There are 12 ways to get from Europe to Lesbos by train, plane, bus, car ferry, car, or ferry
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane FRA - MJT
10h 44m€172–300Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the bus from Fulda to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilenecarferry
33h 30mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Europe to Port of Thessalonikicar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilenecarferry
26h 47m€419–694Train to Frankfurt, fly to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane FRA - ADB
- Take the ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytileneferry
12h 30m€192–444Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- 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 Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane DUS - MJT
13h 34m€205–420Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane HAJ - MJT
11h 34mTrain, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane MUC - MJT
12h 45m€230–356Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane BER - MJT
13h 27m€205–338Train, bus, car ferry via Dresden
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
- Take the bus from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilenecarferry
39h 10m€211–373Train, bus, car ferry via Niš
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the bus from Fulda to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilenecarferry
41h 8mTrain, bus, ferry via Sofia
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel Grüner Waldweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kavala Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Kavala to Mytileneferry Bsf
46h 44m€184–331Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry Bsf
47h 4m€199–246
Frankfurt (FRA) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Lesbos is to train and bus and ferry which costs €190 - €250 and takes 47h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Lesbos is to train and fly which takes 10h 44m and costs €170 - €300.
The distance between Europe and Lesbos is 2093 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Lesbos without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 33h 30m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 44m to get from Europe to Lesbos, including transfers.
Lesbos is 1h ahead of Europe. It is currently 5:17 PM in Europe and 6:17 PM in Lesbos.
There are 439+ hotels available in Lesbos.
What companies run services between Europe and Lesbos, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Lesbos. 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 Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT), then take the taxi to Lesbos. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nentershausen Oderstraße to Lesbos via Bebra Bahnhof, Bebra Bahnhof, Fulda Bahnhof, Fulda, Pristina, Thessaloníki, Thessaloniki New Station, Dimokratias, Port of Thessaloniki, and Mytilene in around 33h 30m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Hannover Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Munich International Airport, Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–550
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Munich International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Munich International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- 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
- €25–45
- 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
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- 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
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- 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
Bus from Kassel to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–140
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- sharrtravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- 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
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €73
- Website
- https://www.nasirtours.mk/en/destinations
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- 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
- +381 011 7614787
- fptravelpatrikalos@gmail.com
- Website
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Kassel Grüner Waldweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Kassel Grüner Waldweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–120
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €85–130
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €150–210
- Phone
- 0 232 330 89 22
- iletisim@izdeniz.com.tr
- Website
- izdeniz.com.tr
Ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60
- Schedules at
- bilet.izdeniz.com.tr
Ferry from Kavala to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €30–50
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €65–80
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €60–70
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €80–100
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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