by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train, train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cognac to Angoulemetrain
- Take the train from Angouleme to Bordeaux St Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BOD - ATH
8h 53m€104–284Train, bus to Limoges-Bellegarde Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Cognac to Angoulemetrain
- Take the bus from Angouleme - Gare Sncf to Terminal Carsbus
- Fly from Limoges-Bellegarde Airport (LIG) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LIG - ATH
12h 56m€101–325Train, bus
- Take the train from Cognac to Angoulemetrain Ter
- Take the train from Angouleme to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
37h 31mDrive 2,994 km
- Drive from Cognac to Athenscar 2,994 km
30h 19m€545–788Train, train to Poitiers–Biard Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cognac to Angoulemetrain
- Take the train from Angouleme to Poitierstrain
- Fly from Poitiers–Biard Airport (PIS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane PIS - ATH
17h 41m€127–382Train to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport, fly
- Take the train from Saintes to La Rochelle Villetrain
- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LRH - ATH
13h 3m€153–396Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly
- Take the train from Saintes to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NTE - ATH
10h 55m€130–346Train, bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Cognac to Angoulemetrain Ter
- Take the train from Angouleme to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Gevgelijatrain 631 / ...
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
40h 47mBus
- Take the bus from Cognac-Cognac Place Gambetta to Angouleme-Gare Sncfbus 160
- Take the bus from Angoulême - Bus Station to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux St Jean to Montpellier Saint-Rochbus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
44h 4mTrain, Bus
- Take the train from Cognac to Angoulemetrain Ter
- Take the train from Angouleme to Mannheim Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Mannheim to Larissabus
- Take the train from Larissa to Athenstrain Ic
2d 5h€421–669Bus via Budapest
- Take the bus from Cognac-Cognac Place Gambetta to Angouleme-Gare Sncfbus 160
- Take the bus from Angoulême to Bordeauxbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Athensbus
2d 16h€240–366Drive, car train
- Drive from Cognac to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
31h 28m€567–809
Cognac to Athens by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cognac to Athens is to train and fly which costs €100 - €290 and takes 8h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Cognac to Athens is to train and fly which takes 8h 53m and costs €100 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Cognac to Athens. However, there are services departing from Cognac-Cognac Place Gambetta and arriving at Athens via Angoulême - Bus Station, Bordeaux St Jean, Montpellier, Mbikalimi Kamez and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 4m.
The distance between Cognac and Athens is 2395 km. The road distance is 2994 km.
The best way to get from Cognac to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 37h 31m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 53m to get from Cognac to Athens, including transfers.
Cognac to Athens bus services, operated by Charente - Réseau Interurbain 16, depart from Cognac-Cognac Place Gambetta station.
Cognac to Athens bus services, operated by Charente - Réseau Interurbain 16, arrive at Angouleme-Gare Sncf station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Cognac. It is currently 3:57 PM in Cognac and 4:57 PM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Cognac to Athens is 2994 km. It takes approximately 30h 19m to drive from Cognac to Athens.
What companies run services between Cognac, France and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Cognac-Cognac Place Gambetta to Athens via Angoulême - Bus Station, Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop, Bordeaux St Jean, Montpellier Saint-Roch, Montpellier, Tirana, Mbikalimi Kamez, Doganes, and Tirana in around 44h 4m.
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Poitiers–Biard Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Athens International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Limoges-Bellegarde Airport to Athens International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Limoges-Bellegarde Airport to Athens International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–460
Flights from Limoges-Bellegarde Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Athens International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Limoges-Bellegarde Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Poitiers–Biard Airport to Athens International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Poitiers–Biard Airport to Athens International Airport via Edinburgh, Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Athens International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Limoges-Bellegarde Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Poitiers–Biard Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Athens International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
Flights from Limoges-Bellegarde Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Athens International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Limoges-Bellegarde Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cognac to Angouleme
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–19
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Angouleme to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Angouleme to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Saintes to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–27
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Saintes to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Angouleme to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Angouleme to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Angouleme to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Angouleme to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €180–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Angouleme to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €180–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 05 44 00 10 63
- Website
- transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr
Bus from Angouleme - Gare Sncf to Terminal Cars
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Schedules at
- transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Karlsruhe to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- 05.55.10.10.03
- Website
- transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr
Bus from Cognac-Cognac Place Gambetta to Angouleme-Gare Sncf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Angoulême - Bus Station to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 3635
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Bus from Bordeaux St Jean to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- + 21 0524 9268
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Mannheim to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €220–330
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Angoulême to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
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