There are 12 ways to get from Europe to Athens by bus, plane, taxi, train, car, or car train
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Bus to Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the bus from Eisenach to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane FRA - ATH
9h 31m€134–342Taxi, bus, train
- Take the taxi from Europe to Fuldataxi
- Take the bus from Fulda to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
28h 38mTaxi, train, bus
- Take the taxi from Europe to Witzenhausen Nordtaxi
- Take the train from Witzenhausen Nord to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
38h 37mDrive, car train
- Drive from Europe to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
22h 20m€409–1,253Taxi, train, train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the taxi from Europe to Witzenhausen Nordtaxi
- Take the train from Witzenhausen Nord to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hannover Hbftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane HAJ - ATH
10h 25m€243–474Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuztrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BER - ATH
10h 28m€185–406Taxi, train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the taxi from Europe to Witzenhausen Nordtaxi
- Take the train from Witzenhausen Nord to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Essen Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DUS - ATH
12h 13mBus, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Eisenach to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CGN - ATH
11h 39m€152–337Train, bus to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminalbus
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane STR - ATH
12h 48m€233–563Bus
- Take the bus from Eisenach to Dresden central stationbus
- Take the bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
38h 13m€164–198Bus via Sofia
- Take the bus from Eisenach REWE Parking to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 17
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Athens Karoloubus Citylines 79 / ...
38h 21m€185–248Drive 2,295.6 km
- Drive from Europe to Athenscar 2,295.6 km
24h 4m€413–596
Frankfurt (FRA) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Athens is to bus which costs €160 - €200 and takes 38h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Athens is to bus and fly which takes 9h 31m and costs €130 - €350.
The distance between Europe and Athens is 2070 km. The road distance is 2295.6 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Athens without a car is to taxi and bus and train which takes 28h 38m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 31m to get from Europe to Athens, including transfers.
Athens is 1h ahead of Europe. It is currently 5:39 PM in Europe and 6:39 PM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Athens is 2296 km. It takes approximately 24h 4m to drive from Europe to Athens.
There are 5807+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Europe and Athens, Greece?
You can take a vehicle from Europe to Athens via Eisenach, Dresden Bayrische Strasse, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 38h 13m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Frankfurt to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Witzenhausen Nord to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–55
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–800
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €390–430
- Car Compartment
- €700–800
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Eisenach to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Eisenach to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Fulda to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Eisenach REWE Parking to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–130
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Athens Karolou
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Taxi Notruf Eisenach Taxi- & Kurier- & Transportservice Eisenach
- Phone
- +49 3691 6572967
Manfred von der Heydt Taxibetrieb
- Phone
- +49 3691 611400
Bad Hersfeld Taxi Bastick
- Phone
- +49 6621 204311
- Website
- taxi-bastick.de
Bad Hersfeld
- Phone
- +49 6621 799888
Taxi Notruf Eisenach Taxi- & Kurier- & Transportservice Eisenach
- Phone
- +49 3691 6572967
Manfred von der Heydt Taxibetrieb
- Phone
- +49 3691 611400
Bad Hersfeld Taxi Bastick
- Phone
- +49 6621 204311
- Website
- taxi-bastick.de
Bad Hersfeld
- Phone
- +49 6621 799888
Taxi Notruf Eisenach Taxi- & Kurier- & Transportservice Eisenach
- Phone
- +49 3691 6572967
Manfred von der Heydt Taxibetrieb
- Phone
- +49 3691 611400
Bad Hersfeld Taxi Bastick
- Phone
- +49 6621 204311
- Website
- taxi-bastick.de
Bad Hersfeld
- Phone
- +49 6621 799888
Taxi Notruf Eisenach Taxi- & Kurier- & Transportservice Eisenach
- Phone
- +49 3691 6572967
Manfred von der Heydt Taxibetrieb
- Phone
- +49 3691 611400
Bad Hersfeld Taxi Bastick
- Phone
- +49 6621 204311
- Website
- taxi-bastick.de
Bad Hersfeld
- Phone
- +49 6621 799888
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