There are 9 ways to get from Ferrara to Athens by train, plane, ferry, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)BLQ - ATH
5h 43m€71–220Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)VCE - ATH
6h 22m€62–198Train, ferry, bus via Bari
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bari CentraleFr
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to IgoumenitsaAsf
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
24h 11m€145–304Bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Kennedy to Bologna Autostazione356
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Athens Karaiskaki Square
27h 51m€170–175Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Ferrara to AnconaFr
- Take the ferry from Ancona M.Ma to PatrasAbs / ...
- Take the bus from Patras to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
30h 22m€128–283Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)FLR - ATH
6h 34m€96–265Train, bus
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna CentraleFr
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to GevgelijaRe
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to AthensIc
27h 58mBus
- Take the bus from Ferrara to Lushnjë
- Take the bus from Lushnjë to Athens
36h 7mDrive 1,907.1 km
- Drive from Ferrara to Athens1,907.1 km
19h 2m€340–490
Ferrara to Athens by train, bus, ferry, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ferrara to Athens is to train and fly which costs €60 - €200 and takes 6h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Ferrara to Athens is to train and fly which takes 5h 43m and costs €70 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Ferrara to Athens. However, there are services departing from Kennedy and arriving at Athens Karaiskaki Square via Bologna Centrale, Kumanovo and Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 51m.
The distance between Ferrara and Athens is 1370 km. The road distance is 1907.1 km.
The best way to get from Ferrara to Athens without a car is to train and ferry and bus via Bari which takes 24h 11m and costs €140 - €310.
It takes approximately 5h 43m to get from Ferrara to Athens, including transfers.
Ferrara to Athens bus services, operated by TPER spa, depart from Kennedy station.
Ferrara to Athens bus services, operated by TPER spa, arrive at Bologna Autostazione station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Ferrara. It is currently 12:21 AM in Ferrara and 1:21 AM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Ferrara to Athens is 1907 km. It takes approximately 19h 2m to drive from Ferrara to Athens.
What companies run services between Ferrara, Italy and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Kennedy to Athens Karaiskaki Square via Bologna Centrale, Kumanovo, and Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station in around 27h 51m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–170
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–170
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/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
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Book at
- ktelbus.gr
- Phone
- +39 051 290290
- Website
- tper.it
Bus from Kennedy to Bologna Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- tper.it
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- 1st Class
- €5–7
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Athens Karaiskaki Square
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €42
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +30 2610 623 888
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Patras to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- 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
- +355 67 631 9888
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Ferrara to Lushnjë
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Lushnjë to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €35–55
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €70–85
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €60–80
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €85–110
Ferry from Ancona M.Ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €70–110
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €100–130
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €110–140
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €140–170
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