There are 13 ways to get from Europe to Athens by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane HAJ - ATH
9h 27mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane FRA - ATH
9h 51m€136–351Bus
- Take the bus from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof/ZOBbus Ev
- Take the bus from Fulda to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Athensbus
38h 9m€173–223Drive 2,298.2 km
- Drive from Europe to Athenscar 2,298.2 km
24h 6m€424–612Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DUS - ATH
11h 45m€161–485Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BER - ATH
10h 28m€166–468Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane STR - ATH
11h 30m€168–437Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CGN - ATH
12h 9m€145–416Train, bus
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Praha Hlavní nádražítrain Drf
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
41h 33mTrain, bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Pardubice hl.n.train Drf
- Take the train from Pardubice hl.n. to Bratislava hl.st.train
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
42h 6mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Olomouc hl.n.train Drf
- Take the bus from Olomouc to Athensbus
43h 53mTrain, Bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain Re5
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissabus
- Take the train from Larissa to Athenstrain Ic
2d 1h€282–421Drive, car train
- Drive from Europe to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
26h 50m€414–594
Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Athens is to bus which costs €170 - €230 and takes 38h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Athens is to train and fly which takes 9h 51m and costs €130 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Europe to Athens. However, there are services departing from Nentershausen Oderstraße and arriving at Athens via Bebra Bahnhof, Fulda and Niš, Autobuska Stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 9m.
The distance between Europe and Athens is 2176 km. The road distance is 2298.2 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Athens without a car is to bus which takes 38h 9m and costs €170 - €230.
It takes approximately 9h 27m to get from Europe to Athens, including transfers.
Europe to Athens bus services, operated by cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, depart from Bebra Bahnhof station.
Europe to Athens bus services, operated by cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, arrive at Fulda Bahnhof/ZOB station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Europe. It is currently 6:42 PM in Europe and 7:42 PM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Athens is 2298 km. It takes approximately 24h 6m to drive from Europe to Athens.
What companies run services between Europe and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Nentershausen Oderstraße to Athens via Bebra Bahnhof, Fulda Bahnhof/ZOB, Fulda, and Niš, Autobuska Stanica in around 38h 9m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–260
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–260
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–140
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Frankfurt to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- 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
- €65–170
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Pardubice hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Pardubice hl.n. to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–28
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Olomouc hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Pardubice hl.n. to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Pardubice hl.n. to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/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
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Bus from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof/ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +49 6131 4975 022
- kundenservice@dbregiobus-sw.de
- Website
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
Bus from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof/ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Fulda to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- €100–120
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Bratislava to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 59m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €105
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Olomouc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–340
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
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