There are 9 ways to get from Europe to Karpathos by train, plane, bus, or ferry
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Karpathos Island National Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)plane FRA - AOK
18h 14m€153–372Train to Frankfurt, fly to Rhodes International Airport, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane FRA - RHO
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Karpathosferry
14h 39m€152–440Train, bus, ferry via Würzburg
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the bus from Würzburg to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 3hTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, ferry
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane FRA - HER
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Karpathosferry
16h 15m€154–344Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Karpathos Island National Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)plane CGN - AOK
13h 39m€157–463Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 11
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 4hTrain, bus, ferry #2
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 8hTrain, bus, ferry #3
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 8hTrain, bus, ferry #4
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the bus from Fulda to Preševobus
- Take the bus from Preševo to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 13h€204–349
Frankfurt (FRA) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Karpathos is to train and fly and ferry which costs €150 - €350 and takes 16h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Karpathos is to train and fly which takes 13h 39m and costs €150 - €470.
The distance between Europe and Karpathos is 2412 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Karpathos without a car is to train and bus and ferry via Würzburg which takes 2 days 3h and costs .
It takes approximately 18h 14m to get from Europe to Karpathos, including transfers.
Karpathos is 1h ahead of Europe. It is currently 6:15 PM in Europe and 7:15 PM in Karpathos.
There are 408+ hotels available in Karpathos.
What companies run services between Europe and Karpathos, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Karpathos. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK), walk to Karpathos Airport, then take the bus to Karpathos. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nentershausen Oderstraße to Karpathos via Bebra Bahnhof, Bebra Bahnhof, Fulda Bahnhof, Würzburg Hbf, Würzburg, Tirana, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Peiraias, and Port of Piraeus in around 2d 3h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Karpathos Island National Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Karpathos Island National Airport via Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Karpathos Island National Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–480
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Frankfurt to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Karpathos Island National Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Karpathos Island National Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Karpathos Island National Airport via Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Karpathos Island National Airport via Graz
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–110
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–33
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €36–41
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Würzburg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Würzburg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Kassel to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
Bus from Kassel to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Durrës to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Fulda to Preševo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- €100–120
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Preševo to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €55–75
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €85–110
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €85–110
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €110–140
Ferry from Rhodes to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–85
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €27–40
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €60–75
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €45–60
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €65–85
Ferry from Heraklion to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €30–45
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €60–80
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €55–65
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €75–90
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